Justin Hauver

Justin Hauver is a former teacher and current PhD student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education where his research aims to support liberatory pedagogies, study how teachers and students live their values in every decision, and understand how our ways of being are shaped by school. He has conducted ethnographic research in the US and Colombia to explore how schools and educators cultivate democracy, learning, and joy as well as facilitated Youth Participatory Action Research with middle schoolers in Boston. Currently, he is working on projects that study how teacher education programs cultivate a teaching ethos as well as how teachers build relationships and culture in the first weeks of school. Prior to his doctoral studies, Justin taught history for eight years in Louisiana and California while also serving in a variety of leadership roles, including instructional coach, cooperating teacher, curriculum developer, and professional development facilitator. He is the recipient of a Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching Fellowship and he holds a BA in philosophy and German from UC Berkeley as well as an Ed.M in Specialized Studies from HGSE.