About Alecia

Alecia Hodges is a journalist, editor, and legal scholar whose work explores the intersection of law, race, gender, and political power. She earned her Juris Doctor from Tulane University Law School and now works professionally as an editor.

Alecia developed her editorial voice through both media and academic spaces. In 2023, she served as an Editorial Intern at Ms. Magazine, contributing to the publication’s online platform. Earlier, as a Staff Writer for Tulane University’s Crescent Magazine, she reported on racial equity and campus affairs, helping to shape student discourse around justice and accountability.

Her legal scholarship is grounded in civil rights advocacy and rigorous research. As a Legal Research Assistant to Professor Robert St. Martin Westley and Vice Dean Stacy Seicshnaydre, she contributed to scholarship on Black reparations and fair housing discrimination. Under the Honorable Judge Dr. Nghana Lewis, she conducted research and writing on U.S. civil rights history and Black women’s health. During law school, she also completed a directed legal research essay examining solitary confinement and prison abolition in the United States.

Alecia’s commitment to public service includes work with the Tulane Legal Assistance Program, Kean Miller LLP, and an internship in a United States Senate office supporting constituent services. She also served as an inaugural intern for Tulane’s PEAJJES Conference, focused on political economy and access to justice.

A dedicated leader, Alecia served as President of the Tulane Law Women in Law Society, President and Founding Vice President of the Tulane Black Pre-Law Student Association, and held multiple leadership roles within Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

Her academic achievements include the Virginia Gleaves Lazarus Memorial Award and the Zora Neale Hurston Prize for Student Scholarship in African Diaspora Studies. She earned her B.A. in English and Political Science with a minor in Africana Studies from Tulane University.