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
Estefania Castaneda Perez
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Nicole Perez is originally from the San Francisco Bay Area and currently a doctoral degree candidate at the University of Notre Dame in the…
Ebony Perouse-Harvey
Dr. Ebony Perouse-Harvey is a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Education Teaching and Teacher Education program. She also holds a master’s…
Yamuna Phal
Yamuna Phal is a PhD candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). She received her B.Tech. from…
Fernando Plascencia
Fernando Plascencia holds a PhD from Cornell University and an MS in Economics from the University of Guadalajara. His work has focused on concepts…
Melanie Plasencia
Melanie Z. Plasencia is a PhD candidate in the Department of Comparative Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and will be graduating…
Allister Plater
Allister (Pilar) Plater is a doctoral student in sociology at University of Virginia. She received her master’s degree in educational studies from Tufts University…
Sandra Portocarrero
Sandra Portocarrero is a doctoral student in sociology at Columbia University. She is an organizational ethnographer with a particular interest in diversity and inclusion…
Alejandro Prado
Alejandro Ollin Prado is a PhD candidate in the department of Chicana/o Studies and Ford Dissertation Fellow at the University of California, Santa Barbara.…
Cierra Presberry
Cierra Presberry is a doctoral student in Michigan State University’s Curriculum, Instruction, and Teacher Education program where she is also a King-Chavez-Parks Future Faculty…
Christine Quince
Christine Quince, PhD is a proud Detroiter, scholar, and teacher educator. Her research focuses on the cultural capital and experiences Black elementary students have…
Sophia Rahming
Sophia Rahming is currently a Doctoral Candidate in the Higher Education program in the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies program at Florida State University…