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
Theodore Harrison
Theodore Harrison III is a 5th-year Media Studies PhD student in the School Journalism and Communication (SoJC) at the University of Oregon. His academic…
Vanessa Hatton
Vanessa Hatton is a Social Psychology graduate student at Rutgers University—New Brunswick, and previously attended the University of Delaware, earning a degree of distinction…
Anna Hidalgo
Anna Hidalgo is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at Columbia University. Her research specializations include culture, gender, sexuality, race, and transnational…
Gerald Higginbotham
Gerald (he/him) is currently a doctoral candidate in Psychology (Social area) at the University of California, Los Angeles. Born and raised in St. Louis,…
Alexis Holloway
Alexis Ligon Holloway is a Cultural Anthropology PhD candidate and Dean’s Graduate Fellow at Duke University. She earned her undergraduate degree from Amherst College,…
Darrell Hooker
Darrell Hooker is a PhD student in Higher Education Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Houston; he holds a BA in political…
Nia Hulse
Nia E. Hulse is an EdD candidate in the Department of Administrative and Instructional Leadership at St. John’s University. She is also a 2018-2020…
Farha Najah Hussain
Farha Najah Hussain (she/her), MSc(A), SLP, is a Rehabilitation Sciences PhD candidate. Prior to beginning full-time studies at NYU, Farha was a clinician in…
Liane Hypolite
A Rossier Dean’s Fellow in the Urban Education Policy PhD program at the University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education, Liane Hypolite is…
Summer Jackson
Summer Jackson is an organizational ethnographer in the doctoral program at MIT Sloan School of Management, where she has been recognized as both a…
Yan Jiang
Yan Jiang is a Postdoctoral Scholar with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Washington, Seattle. She received her PhD degree…
Natasha Johnson
Natasha Johnson is a PhD candidate in the Joint PhD Program in Social Work and Psychology at the University of Michigan. She earned her…