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
Imara Mohamed Nazar
Imara Mohamed Nazar is currently pursuing her PhD degree in electrical and computer engineering at the State University of New York at Albany. She…
Brenda Nicolas
Brenda Nicolas is Zapotec from San Jerónimo Zoochina, Oaxaca, Mexico. Brenda is a PhD Candidate in Chicana/o Studies at UCLA, where she works on…
Masoud Nobahar
Postdoctoral Researcher at Louisiana State University When I received word that I had been accepted into Tandon’s Faculty First-Look program, I was very excited…
Mayra Nuñez Martinez
Mayra immigrated from Sinaloa, México, at age six and grew up in California’s rural San Joaquin Valley. After earning her BA in Biology from…
Eugene Ofosu
Eugene K. Ofosu is a Vanier scholar of social psychology at McGill University. He holds a M.Sc. in psychology from McGill. An active community…
Gold Okafor
Gold Okafor is PhD candidate in social and personality psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. She applies emotion research to investigate racial and…
Kerem Oktar
Kerem Oktar is a fifth-year PhD candidate at Princeton University. He studies the psychology of disagreement—from climate change to abortions, gun laws to vaccinations—using…
Irmak Olcaysoy Okten
Irmak Olcaysoy Okten is a Post-Doctoral Associate at the Department of Psychology at New York University. She received her MS and PhD in Social…
Oneya Okuwobi
Oneya Fennell Okuwobi is a doctoral student in sociology at the Ohio State University. Okuwobi’s research interests include the sociology of organizations, race, and…
Lakeya Omogun
Lakeya Omogun is a PhD Candidate in the Language and Literacy Studies Program in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at The University of…
Kehinde Omotayo
Kehinde Omotayo is a competent registered engineer and computational scientist specialize in project management. He is also competent at project coordination and team management;…
Julio Orellana
Dr. Julio Orellana is an interdisciplinary social-science scholar who works at the intersection of Central American, Latinx, and Latin American Studies. Julio is currently…