Susan Pace Hamill
Professor, University of Alabama School of Law - Tuscaloosa, AL
Susan Pace Hamill is a tax-law professor at the University of Alabama. During her first sabbatical, she completed a Master of Theological Studies at Samford University’s Beeson Divinity School and published her thesis attacking Alabama’s tax laws on faith-based moral grounds, which persuaded many Christian political leaders to oppose the state's unbalanced system. Her most recent scholarship criticizes the federal tax policy trends of the Bush Administration on faith-based moral grounds. Professor Hamill serves on the board of directors of the Alabama Poverty Project and Turning Point, an organization dedicated to helping victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in West Alabama. Professor Hamill previously practiced tax law at Sullivan & Cromwell and Chadbourne & Parke in New York City and served as a government attorney for the Chief Counsel’s Office of the Internal Revenue Service in Washington, DC. She is married, the mother of two children, and a member of the United Methodist Church.
Areas of Expertise:
• Faith, the Bible and tax policy
Recent articles and interviews:
• The Anniston Star: Alabama’s not truly pro-life, By Susan Pace Hamill
• Christianity Today: Accidental Revolutionary: How one woman fought for a just tax
• Wall Street Journal: Divinity School Article Debates Morality of Alabama Tax-Code
• New York Times Magazine: THE 3rd ANNUAL YEAR IN IDEAS; Biblical Taxation
• PBS’ Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly: Interview with Hamill on challenging Alabama voters to apply biblical teaching to state tax policy
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