Archinect - Features 2024-11-21T09:15:11-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150285500/architecture-gets-psychosocial-socioracial-sociospatial-a-conversation-with-todd-brown-ut-austin-s-2021-2023-race-and-gender-in-the-built-environment-fellow Architecture Gets Psychosocial, Socioracial & Sociospatial: A Conversation with Todd Brown, UT Austin's 2021–2023 Race and Gender in the Built Environment Fellow​​ Katherine Guimapang 2021-10-22T14:28:00-04:00 >2021-10-27T11:46:08-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/88/880a55409b96bb2f8b8fb8466d9f8f33.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/925992/fellowships" target="_blank">Fellowship</a>&nbsp;opportunities provide design professionals with a bridge to explore and expand their research in an academic environment. Educational institutions have increased their fellowship opportunities for students, graduates, and emerging design professionals. Within these past few years, there has been a distinct push for more social justice, race, and gender-focused fellowships and their relationship to the built environment.&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/features/tag/1073280/fellow-fellows" target="_blank"><em>Fellow Fellows</em></a>&nbsp;is a series that focuses on the role&nbsp;fellowships&nbsp;play in architecture academia by connecting with the fellows themselves. For this iteration of Archinect's Fellow Fellows series, we connected with Todd Brown as he embarks on his new role as the&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/utsoa" target="_blank">University of Texas Austin</a>'s 2021&ndash;2023 Race and Gender in the Built Environment Fellow.&nbsp;</p> <p>Brown dives into his eclectic academic background that combines a series of disciplines that are often seen as separate approaches intertwining later in practice. After receiving his Master of Public Health and la...</p>