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The Sustainable Agriculture and Community Food Systems (SAG) program (https://sustainableag.ca.uky.edu/) seeks to fill a 12-month, Lecturer position that will work in an interdepartmental and interdisciplinary environment with faculty, students, and staff in the SAG program and in their academic home department. Instruction efforts will focus on SAG core course instruction and program support, augmented by additional instruction in the faculty member’s are of disciplinary expertise and in service to the College.

The candidate will be the primary instructor for two SAG program classes per year (~12 credit hours, including in-person and online sections), and teach two additional courses in their academic home department and/or at the college-level (~6 credit hours); serve as the Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Sustainable Agriculture and Community Food Systems major and minor; serve as a professional mentor advisor for students with similar interest in their academic background; and support of program’s recruitment and retention efforts. Specific teaching requirement will include the introductory course in sustainable agriculture and community food systems, a cross cultural perspectives on sustainability course, with additional coursework negotiated with SAG program leadership and the Department Chair of the home department.
Scholarly activities will include course development, publication of reviewed articles related to pedagogy, and program leadership through serving as the Director of Undergraduate Studies.

Screening of applications will begin on March 1, 2025, and continue until the position is filled. Please use the University of Kentucky’s electronic application process to apply. The application should include a letter of interest that outlines the candidate’s approach to the position’s qualifications, responsibilities, and vision for innovative and impactful extension and instructional program, followed by a career curriculum vita, and conclude with the name, address, email, and phone number for three references. Start date is July 1, 2025.