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
Kavitha Murthi
Kavitha Murthi has completed her PhD in the Department of Occupational Therapy at NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. Her research…
Miryam Nacimento
Miryam Nacimento is an Engaged Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow at Syracuse University. She received her PhD in Cultural Anthropology from the City University of New…
Cristina Nader
Cristina Nader is a passionate advocate for marginalized students in higher education, particularly first-generation, low-income (FGLI) individuals. As a Chicana and first-generation college graduate,…
Andrew Nalani
Andrew Nalani is a doctoral candidate (ABD) in applied psychology, psychology and social intervention, at NYU Steinhardt. He takes an interdisciplinary approach to understand…
Amira Nash
Amira Nash is pursuing a PhD in Teaching and Learning in the Literacy, Culture, and Language Education program at the University of Iowa. Her…
Michael Alvarez Navarro
PhD Candidate in Electrical Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez I grew up in Colombia, in a small town called Ocaña.…
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…
Chinyere Odim
Chinyere Odim is a PhD Candidate in Sociology at Brown University. A cultural and Du Boisian sociologist, her research agenda centers on ontologies of…
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…