In the summer of 2021, UTA joined eight leading U.S. schools and colleges of architecture, planning, and design in co-founding the Deans’ Equity and Inclusion Initiative, a partnership to nurture a diverse population of emerging scholars focused on teaching and researching the built environment to advance socio- ecological and spatial justice, equity, and inclusion. The initiative is built around a cohort-based fellowship program that supports early career faculty in their academic and research pursuits.