Zupan received a Bachelor of Arts in
philosophy and
psychology from the
State University of New York at Fredonia. In 1987 Zupan wrote
Liberated Cooking: Rabble-Rousing Recipes from Assorted Libertarian Luminaries with Lou Villadsen. She joined Institute for Humane Studies in 1989 as a vice president, and in 2001 she was appointed president of IHS. ==Personal life==