Assistant/Associate Professor and Extension Specialist Nutritional Sciences

Job Description Summary

POSITION AVAILABILITY: The Department of Nutritional Sciences in the College of Human Sciences and Alabama Cooperative Extension at Auburn University invite applications for a 12-month, tenure-track Extension specialist position at the Assistant/Associate rank in the area of nutrition and chronic disease prevention and management to begin January 1, 2026.

RESPONSIBILITIES: Successful candidates must maintain a productive area of Extension programming and related applied research in their area of focus. Specialists are expected to obtain funding to support their area of programming and scholarship. Responsibilities will include 70% Alabama Cooperative Extension (ACES) and 20% Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station (AAES), with the remaining split with instruction and service assignments.


We are seeking candidates with an area of programming and applied research pertinent to the application of nutrition to ...