Alexandre Da Costa, PhD
Pronouns: he, him, his
Contact
Professor, Faculty of Education - Educational Policy Studies Dept
- adacosta@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 492-0773
- Address
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7-149 Education Centre - North
8730 - 112 St NWEdmonton ABT6G 2G5
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
sociology of education state formation cultural studies anti-racism decoloniality whiteness anti-oppression education Police in schools
About
Alexandre Da Costa is a professor of educational policy studies at the University of Alberta, a position he has held since 2015. Prior to accepting this position, he served as an adjunct assistant professor at Queen’s University.
He received his postsecondary degrees from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York — most recently, a PhD from the school’s department of development sociology in 2009. He is fluent in Portuguese and conversational in several other languages.
Da Costa’s research interests include police and policing in schools, anti-racism, social justice and racism and racialization. He has taught graduate and undergraduate courses on numerous topics including society and education, multicultural and anti-racism education, and social contexts of education.
Research
Research Interests
- Racism and racialization
- Whiteness
- anti-racism
- Settler colonialism
- Police and policing in schools
Currently not taking on new students. However, if your doctoral or postdoctoral research interests directly focus on policing in schools using abolitionist, anti-racist, and/or decolonial perspectives, please make an inquiry.
Teaching
Graduate
EDPS 501. Knowledge and Decoloniality in the Americas
EDPS 591. Foundations of Education: Perspectives on International Issues
EDPS 523. Education and Development Theory
EDPS 526. Race, Racialization, and Education
EDPS 563. Sociological Perspectives on Social Justice Education
EDPS 580. Contemporary Issues in Education: Perspectives on Policy and Practice
Undergraduate
undergraduate:
- EDPS 412. Multicultural and Anti-Racism Education
- EDPS 360. Society and Education
- EDU 100/300: Contexts of Education
graduate:
- EDPS 526: Race, Racialization, and Education
- EDPS 563: Sociological perspectives on social justice education
- EDPS 580: Contemporary Issues in Education: Perspectives on Policy and Practice
Courses
EDPS 360 - Society and Education
The changing function and structures of education, with special reference to contemporary Canadian society.
EDPS 412 - Multicultural and Anti-Racism Education
This course examines key theoretical and pedagogical aspects of multicultural and anti-racism education with a focus on how race, ethnicity, colonialism, and diversity shape issues of equity within school systems and the communities they serve. The course presents various social processes fundamental to shaping constructions of racial and cultural difference historically and in contemporary times, examining how such differences work at various levels, from everyday micro interactions to societal institutions and larger macro social structures.
Featured Publications
Alexandre E. Da Costa
Critical Education. 2024 August; 15 (3):21-42 10.14288/ce.v15i3.186790
Alexandre E. Da Costa
Whiteness and Education. 2022 October; 9 (1):19-35 10.1080/23793406.2022.2136106
Alexandre Emboaba Da Costa
Critical Sociology. 2016 January; 42 (4-5):475-490
Alexandre Emboaba Da Costa
Race, Ethnicity and Education. 2016 January; 19 (1):23-45
Alexandre Emboaba Da Costa
Cultural Studies. 2016 January; 30 (1):24-46
Alexandre Emboaba Da Costa
Palgrave Macmillan. 2014 January;
Alexandre Emboaba Da Costa
Third World Quarterly. 2010 January; 31 (4):655-674
Alexandre Da Costa
Policy Futures in Education. 14 (3):345-359
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