Now Hiring: Part-Time Lecturer
Lecturer:
The Department of Medicine, Health, and Society (MHS) at Vanderbilt University seeks a part-time instructor to teach an undergraduate course offered twice annually on the social dimensions of health and nutrition. This course will introduce the fundamentals of nutrition while critically examining the broader contexts that shape what and how we eat, including food politics, social media and influencer culture, inequality and food access, and/or the cultural and historical forces that inform dietary practices. We welcome applicants from healthcare, policy, the social sciences, or the critical humanities who bring an interdisciplinary approach to understanding health, food, and society. The ideal candidate will have teaching experience and a commitment to engaging undergraduates in complex social issues around nutrition and health. Applicants should submit the following to Jonathan.metzl@vanderbilt.edu and Dominique.behague@vanderbilt.edu:
- Letter of interest addressed to Jonathan Metzl
- CV
- Evidence of teaching effectiveness, including all course evaluations if available
- The names of three references