Dr. Meghna Sabharwal, professor of public and nonprofit management in the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences at The University of Texas at Dallas, was recently named a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA). Sabharwal is the first person to be chosen for the honor while a member of the UT Dallas faculty. Teodoro Benavides, associate professor of practice of public and nonprofit management and Dallas city manager from 1998 to 2004, was named a fellow in 2000 before joining the UTD faculty. She said her mission in her new position is to create a supportive environment in which all faculty members feel a sense of belonging at UT Dallas. Akin, an IEEE fellow, is director of the Power Electronics and Drives Lab at UT Dallas.