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

Berenice Sánchez
Berenice Sánchez is a PhD candidate at Indiana University (IU) in the department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. She is a first-generation college…

Jasmine Sanders
Jasmine Sanders is a sociology PhD student at UC Berkeley. Her research centers issues of equity and access with a focus on organizational inequality,…

Stephen Santa-Ramirez
Dr. Stephen Santa-Ramirez (he/him) is a first-generation college graduate whose personal and professional experiences in higher education have played formative roles in developing his…

Briana A. Savage
PhD Candidate in the Higher Education Administration and Policy program at the University of California, Riverside Briana A. Savage is currently a PhD student…

Melina Seabrook
Melina Seabrook, MA, is a PhD Candidate in Anthropology at Harvard University. She is an NSF-GRFP Recipient interested in human-animal relationships and studying animal…

Tyrone Jesse Sgambati
Tyrone Jesse Sgambati is a PhD candidate in psychology at UC Berkeley. He completed his BS at the University of Michigan, where he studied…

Nirupika Sharma
Nirupika Sharma is a PhD candidate in social-personality psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. Born and raised in Queens, New York, Nirupika holds…

Alicia Sheares
Alicia Sheares is a doctoral student at UC Berkeley where her research centers on race and ethnicity, immigration, inequality, and work and organizations. Her…

Steven Sherwood
Steven (Hank) Sherwood is a fourth-year, part-time doctoral candidate in the Sociology of Education program at NYU Steinhardt. He works full-time as the Associate…

Maurice Shirley
Maurice Shirley is a PhD candidate studying Higher and Postsecondary Education at New York University. His research interests include college access and equity, college…

Nicolas Daniel Silva
Nicolas Daniel Silva, LMSW, MS, “Nico” is a Society for Neuroscience “NSP” Scholar, social worker, artist, scientist, musician, curator, theatre maker, performance studies researcher,…

Isaiah Simmons
Isaiah Simmons (he/him) is a current Associate Policy Researcher at RAND studying issues of (in)equity in higher education policy for historically marginalized populations. He…