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
Henry Willis
Henry A. Willis, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist, originally from Jackson, Mississippi, and he received his PhD from the Clinical Psychology program at the…
Greg Wilson
Greg Wilson, a native of Chicago, Illinois, is a fourth-year PhD Candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is…
Yi-jung Wu
PhD Candidate in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, with a doctoral minor in Educational Psychology Yi-jung Wu is a PhD candidate in Educational Leadership…
Jordan Wylie
Dr. Jordan Wylie is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Boston College. She earned her PhD in Psychology from…
Ellen Yeats
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Michigan I was not one of those students who knew in elementary school that I should pursue…
Cheryl Yin
Cheryl Yin is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Carleton College in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. A linguistic anthropologist with expertise in…
Xi Yu
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Computational Science Initiative at Brookhaven National Lab I’ve always loved mathematics, but I enjoyed it most when it was applied…
Pamela Zabala Ortiz
Dr. Pamela Zabala Ortiz is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Boston University. She is a sociologist of race and migration, and her research…
Luis Zambrano-Cruzatty
Dr. Zambrano-Cruzatty is an early career assistant professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Maine. He focuses on geotechnical engineering with…
Xiang Zhou
Dr. Xiang Zhou is an Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology from the Department of Educational Studies in the College of Education at Purdue University…
Peitao Zhu
Peitao Zhu is a doctoral candidate in Counseling and Counselor Education at Syracuse University. An international student originally from Shanghai, China, Peitao came to…
Sinenhlanhla Zungu
Sinenhlanhla (Sine) Zungu is a 5th year Social Psychology PhD student at Lehigh University. She holds masters degrees in Clinical Psychology and Community Counseling…