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
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…
Javier Ramírez Franco
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Humanities Fellow Javier Ramírez Franco is a PhD in Spanish Literature candidate in the Department of Hispanic Studies at the University…
Blanca Ramirez
Blanca A Ramirez, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Sociology Department at The University of Texas at Austin. Her primary goal as a…
Jairo Ramos
Jairo Ramos is a doctoral student in social psychology at the University of Colorado Boulder. He moved from Colombia to Miami at the age…
Nicole Rangel
Nicole Rangel is an educator and PhD candidate in the Social and Cultural Studies of Education program at University of California, Berkeley. Nicole’s research…