Lecturers/Senior Lecturers - Regenerative Food Systems, School of Earth and Environment
- Employer
- Rowan University
- Location
- New Jersey, United States
- Salary
- Salary Not Specified
- Date posted
- Oct 4, 2022
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- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Education, Instructional Technology & Design, Health & Medicine, Nutrition, Science, Technology & Mathematics, Agriculture & Animal Sciences, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Home Economics & Consumer Sciences, Administrative, Business & Administrative Affairs, Food Services Management
- Employment Type
- Full Time
Job Details
The School of Earth & Environment seeks to hire two full-time Lecturers or Senior Lecturers with expertise in regenerative food systems to support the development of our forthcoming bachelor’s degree program in Regenerative Food Systems, which will focus on innovation, equity, and sustainability practices for growing, processing, and distributing responsibly produced, nutrient dense food. This is a non-tenure-track teaching position to begin July 1, 2023. Initial work will focus on the development and delivery of this new academic program, in addition to teaching core courses in the Regenerative Food Systems (RFS) curriculum.
The RFS curriculum is grounded in teaching, innovation, and building community around growing of food regeneratively, the necessary transformation of system-wide processes and infrastructure governed by policies to support feeding a population equitably, and how to foster this effectively within a local and regional level. This will be further enhanced with on-and-off-site learning opportunities, field trips, and externships. Students will be prepared for a broad range of careers to facilitate healthy, affordable, and regeneratively produced food that is equitably accessible to all eaters. RFS students will take a range of courses both academic and experiential.
As part of an experiential learning series, RFS students will prepare regenerative growing conditions through soil revitalization efforts for sustainably cultivated foods through land and greenhouse farming as well as harvesting, processing, and preparing/cooking foods. These experiences will be part of a series of courses called the Food Village. Also, RFS students will connect, engage, and contribute to the local/regional/national food system through a built and fostered, community network with established regenerative food systems partnerships
These positions will have responsibility for the following areas.
- Food Village: effective delivery of the Food Village courses, regenerative food growing operations, and culinary preparations as part of the RFS student's experiential learning.
- Outreach Center and Partnership: leading the establishment of the food systems partnerships, community outreach, and student engagement and externships in addition to teaching regional food systems field survey and food issues courses.
The School of Earth & Environment includes the departments of Environmental Science, Geology, and Geography, Planning, & Sustainability and is closely associated with the Edelman Fossil Park & Museum. Visit earth.rowan.edu to learn more. The successful candidates will have the opportunity to join an energetic faculty within the School, and across colleges and schools at Rowan University, committed to providing students with an outstanding education, maintaining traditions of collegiality, civic engagement, and community outreach.
Required Qualifications:
- Master's degree or higher in a discipline relevant to regenerative food systems with relevant professional experience.
- Experience teaching in higher education.
- Expertise in one or more of the following: soil revitalization, regenerative farming, organic farming, urban agriculture, hydroponics, unconventional agricultural practices, culinary arts, external partnership development, external networking and outreach, student field trip design, experiential learning course delivery, community outreach and engagement.
- Experience in community outreach and stakeholder engagement around regenerative food systems.
- Irrespective of field, a general knowledge of the climate and biodiversity crises and a deep commitment to making positive change towards a sustainable Anthropocene.
- A dedication to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout the school, university, and broader community.
NOTE: Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the US, and the university will not sponsor an applicant for a work visa for this position.
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Since its founding in 1923, Rowan University has evolved from a teacher preparation college to a public research institution ranked among the top 100 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. Today, Rowan University offers bachelor through doctoral degrees and professional certificates in person and online to 22,000 students through its main campus in Glassboro, N.J., its medical school campuses in Camden, Stratford, and Sewell, and on the campuses of partner community colleges.
Rowan focuses on practical research at the intersection of engineering, medicine, science, and business while ensuring excellence in undergraduate education. The University has earned national recognition for innovation; commitme
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