Henry Giroux was born in Providence, USA, September 18, 1943. He taught history at a secondary school in Barrington, Rhode Island from 1968 to 1975. After receiving his doctorate at Carnegie Mellon University in 1977, became professor of education at Boston University between 1977 and 1983. In 1983 he became professor of education and renamed scholar in residence at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he also served as director of the Center for Education and Cultural Studies (Centre for Education and Cultural Studies).
moved to Pennsylvania State University where he assumed the chair of faculty Waterbury, 1922 to May 2004. He also served as director of the Waterbury Forum in Education and Cultural Studies (Waterbury Forum on Education and Cultural Studies). He moved to McMaster University in May 2004, where he currently holds the chair of global TV chains in the career of communication sciences. In May 2005, Canada's Memorial University awarded an honorary doctorate of letters.
U.S. is a cultural critic and one of the founding theorists of critical pedagogy in that country. It is well known for his pioneering work in public pedagogy, cultural studies, youth, higher education, studies of media and critical theory.
His work illustrates a number of theoretical traditions, ranging from Marx, to Paulo Freire and Zygmunt Baumann. It is also an advocate of radical democracy and opposes the undemocratic tendencies of neoliberalism, militarism, imperialism, religious founder, and attacks that occur under the neoliberal state social wage, youth, the poor, and public and higher education.
