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
Sakaria Auelua-Toomey
Sakaria (Sai) Auelua-Toomey is a doctoral student in the Psychology PhD program at Stanford University. He received his AA in Liberal Arts from the…
Alexandra Aylward
Dr. Alexandra Aylward is an assistant professor in the Department of Education at Montana State University, Bozeman. In May of 2018, she completed a…
Anneleise Azua
Anneleise Azua is a PhD candidate in the American Studies department, as well as a graduate portfolio student in the Latino Studies Department at…
Cassandra Baldwin
Cassandra Baldwin is a doctoral student in social psychology in the department of psychological and brain sciences at Texas A&M University. She earned bachelor’s…
Fabian Barch
READ MOREFabian BarchAndwatta Barnes
Andwatta Barnes is a PhD candidate at the University of Michigan’s School of Education, Educational Studies program specializing in Teaching and Teaching Education. Andwatta…
Rhonda Baylor-Celey
Rhonda Erica Baylor-Celey is an educational psychology PhD candidate at Howard University and an education research analyst with an expertise in testing and assessments.…
María Elizabeth Rodríguez Beltrán
María Elizabeth Rodríguez Beltrán is a PhD candidate in the Program in Comparative Literature at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. Her research focuses on definitions…
Donte Bernard
Donte Bernard is a second year NIMH T32 Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Crime Victims Research & Treatment Center at the Medical University of…
Bryant Best
Bryant O. Best is a third-year doctoral student in the Justice & Diversity in Education program at Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. Prior to…
Haider Ali Bhatti
READ MOREHaider Ali BhattiJalil Bishop
Jalil Mustaffa Bishop is a PhD candidate in higher education and organizational change at University of California, Los Angeles in the school of education.…