Allison Karpyn, PhD, is Associate Professor of Education and Behavioral Health and Nutrition at the University of Delaware; she is also Associate Director of the Center for Research in Education and Social Policy at the University of Delaware and Associate Fellow for the Center for Public Health Initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania. Karpyn previously served as the Director of Research and Evaluation at The Food Trust, a pioneering nonprofit
in Philadelphia. Her research focuses on understanding how to increase access to affordable nutritious foods, healthy food purchasing and consumption behavior, especially among children.