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
Edward Watson
Edward Watson is a Ph.D .candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of California–Irvine. Originally from the Midwest, his research interests lie…
Paris Wicker
Paris is a PhD candidate in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis with a doctoral minor in Sociology at the University of…
Kimberly Williams
PhD Candidate in the English Department at the University of Florida Kimberly Williams is a doctoral candidate in the English Department at the University…
Melissa Williams
Melissa Rojas Williams is a first-generation doctoral candidate and motherscholar in the Social Studies Program in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at The…
Tanishia Williams
Specializing in urban politics at the intersection of race, gender, and class, Tanishia Lavette Williams is currently obtaining a PhD from the Public and…
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…