What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant or Associate Professor of Sensory Science (9-month, tenure-track). position at University of Tennessee?
This position will be part of a cluster hire that will strengthen the University of Tennessee's ability to develop a national reputation in the area of food and nutrition security using a food systems approach. The cluster will include six faculty in the home units of Nutrition; Retail, Hospitality, and Tourism Management; Nursing; Agricultural and Resource Economics; Food Science; and Family and Consumer Sciences. Faculty hired as part of this cluster will collaboratively work across the University of Tennessee Knoxville (UTK) and University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture (UTIA) campuses, using a team science approach, to build a strategic plan that emphasizes enhancing collaboration and impact by creating an interdisciplinary, translational human health and wellness identity at the University of Tennessee in food and nutrition security. This strategic plan will focus on interdisciplinary academic programming and scholarship. The successful applicant will develop a nationally recognized research and teaching program in food sensory science. The appointment is approximately 75% research and 25% teaching. The sensory scientist is expected to devote at least 70% of time and activities to collaborate with other cluster scientists toward cluster initiative's goals. We welcome applications from traditional sensory scientists and those engaging emerging technologies including but not limited to artificial intelligence, virtual reality, neural science, and data analytics to advance sensory science, assist the industry in developing new products, supplies, services, and markets, or guide consumers in improving health and wellness. Preference will be given to candidates with prior research, teaching, and grant proposal writing experience. Candidates applying for the associate professor rank should have the credentials that meet the expectations of UTK and the Department of Food Science for those at the same rank. The granting of tenure upon initial appointment for the rank of associate professor may be considered and will be based on qualifications.
Primary Responsibilities :
- Participate in interdisciplinary academic and research programming focusing on sensory science and its impact on food and nutrition security.
- Acquire extramural funding to support the interdisciplinary research program.
- Publish in high quality disciplinary and / or multidisciplinary journals.
- Teach graduate and undergraduate courses in accordance with appointment.
- Mentor MS / PhD students and serve on graduate student thesis and dissertation committees.
- Participate in service activities of the Cluster, Departments, College, University, and profession.
- An earned doctorate in Food Science or other relevant disciplines with sensory science experience by the time of appointment.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including refereed journal publications.
- Evidence of effectively working within interdisciplinary teams.
