{"id":507,"date":"2026-07-02T14:08:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T18:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/strategic-plan\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=507"},"modified":"2026-10-15T15:37:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T19:37:22","slug":"alexandra-arraiz-matute","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/strategic-plan\/people\/alexandra-arraiz-matute\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexandra Arraiz Matute"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alexandra Arraiz Matute is an Assistant Professor\u00a0in\u00a0the School of Interdisciplinary Studies at Carleton University. She holds a doctorate and master\u2019s degree in Curriculum Studies from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto as well as a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. She is a community educator and organizer whose work bridges research,\u00a0teaching\u00a0and community engagement.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matute&#8217;s<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>research and pedagogical interests lie at the intersections of identity, culture,&nbsp;race&nbsp;and migration. She has explored the role of relationships in teaching and learning, particularly as sites of healing and resistance for marginalized communities within mainstream educational environments. Matute&#8217;s scholarship is grounded in anti-oppression,&nbsp;equity&nbsp;and feminist theories, with a focus on&nbsp;honouring&nbsp;diverse ways of knowing and creating opportunities for meaningful dialogue and learning across differences.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matute&#8217;s approach to teaching is informed by a commitment to social justice,&nbsp;inclusion&nbsp;and community building. She is particularly interested in how educational practices can foster belonging, challenge systems of&nbsp;inequity&nbsp;and support transformative learning experiences.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through her teaching, research and community-engaged work, Matute brings&nbsp;expertise&nbsp;in equity-focused education, relationship-centred&nbsp;learning and inclusive pedagogies that support collaborative and community-responsive approaches to education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":508,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Alexandra","cu_people_last_name":"Arraiz Matute","cu_people_initials":"AA","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[40],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-507","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_people_type-community-engagement-partnerships"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"Assistant Professor (School of Interdisciplinary Studies)","cu_people_degree":"","cu_building":"","cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/strategic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/strategic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/strategic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/strategic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/strategic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1211,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/strategic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/507\/revisions\/1211"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/strategic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/strategic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/strategic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=507"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/strategic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}