Susan Haack, distinguished professor in the humanities at the University of Miami, passed away on March 10. She was 80 years old.
A native of Buckinghamshire, England, Dr. Haack earned two bachelor’s degrees from the University of Oxford and a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Cambridge. Her early career in academia began as a fellow with Cambridge’s New Hall, followed by service as a faculty member at the University of Warwick.
In 1990, Dr. Haack joined the law and philosophy faculty of the University of Miami in Florida. She achieved the rank of full professor in 2000 and was named a distinguished professor in 2006.
Dr. Haack’s scholarship bridged the worlds of formal logic and legal practice. Throughout her career, she published a dozen books, including Evidence Matters: Science, Proof, and Truth in the Law (Cambridge University Press, 2014). In addition to teaching at the University of Miami, Dr. Haack frequently lectured at other universities around the world. Her teaching and research earned her numerous awards, including the Ulysses Medal from University College Dublin in Ireland and the Premio internacional de cultura jurídica from the University of Girona in Spain.