[1] He attended New York University, where he became friends with fellow writer David Alan Mack, who would also go on to become a contributor to the Star Trek franchise.

Couplings was co-authored with Aaron Rosenberg, and is noteworthy for the first Klingon/Jewish wedding ceremony, for which it was covered on NPR[3] and the Jewish weekly newspaper The Forward.

[6] Hauman was also a founding board member of the World Wide Web Artists Consortium, and was the former chair of their Netlaw special interest group.

[7][12] Hauman provided the cover illustration of Peter David's 2012 vampire novel, Pulling Up Stakes.

[14] In May 2018, U.S District Court Judge Janis Sammartino found in favor of ComicMix on the issue of Dr. Seuss' trademark, ruling that its book was "a highly transformative work that takes no more than necessary to accomplish its transformative purpose and will not impinge on the original market for Plaintiff's underlying work.

"[15] In March 2019, Sammartino similarly found in favor of ComicMix on the issue of copyright, ruling that Oh, The Places You'll Boldly Go!