Mark Zupan

Mark Zupan is the 14th president of Alfred University, founded in 1836, one of the oldest institutions of higher education in New York State. It has the distinction of being the second university in the country to admit women and the first to educate them in the same classrooms and with the same curricula as men.

Zupan came to Alfred University from the Simon Business School at the University of Rochester where he was the Olin Professor of Economics and Public Policy as well as the director of the Bradley Policy Research Center. Prior to that, he served two terms as dean of both the Simon School and the University of Arizona’s Eller College of Management. He has also been an associate dean of masters programs and faculty member at USC’s Marshall School of Business, and a visiting faculty member at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business. He earned a B.A. in economics from Harvard (1981) and a Ph.D. in economics from MIT (1987).

Zupan has authored three books and over forty scholarly articles. His most recent book, published in 2017, is titled Inside Job: How Government Insiders Subvert the Public Interest. Zupan’s opinion pieces have appeared in outlets such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Arizona Republic, BloombergBusinessweek.com, Kiplingers, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester Business Journal, and Huffington Post.

Zupan has been on the boards of the AACSB, the Harley School, HNP Capital, iVEDiX, the Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC), Constellation Brands, PAETEC Holdings, the Farash Corporation, Five Star Bank, Stocker Yale, Steuben Trust, Northern Trust, the Western New York Regional Economic Development Council, the Allegany County Economic Development Agency, and the United Way of Southern Arizona, as well as on the editorial boards for academic journals such as Public Choice, Economic Inquiry, and the Journal of Business Economics.

 

Presentation title:  Alfred University and glass science and art

Abstract: Dr. Zupan will overview the pivotal role that Alfred University has played in developing glass science and creating glass art.