Biography

Marty Zupan received a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy

Philosophy

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 and Psychology

Psychology

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 from the State University of New York at Fredonia

State University of New York at Fredonia

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.

In 1975, she joined Reason

Reason (magazine)

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as a book review

Book review

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 editor, became associate editor in 1978, and served through the 1980s as managing editor and editor-in-chief, leaving in 1989. She joined Institute for Humane Studies in 1989 as a Vice-President, and in 2001 she was appointed President of IHS.

Her work has been published in the Philosophy of Science

Philosophy of science

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, the Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, Occasional Review, and the New York Times Book Review.

She serves on the Advisory Committee of the Pope Center

Pope Center

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 and the Advisory Council of the Talent Market.