The Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Mission
Leverage inclusive excellence in creating and sustaining a more equitable and diverse university environment.
Vision
Lead the strategically collaborative effort to be recognized as a multicultural institution.
Objectives
- Raise the collective consciousness, awareness, and understanding of the UTA community in areas relating to social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Develop pipeline strategies to ensure that we recruit, hire, support, retain, and promote diverse faculty.
- Enhance the representation of highly qualified, diverse, and meaningfully engaged faculty, staff, and administration.
- Cultivate and sustain partnerships with units, departments, divisions, and external communities to optimize student success and learning.
Meet our Staff
Bryan Samuel, Ph.D.
Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Lucinda Buhrkuhl
Executive Assistant
Eunice Currie
Assistant Vice President for Cultural Competence Education
Shunda Dixon
Administrative Assistant I
Eddie Freeman
Executive Director
Loretta Pequeno
DEI Talent Sourcing Specialist
Monique Franklin Pierce
Cultural Competence Education Coordinator III
Organizational Chart
View the org chart for the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.