Jayson Lusk

Jayson Lusk (born 1974) is vice president and Dean of the Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources at Oklahoma State University. Prior to that position, he served as Distinguished Professor and Department Head in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University. He authors books and articles related to contemporary food policy issues.

Lusk is a Fellow and Past President of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association,

Over his career, Lusk has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles in academic journals, including the Economic Journal, the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, and Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. Lusk's first popular press book The Food Police: A Well-fed Manifesto about the Politics of Your Plate criticized modern food policies as being intrusive. He frequently appears in the popular press such as Fox News to discuss research related to food. His second book Unnaturally Delicious: How Science and Technology are Serving Up Super Foods to Save the World describes how Lusk believes that changes in food technology can save the planet.

Awards Lusk is a Fellow and Past President of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 2018, he was awarded the Borlaug CAST Communication Award by the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST).

Books Unnaturally Delicious: How Science and Technology are Serving Up Super Foods to Save the World. 2016. St. Martin's Press. . The Food Police: A Well-Fed Manifesto About the Politics of Your Plate. 2013. Crown Forum. . Compassion, by the Pound: The Economics of Farm Animal Welfare, with F. Bailey Norwood. 2011. Oxford University Press. . Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Food Consumption an Policy, edited with Jutta Roosen and Jason Shogren. 2011. Oxford University Press. . Experimental Auctions: Methods and Applications in Economic and Marketing Research (Quantitative Methods for Applied Economics and Business Research), with Jason Shogren. 2008. Cambridge University Press. . Agricultural Marketing and Price Analysis, with F. Bailey Norwood. 2007. Prentice Hall. .