Clinical Assistant Professor of Hospitality Management

Employer: Purdue University Fort Wayne
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Salary: Competitive
Date posted: Nov 5, 2024

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Position Type: Faculty Positions, Business & Management, Hotel & Restaurant Management
Employment Level: Non-Tenured Track
Employment Type: Full Time
Institution Type: Public Four-Year Institutions

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The Department of Hospitality & Tourism at Purdue University Fort Wayne invites applications for a non-tenure track, 9-month, Clinical Assistant Professor of Hospitality Management beginning August 18, 2025. The department seeks candidates with primary expertise in culinary and food and beverage operations, with a solid background in teaching. The candidate should have advanced knowledge of menu development, production, and quantity food preparation. Experience in catering and events preferred. The successful candidate will teach four undergraduate courses per semester in Fall and Spring in the areas of Food Safety and Sanitation, Introduction to Food Selection and Preparation, Food & Beverage Operations, Food History and Culture, Food From Farm to Fork, and other classes as needed. Courses may occasionally be taught online, but typically will be offered face-to-face. This position requires service to the department and university including the development of the program, management of the culinary lab, student recruitment & retention, and other duties as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

Candidates should hold a master’s or doctoral degree in Hospitality & Tourism, Hospitality Management, or related field. Alternatively, candidates can qualify with 18 credit hours in hospitality if their master’s degree is in an outside area
Candidate should have valid Food Protection Manager Certification, and attain Instructor/Proctor status with Servsafe within the first 6 months of employment
Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communications skills
Ability to effectively use teaching strategies and technologies for in-person and/or online learning

Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW) is the largest university in northeast Indiana, offering 25 graduate and over 100 prestigious Purdue University undergraduate degrees and certificates. More than 10,000 students of diverse ages, races and nationalities belong to the PFW family. The 594‐acre campus in Fort Wayne is home to over 7,000 degree‐ seeking undergraduate and graduate students. Through PFW’s partnerships with area high schools, almost 3,000 high school students take dual‐credit courses, simultaneously earning both high school and college credits. PFW is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Learn more about us at PFW.edu.

How to Apply

Please submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a 1-2 page teaching philosophy, evidence of teaching effectiveness, and contact information for three references to https://careers.purdue.edu/FW/go/FW-Faculty/7720100/.

The position will remain open until filled. All candidates invited for a campus interview will be expected to present a 45- —to 60-minute instructional student presentation. The position is contingent upon available funding and a satisfactory background check.

For questions, please contact Alanna Olah, Chair and Clinical Associate Professor at aolah@pfw.edu.

Purdue Fort Wayne is an EEO/AA employer fully committed to achieving a diverse workforce. All individuals, including minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans are encouraged to apply. Purdue University Fort Wayne will not provide visa sponsorship for this position.

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Purdue Fort Wayne

Purdue University Fort Wayne is located in Indiana’s second-largest city and offers a traditional campus experience within a thriving metropolitan setting. As part of the venerable Purdue University system, students earn undergraduate and graduate degrees from one of the most trusted and prestigious brands in higher education.

With more than 8,000 students and over 300 full-time faculty members, Purdue Fort Wayne is perfectly sized to offer small classes and individualized attention, yet large enough to have all the attributes of a major research university. Students have the opportunity to work alongside faculty to tackle real-world challenges through groundbreaking research, to create exciting new scholarship, and to explore new facets of creative expression.

For more than 50 years, Purdue Fort Wayne has drawn Mastodons from near and far. Our students value the prestigious Purdue name and degree, and they experience the affordability and vibrance of Indiana’s second-largest city, Fort Wayne. We offer a traditional campus experience with perfectly sized classes that allow for individualized attention to help our students thrive. Students also have the opportunity to work alongside faculty to tackle real-world challenges through groundbreaking research and to explore new facets of creative expression.

Purdue Fort Wayne is the only university in the country with a mastodon as a mascot. It’s a distinction that we are proud of, and it represents our unique story.

Mastodons roamed the southern Great Lakes region of North America more than 10,000 years ago. But it was in 1968—four years after the university was founded—that Jack Sunderman, chair of the Department of Geology, identified a leg bone of a mastodon found just south of Angola, Indiana. Sunderman and his team of faculty and students subsequently unearthed the entire mastodon skeleton—along with the skull of a baby mastodon.

Later that year, Steve Pettyjohn, who served as the student body president in 1968–69, wrote a letter to the Communicator, the university newspaper, extolling the virtues of choosing the mastodon as the mascot: “It sounds different, strange. That’s exactly why [we should choose it]. I’m tired of slavishly copying what Bloomington, West Lafayette, and other big schools do. Let’s have the courage to be a little different.”

The following year, a student government committee selected the Mastodon as the university mascot. Don lives on as a fierce representative of Purdue Fort Wayne!

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