Asst Professor Fermentation & Distilled Spirits Bus & Marketing

TITLE: Assistant Professor Fermentation and Distilled Spirits Business & Marketing

DEPARTMENT: College of Agriculture Community and the Sciences

REPORTS TO: Chair of the College of Agriculture Community and the Sciences

EFFECTIVE DATE: TBD

EMPLOYMENT STATUS:  Full-time                                                   

EMPLOYMENT CLASSIFICATION:  Exempt       

PRINCIPAL PURPOSE OF JOB:  The Assistant Professor of Fermentation and Distilled Spirits Business and Marketing is a non-tenure track position in the School of Agriculture, Communities, and the Environment which is part of the College of Agriculture, Community, and the Sciences at Kentucky State University (KSU). The position will have a combination of Extension (50%), teaching (25%), and research (25%) components.  

SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITY: The Assistant Professor of Fermentation and Distilled Spirits Business and Marketing will provide educational leadership in developing, implementing, managing, evaluating research-based and integrative statewide Extension programs. This position will focus on integrating limited-resource, socially disadvantaged and minority audiences into the KSU Fermentation & Distillation Science program. The Assistant Professor of Fermentation and Distilled Spirits Business and Marketing will develop a nationally recognized research program in fermentation and distilled spirits marketing, business education and research in entrepreneurship with particular emphasis on topics related to bourbon industry, craft beers, and fermented food products. Teach undergraduate integrative courses in the Fermentation and Distillation Certificate program related to business education, industry marketing and economics. The successful candidate will also provide agent training for Extension personnel as well as off campus workshops targeted towards stakeholders in risk management tools, distilled spirits and fermentation business management and marketing as well as the integration of marketing tools to improve the sustainability of the small, limited, resource, minority, and socially-disadvantaged businesses and stakeholders. The successful candidate will assist in teaching excellence at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: (ex: duties that are essential to performing the job with or without an accommodation)

1.    Develop nationally a recognized Extension program on delivering business education on the bourbon and distilled spirits industry, craft beers, and fermented food products for local and regional food systems, as well as perform market analyses and guidance for opportunities for stakeholders, small and limited resource, and socially disadvantaged farmers and related business. 

2.    Delivers training and educational support materials for field staff and their clientele/customers in fermentation and distilled spirits marketing, business education and research in entrepreneurship with particular emphasis on topics related to bourbon industry, craft beers, and fermented food products consistent with the philosophy, policy and overall mission, goals and educational objectives of the Kentucky Cooperative Extension Program.

3.    Develop a nationally recognized applied research program focusing on fermentation and distilled spirits marketing, business education and research in entrepreneurship with particular emphasis on topics related to bourbon and distilled spirits industry, craft beers, and fermented food products for small, limited resource, and socially disadvantaged farmers and related businesses. 

4.    Create Extension curriculums for agricultural Extension agents and personnel.

5.    Share research-based results with stakeholders through Extension programs.

6.    Develop factsheets, peer reviewed journal articles, informational sheets, book chapters, abstracts and proceedings, and other publications and media outlets.

7.    Develop virtual educational resources and web-based Extension programs through social media offerings in fermentation and distilled spirits marketing, business education and research in entrepreneurship with particular emphasis on topics related to bourbon industry, craft beers, and fermented food products.

8.    Successfully write grants for external funding to support research, teaching and Extension efforts. 

9.    Demonstrate a commitment to working with minority and limited resource populations to solve problems. 

10.    Design specific educational materials for hard-to-reach minority and underserve populations in the area of fermentation and distilled spirits marketing, business education and research in entrepreneurship with particular emphasis on topics related to bourbon industry, craft beers, and fermented food products.

11.    Be strongly committed to teaching at the undergraduate and graduate level and should incorporat