Lifelong learning at Ball State University extends educational engagement beyond the classroom and includes learning for professional development, personal enrichment, or other goals throughout one’s lifetime. Faculty will be expected to participate in the department's, college's, and university's lifelong learning opportunities when available and may be assigned teaching responsibility in this area as part of their overall responsibilities.

We seek candidates who will excite and motivate students of diverse backgrounds and contribute to a campus climate that supports equity, diversity, and inclusion. At Ball State University, inclusiveness is an enduring value and informs all efforts. Applicants should familiarize themselves with our Inclusive Excellence Plan to identify how you might contribute to these efforts. Salary and benefits are commensurate with credentials and experience. Position begins August 16, 2024.

THE DEPARTMENT OF NUTRITION AND HEALTH SCIENCES
The Department houses accredited undergraduate majors in dietetics, health education and promotion, respiratory therapy and radiography, a minor in public health, graduate programs in Nutrition and Dietetics, Health Science, and an accredited Dietetic Internship. Our programs serve 280 degree-seeking students and are supported by 35 faculty. Faculty and student mentees have access to research laboratories in the Interprofessional Community Clinics with space devoted to assessment, sample collection, processing, storage and analytics. The Welcome Home suite is equipped with food preparation facilities, and feeding, resting and sample collection spaces. The Department offers general education courses with for students from other majors. Faculty facilitate interprofessional education with students from other programs.

THE COLLEGE OF HEALTH
A vital health resource for Indiana in preparing health professionals, the College of Health is moving boldly forward in making interprofessional education, practice and research its paradigm across its disciplines. The College offers 32 academic programs in 7 units: Departments of Counseling Psychology, Social Psychology, and Counseling; Military Science; Nutrition and Health Science; Speech Pathology and Audiology; and Social Work plus the Schools of Nursing and Kinesiology. Our 224 faculty and staff serve nearly 3,000 students. We partner with regional communities for immersive learning and research. Our Health Professions Building was opened in 2019 with 165,000 square feet and is LEED Gold certified. Our Interprofessional Community Clinics offers a range of health and mental health services by students supervised by faculty as well as community health education and prevention services through the Healthy Lifestyle Center. Other facilities include the Health and Physical Activity (HP) complex, Ball Gymnasium, and Lewellen Aquatic Center. Our faculty and students contribute to the evidence base for their respective disciplines. Our research footprint features research institutes, including the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies and Human Performance Lab. We are committed to inclusive excellence in all we do and intend to contribute to an increasingly diverse health professional workforce to help decrease health care disparities.


Submit a detailed CV with a cover letter explicating your qualifications, including teaching and research interests and experience, as well as transcripts of highest degree earned. Submit a list of 3-5 references; we will not contact them without notifying you. For more information, Alyce D. Fly, PhD, Department Chair, Department of Nutrition and Health Science at [email protected].

We seek faculty candidates with a doctorate in biostatistics, nutrition, medicine, or related discipline who have good interpersonal communication skills and the ability to work cooperatively and congenially. Research areas of interest include but are not limited to chronic diseases, obesity, nutrition and precision nutrition, genetics, and infectious disease. Candidates should be skilled in teaching quantitative courses to students with a range of aptitude. Online teaching experience is desirable. Responsibilities will include developing curriculum, developing courses, teaching graduate and undergraduate students, developing and maintaining a research program, mentoring students in design and statistical analysis, and service to the university and profession. Faculty will contribute to a graduate health sciences program with a specialization in biostatistics and epidemiology; experience in curriculum development is desirable. Faculty will also contribute to a health science concentration with a BS in Data Science Bachelor of Science in the College of Science and Humanities. Faculty are expected to work on campus to engage with students, colleagues, and community.

Lifelong learning at Ball State University extends educational engagement beyond the classroom and includes learning for professional development, personal enrichment, or other goals throughout one’s lifetime. Faculty will be expected to participate in the department's, college's, and university's lifelong learning opportunities when available and may be assigned teaching responsibility in this area as part of their overall responsibilities.

We seek candidates who will excite and motivate students of diverse backgrounds and contribute to a campus climate that supports equity, diversity, and inclusion. At Ball State University, inclusiveness is an enduring value and informs all efforts. Applicants should familiarize themselves with our Inclusive Excellence Plan to identify how you might contribute to these efforts. Salary and benefits are commensurate with credentials and experience. Position begins August 16, 2024.

THE DEPARTMENT OF NUTRITION AND HEALTH SCIENCES
The Department houses accredited undergraduate majors in dietetics, health education and promotion, respiratory therapy and radiography, a minor in public health, graduate programs in Nutrition and Dietetics, Health Science, and an accredited Dietetic Internship. Our programs serve 280 degree-seeking students and are supported by 35 faculty. Faculty and student mentees have access to research laboratories in the Interprofessional Community Clinics with space devoted to assessment, sample collection, processing, storage and analytics. The Welcome Home suite is equipped with food preparation facilities, and feeding, resting and sample collection spaces. The Department offers general education courses with for students from other majors. Faculty facilitate interprofessional education with students from other programs.

THE COLLEGE OF HEALTH
A vital health resource for Indiana in preparing health professionals, the College of Health is moving boldly forward in making interprofessional education, practice and research its paradigm across its disciplines. The College offers 32 academic programs in 7 units: Departments of Counseling Psychology, Social Psychology, and Counseling; Military Science; Nutrition and Health Science; Speech Pathology and Audiology; and Social Work plus the Schools of Nursing and Kinesiology. Our 224 faculty and staff serve nearly 3,000 students. We partner with regional communities for immersive learning and research. Our Health Professions Building was opened in 2019 with 165,000 square feet and is LEED Gold certified. Our Interprofessional Community Clinics offers a range of health and mental health services by students supervised by faculty as well as community health education and prevention services through the Healthy Lifestyle Center. Other facilities include the Health and Physical Activity (HP) complex, Ball Gymnasium, and Lewellen Aquatic Center. Our faculty and students contribute to the evidence base for their respective disciplines. Our research footprint features research institutes, including the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies and Human Performance Lab. We are committed to inclusive excellence in all we do and intend to contribute to an increasingly diverse health professional workforce to help decrease health care disparities.


Submit a detailed CV with a cover letter explicating your qualifications, including teaching and research interests and experience, as well as transcripts of highest degree earned. Submit a list of 3-5 references; we will not contact them without notifying you. For more information, Alyce D. Fly, PhD, Department Chair, Department of Nutrition and Health Science at [email protected].

1. Doctorate in biostatistics, nutrition, medicine, or related field

2. Relevant professional or educational experience in biostatistics

3. Evidence of ongoing or established scholarship

4. Evidence of ability to mentor or have mentored students

5. Ability to teach undergraduate and/or graduate students

6. Effective oral and written communication skills

1. Conduct quantitative research in chronic diseases, obesity, nutrition, precision nutrition, genetics, or infectious disease area as demonstrated by at least five peer-reviewed publications

2. Strong interest in interdisciplinary research

3. Existing external funding or potential for external funding

4. Experience in curriculum development

5. Demonstrated ability to teach and mentor students from diverse backgrounds

6. Active participation in professional organizations in the discipline

7. Ability to promote collegiality in the professional setting