Lucy Dalglish, ’80

Professor & Former Dean, University of Maryland, College of Journalism

Terms served: 2025-2028

Career

Lucy is a professor at the University of Maryland in the Phillip Merrill College of Journalism. She served as dean of the College of Journalism from 2012 to 2023. 

Lucy was executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press from 2000-12. The Reporters Committee provides pro bono legal representation, amicus curiae support, and other legal resources to protect First Amendment freedoms and the newsgathering rights of journalists. 

Prior to assuming the Reporters Committee position, she was a media lawyer for almost five years in the trial department of the Minneapolis law firm of Dorsey & Whitney. 

From 1980-93, Lucy was a reporter and editor at the St. Paul Pioneer Press. During her last three years at the Pioneer Press, she served as night city editor, assistant news editor and national/foreign editor. 

Education

Lucy grauduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1980 from the University of North Dakota College of Arts & Sciences. She recieved her Master of Studies in Law from Yale and Juris Doctor from Vanderbilt Unviersity School of Law.

While attending UND, Lucy worked as managing editor of the Dakota Student and as a reporter and editor for the Grand Forks Herald. She is a graduate of Grand Forks Central High School.