Harper B. Keenan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy at the University of British Columbia. He was a 2022 NAEd/Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow.

Dr. Keenan's work examines how adults guide children to make sense of the social world. His primary goals as an academic are to contribute to the education of young children and their teachers, and to shift public thinking about children and childhood. Dr. Keenan believes in pedagogies that engage young students in meaningful and rigorous inquiry driven by social experience.

Broadly, Dr. Keenan's academic interests include critical pedagogy; childhood; elementary education; teacher education; and history/social studies education.