Gillian Howie (4 October 1965 â 26 March 2013) was a Professor in Philosophy at the University of Liverpool and Director of the Institute for Feminist Theory and Research. She is author of Essential Reorientations: feminism and dialectical materialism (2008), Deleuze and Spinoza: Aura of Expressionism (2002), editor of Critical QuarterlyâÂÂs special issue on higher education, âÂÂUniversities in the UK: Drowning by numbersâ (2005) and editor of Women: A Cultural ReviewâÂÂs special issue on âÂÂGender and Philosophyâ (2003). She also co-edited Third Wave Feminism: A Critical Exploration (2007; Revised ed.). Palgrave. , with the other co-editors Stacy Gillis and Rebecca Munford. She died of cancer 26 March 2013, aged 47.