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
Martha Ortega Mendoza
PhD Candidate in the Berkeley Graduate School of Education Martha Ortega Mendoza is a PhD Candidate in the Berkeley Graduate School of Education. Stemming…
Ebenezer Kobina Mensah
Ebenezer Kobina Mensah is a Ghanaian scholar-practitioner, storyteller, and educator whose work focuses on African Indigenous models, assessment, and social transformation within higher education. He…
Alexis Meza
Alexis N. Meza is a Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University and an incoming Assistant…
RaiNesha Miller
RaiNesha Miller is a doctoral candidate in Counseling Psychology at Oklahoma State University (OSU). She earned her MS in Educational Psychology with a focus…
Nurul Hassan Mohammad
Nurul Hassan is a STEM educator and education researcher whose work focuses on identity, equity, and participation in science education. He is a doctoral…
Diana Mojahed
Diana Mojahed is a Postdoctoral Associate in the laboratory of Professor Juejun (JJ) Hu in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering at MIT.…
Sophia Monegro
Sophia Monegro is a literary scholar working at the intersection of Black Women’s Intellectual History, Dominican Studies, and Digital Humanities. She is a doctoral…
Alexus Moore
Alexus Moore is a PhD candidate in Sociology at Georgia State University where her research centers on Urban Sociology in regards to neighborhoods, the…
Alberto Morales
Alberto E. Morales received his PhD in Anthropology (2019) from the University of California, Irvine and a BS in Biological Sciences also from the…
Josefina Flores Morales
Josefina Flores Morales is a doctoral candidate in the sociology department at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her areas of expertise in sociology…
Jeaná Morrison
Jeaná E. Morrison is a PhD candidate in the Educational Leadership and Learning Technologies program at the Drexel University School of Education. Her research…
Leslie Morrow
Leslie K Morrow is a visiting assistant professor in Education and Human Ecology at the Ohio State University whose research centers on the experiences,…