Aisha Hauser
Research Scholar
- Centering: Navigating Race, Authenticity and Power in Ministry Discussion Guide by Aisha Hauser and Gail Forsyth-Vail.
- The Religious Educator of Color, chapter co-author with Rev. Natalie Fenimore in, Centering: Navigating Race, Authenticity, and Power in Ministry, edited by Rev. Mitra Rahnema (Skinner House, 2017)
- A Gift to Me, chapter in Testimony The Transformative Power of Unitarian Universalism edited by Rev. Meg Riley (Skinner House, 2017)
- Our Justice Communities, Aisha Hauser, chapter in The Unitarian Universalist Pocket Guide, Sixth Edition, edited by Rev. Susan Fredrick-Gray (Skinner House, 2019)
- Wonderful Welcome, faith development online curriculum for K-1 grade level
- A life lesson from Hollywood, article UU World Magazine
Biography
Aisha Hauser is an accomplished religious educator, facilitator, author and social justice advocate and is currently serving our faith as one half of the Lead Ministry Team of the Church of the Larger Fellowship.
While Aisha started her professional career in the field of social work after earning a MSW from Hunter College in NYC, she quickly became involved in the religious education program in the first Unitarian Universalist congregation she attended and there found her love of religious education. Her experience includes serving three UU congregations on both the east and west coast and working for the Unitarian Universalist Association serving as Children and Families Program Director.
Aisha co-created the UU White Supremacy Teach In movement. She worked with others to lead a group of 25 religious educators and ministers from all over the country to curate resources for congregations to utilize in learning about how we are all affected by racism. She is one of the authors in the groundbreaking book, Centering: Navigating Race, Authenticity and Power in Ministry. Aisha worked with religious educators from all over the country to curate resources for congregations to utilize in learning about how we are all affected by racism. Currently, her focus when coaching and consulting with congregations on collaborative leadership for collective liberation.
Aisha is the recipient of both the 2018 Angus H. MacLean Award for Excellence in Religious Education and the 2025 Mel Hoover Beloved Community Award.