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
Keri Rodgers
Keri L. Rodgers earned her BA in Spanish from Cornell University and began her career as a New York City Teaching Fellow in the…
Daisy Rodriguez
Daisy Rodriguez (ella/her) is a PhD candidate in Higher Education program in the Department of Education Policy Studies at Pennsylvania State University, University Park…
Silvia Rodriguez Vega
Silvia Rodriguez Vega is an interdisciplinary scholar and assistant professor at UCSB’s Department of Chicana/o Studies. She is a community engaged writer, artist, and…
Michael Reyes Salas
Michael Reyes Salas is a PhD Candidate in the Program in Comparative Literature, with a portfolio in African Diaspora Studies, at the University of…
Olawale Salaudeen
Olawale Salaudeen is a postdoctoral associate at MIT’s Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS) in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.…
Dialika Sall
Dialika Sall is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Lehman College-CUNY. Her research in the areas of immigration and race explore racialization processes through…
Rose Salseda
Dr. Rose Salseda is an assistant professor in the Department of Art & Art History at Stanford University and a founding co-director of the…
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…