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
Maria Baez Cruz
Maria Baez Cruz is a PhD candidate in Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment at Boston College Lynch School of Education. Her research interests include…
Jordan Daley
Dr. Jordan Daley is a Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow at New York University. He received his PhD in Social Psychology (2023) from Northwestern University. He…
Rishita Das
Rishita Das is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). Rishita received her PhD in…
Diag Davenport
Diag Davenport is a Behavioral Science PhD student at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where he studies various Diag Davenport topics…
Elizer de los Reyes
Elizer Jay de los Reyes was born and raised in a farming village in Northern Philippines and he was the first in his family…
Enrique Degollado
Enrique “David” Degollado joined the faculty at The University of Iowa in Fall 2019 as a Post-Doctoral Scholar in Language Education. In Fall 2021,…
Juan Del Toro
My name is Juan Del Toro and I am currently a postdoctoral research scientist at the University of Pittsburgh. I received my PhD in…
Vanessa Delgado
Vanessa Delgado is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Washington State University. Broadly, her work explores the incorporation pathways of low-income Latino/a immigrant families.…
Michelle Desir
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Estela Diaz
Estela B. Diaz is a Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology(Link is external), and Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Education Research…
V. Gina Diaz
V. Gina Diaz is A PhD candidate in the Department of American Studies at the University of New Mexico as an interdisciplinary scholar, she…
Nicole Dickerson
PhD Candidate in Psychology, specializing in Brain, Behavior, and Quantitative Science at the University of Kansas. Nicole Dickerson is in the final stages of…