Martha "Marty" L. Zupan (born April 5, 1949)[1] [2] is the President Emeritus of the Institute for Humane Studies.[3] [4]
Zupan received a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and psychology from the State University of New York at Fredonia.[3] [4]
In 1975, she joined Reason as a book review editor, became associate editor in 1978, and served through the 1980s as managing editor and editor-in-chief, leaving in 1989.[3] [4] [5] In 1987 Zupan wrote Liberated Cooking: Rabble-Rousing Recipes from Assorted Libertarian Luminaries with Lou Villadsen.[6] She joined Institute for Humane Studies in 1989 as a vice president, and in 2001 she was appointed president of IHS.[3] She stepped down as president in 2016. For a year after that, she served as a senior advisor.
Zupan's work has been published in the Philosophy of Science, the Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, Occasional Review, and the New York Times Book Review.[3] [4]
She serves on the Advisory Committee of the Pope Center and the Advisory Council of the Talent Market.[4] [7]
Zupan was married for several years to philosopher Tibor Machan.[5]