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
Khrysta A. Evans
PhD Candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Educational Policy Studies program with a Social Sciences concentration and a minor in Gender and…
Stephanie Fajardo
Steph Fajardo is a PhD candidate in History at the University of Michigan. She earned her BA in History, Anthropology, and Spanish from the…
Shaneeka Favors-Welch
Shaneeka Favors-Welch is a PhD candidate at Georgia State University in the department of Middle and Secondary Education (MSE). Her research interests include diversity…
Eric Felix
Eric Felix is a doctoral degree candidate in the Urban Education Policy program at the University of Southern California. He is a research assistant…
Kim Fernandes
Kim Fernandes is a researcher, writer and educator interested in disability, data and technologies in the majority world. They are currently a postdoctoral fellow…
Ashley Finigan-James
Ashley J. Finigan-James is a third generation Brooklynite, educator, history and diversity, equity and belonging practitioner and mom. She is a doctoral candidate in…
Jill Fish
Jill Fish, PhD, LP is an assistant professor of psychology at Macalester College and owner of Fish Psychotherapy & Consulting, LLC. She earned her…
Michael Fleming
How did you become interested in STEM topics? I had always loved math and science, and while I was a bit fuzzy about engineering…
Grace Flores-Robles
Grace Flores-Robles is a doctoral student in psychology at The Graduate Center, CUNY. She holds a BA from the University of Texas at El…
Kwanda Ford
Kwanda M. M. Ford is a PhD student in Cinema and Media Studies and an Eugene V. Cota Robles Fellow at University of California…
Manuel J. Galvan
Manuel J. Galvan is a social psychology PhD candidate at UNC Chapel Hill. His research focuses on understanding the “Inequality Cycle”—how unequal social contexts…
Blanca Gamez-Djokic
Blanca Gamez-Djokic is a doctoral candidate in the Critical Studies of Race, Class and Gender cluster at the Graduate School of Education at U.C.…