Background
Just, David Ryan was born on December 16, 1974 in Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Richard Eugene Just and Jane Ann Hardie.
Just, David Ryan was born on December 16, 1974 in Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Richard Eugene Just and Jane Ann Hardie.
Bachelor in Economics, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1998. Master of Science in Agricultural Economics, University California, Berkeley, 1999. Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural Economics, University California, Berkeley, 2001.
In 2010, jointly with Brian Wansink, he co-founded the Cornell Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Programs (BEN), funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (United States Department of Agriculture). As director of BEN, he was one of the creators of the Smarter Lunchroom Movement, which seeks to use simple and inexpensive environmental nudges in the school lunch environment to help encourage healthier school lunch decisions. The Smarter Lunchroom Approach has been promoted by the United States Department of Agriculture, and has now been adopted by more than 10% of public schools in the United States.
Bishop Latter Day Saints Church, Ithaca, New York, since 2010. Member of Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association (board member 2006), American & Applied Economics Association.
Married Lisa Ann Carr, March 28, 1976. 1 child Caden Roger;children: Vibeka Kristine, William Lloyd, Edward Alexander.