Emma Brick-Hezeau

Emma Brick-Hezeau earned a B.S. from Tulane University in Economics with a minor in Political Science and a B.A. in Linguistics from Tulane University. Emma joined Newcomb Institute as an NEW Leadership and Newcomb Scholars Research Aide in 2019. At Newcomb, Emma studies gender in higher education, American political leadership, and women’s history, connecting scholars across Louisiana for events that sustain Newcomb’s mission.

Their other research interests include computational linguistics, economic history, and cognitive science. While at Tulane, Emma studied Arabic and practiced these skills abroad through the Mandel-Palagye Program for Middle East Studies as well as participated in Feminist Camp in New York through a grant from Newcomb.