Faculty First-Look (FFL) is an NYU initiative created to provide talented scholars, especially those underrepresented in the academy, with insight into what it takes to prepare for a future faculty career. Gifted scholars completing their PhD, EdD, or other relevant terminal degrees are invited to apply for programming at the following NYU Colleges and Schools: Arts & Science, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, Stern School of Business. and Tandon School of Engineering.
Faculty First-Look Scholar Alumni
Xia Li
Xia Li is a PhD candidate in Public and Urban Policy at The New School. Her research focuses on educational inequality and the role…
Yu Li
How did you become interested in STEM topics? My parents were engineers, and I seemed to have some talent for math and science, so…
Noemi Linares-Ramirez
Noemi Linares-Ramirez is a PhD Candidate in Sociology at the University of California, Irvine. Her research examines how racially underrepresented groups demand and experience…
Keisha Lindsay
Keisha T. Lindsay is a third year doctoral student in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Howard University. A proud New York…
Tashiana Lipscomb
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Jessica López-Espino
Jessica López-Espino recently defended her dissertation in anthropology at New York University. Her dissertation, “‘Crawling over Broken Glass’: The Legal Experience of Child Reunification…
Gilberto Lopez
Gilberto Lopez is an award-winning interdisciplinary scholar and applied social scientist. As Charter Professor in the School of Transborder Studies at Arizona State University,…
Jennifer Lopez
PhD Candidate in Educational Leadership at the University of Southern California, in the concentration of Leading Instructional Change Jennifer Lopez is a first-generation Mexican-American…
José A. Madrid
PhD candidate in the Department of Black Studies at Northwestern University His scholarly and pedagogical interests seek to provide a more robust understanding of…
Katherine Maldonado Fabela
Katherine Maldonado Fabela is a mother of three from South Central Los Angeles, and a doctoral student in the Department of Sociology at the…
Kimberly Martin
Kimberly Martin is a PhD candidate in Social Psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles. Graduated with honors in Psychology and high distinction…
Patricia Martín
PhD Candidate in the School of Education & Information Studies in the Division of Higher Education at UCLA Patricia Martín is a PhD candidate…