Congratulations to the Provost’s ECFI Ambassadors for the academic year 2024–2025! These exceptional faculty will serve as peer mentors to guide and inspire future cohorts, and provide valuable input for the ongoing development of ECFI programming.
Sean Fader
Sean Fader is an Assistant Professor at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in the Department of Photography and Imaging. Represented by Denny Dimin Gallery in New York City and Hong Kong, Fader is also a collective member of Antenna in New Orleans. His work has been exhibited in various venues including the Albright-Knox Museum, Anton Kern Gallery, and internationally in Dubai, Canada, Mexico, and England. Notable recent solo shows include Insufficient Memory at Antenna and THIRST/TRAP at Denny Dimin Gallery. Fader has received numerous accolades, including NYFA and A Blade of Grass Fellowships, the Magenta Foundation’s Flash Forward Award, and prestigious residencies at Art Omi, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Yaddo, Stove Works, and The Wassaic Project. His work has been featured in MOMUS, Hyperallergic, and British Journal of Photography.
Rye Gentleman
Rye Gentleman is the Librarian for Performing Arts in the Division of Libraries, where he develops the theatre and performance studies collection and serves as the liaison to the Tisch School of the Arts. His research bridges performance studies, transgender studies, and new media, with a focus on how transgender embodiment is shaped by digital media, including digital performance projects, video games, and AI/robotics. Rye’s writing has been featured in TDR: The Drama Review, QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking, Text and Performance Quarterly, and Fifty Key Figures in Queer US Theatre (Routledge). He is currently co-editing and contributing to an anthology on transfeminist theatre and performance.
Janet Hendrickson
Janet Hendrickson is a Clinical Assistant Professor at NYU Liberal Studies. She is a scholar and literary translator specializing in the intersections of translation, poetics, encyclopedism, and visual cultures across the Americas, with a focus on the Southern Cone. Her research explores contemporary experimental hemispheric poetry that engages with reference genres like dictionaries and encyclopedias. Her latest translation project, Treasure of the Castilian or Spanish Language by Sebastián de Covarrubias (New Directions, 2019), was longlisted for a PEN Award for Poetry in Translation. Janet also translates contemporary Spanish and Portuguese literature, with work featured in Granta, n+1, and The White Review.
Heddy Lahmann
Heddy Lahmann is a Clinical Assistant Professor of International Education at NYU Steinhardt. With over a decade of experience in conflict and crisis education, she focuses on arts education for youth affected by political violence. Her work has appeared in the Harvard Educational Review, and she has co-authored reviews on education and social-emotional learning in emergencies for organizations like USAID and the World Bank. Lahmann has consulted for various international organizations, including UNHCR and the World Bank, focusing on education in humanitarian contexts, civic education, and arts for social change.
Judy Pryor-Ramirez
Judy Pryor-Ramirez is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Public Service and Director of the Executive MPA Program at NYU Wagner. Her research and teaching focus on nonprofit leadership, social justice, and public leadership, emphasizing race, gender, and class. She specializes in community-based participatory action research and is dedicated to justice and equity. She is part of The Latinx Project faculty network at NYU and serves on the Partnership for Public Service Research Advisory Council. Previously, she was assistant dean at Bard College’s MBA program and a consultant for NYC nonprofits. Pryor-Ramirez has led civic engagement and social justice initiatives at The New School, Emerson College, and the University of Richmond. She has also contributed to various academic projects and publications and is a trained facilitator and pedagogy expert.