Dr. Jane Pacht Brickman serves as Professor of History and Head of the Department of Humanities at the United States Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point. She teaches courses in American History, Philosophy, and Social and Business Ethics, and has served on the faculty since 1981.

Until she became Department Head in 1994, Dr. Brickman served as the Women's Advisor to female midshipmen at the Academy, the first federal service academy to admit women. She currently chairs the Human Relations Committee, which assures an Academy climate that fosters gender and racial equity and equal opportunity, and the Superintendent's Committee on Post-Graduate Fellowships, which has developed a program to assist qualified midshipmen to compete for post-graduate fellowships.

Dr. Brickman holds a Ph.D. in History from the City University of New York. Her scholarship and publications are in the field of medical history, with a focus on twentieth century medical reformers. She also has written and spoken on issues involving the integration of women into predominantly and traditionally male environments.

Dr. Brickman is married to John M. Brickman, an attorney with Ackerman, Levine, Cullen, and Brickman.  They have two children, Liz Brickman Greilsheimer, who teaches social studies at the Fieldston School in New York City , and Suzanna Pacht Brickman, who is attending Stanford Law School.