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 R. Felix is the proud son of Mexican and Guatemalan immigrants. Born and raised in Anaheim, California, I’m the product and beneficiary of…

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.…