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
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.…
Sijia Geng
Sijia Geng is currently a 5th-year PhD candidate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Sijia received…
Isaura Godinez
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Araceli Gonzalez
Araceli Gonzalez is a PhD candidate in the School Organization and Educational Policy program in the School of Education at the University of California,…
Lorena Gonzalez
Lorena Camargo Gonzalez (she/her/ella) is a PhD candidate in Education at the School of Education and Information Studies with an emphasis on Race and…
Vidushi Goyal
Vidushi Goyal graduated in 2022 from University of Michigan with PhD in Computer Science focussed on enhancing efficiency of emerging machine learning applications. She…
Sam Gubitz
My name is Sam “S.R.” Gubitz and I am a PhD candidate at Northwestern University’s Department of Political Science. I am originally from Northwest…