Dean Lacy is a Professor of Government at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. His research and teaching focus on lawmaking, elections, public opinion, the presidency, and political leadership, particularly in the United States. He also uses and teachs research methods such as game theory, experiments, and statistics.

Professor Lacy has written and lectured on topics such as the sources of instability in public opinion polls, third party candidates in elections, the effectiveness of economic sanctions in international relations, and designing optimal electoral rules.  

He is currently the Director of the Politics and Law program at Dartmouth College, and the advisor to the Dartmouth Political Union.

Professor Lacy received his B.A. from the University of Virginia and his Ph.D. from Duke University. He lives in Hanover with his wife and four children.

A member of the Ivy League, Dartmouth is a small, student-centered, undergraduate and graduate College, with three leading professional schools - Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business. It is known for its commitment to excellence in undergraduate education. Dartmouth also awards degrees through the doctorate in 17 Arts and Sciences graduate programs and the professional schools. For more information about Dartmouth College, please visit our homepage.

The Government Department at Dartmouth is one of the most popular majors in the College. Our thirty-three faculty are accomplished researchers and dedicated teachers, making us one of the premier institutions in the country for the undergraduate study of political science. The Department has a distinguished group of relations scholars in American and comparative politics, political theory, and methodology. In addition to course offerings, we sponsor numerous lectures, seminars, and conferences. Most of these events are open to students, providing opportunities for them to meet and interact with Dartmouth faculty and prominent visitors from other universities, the policy world, and journalism. Check us out here.

The Program in Politics and Law facilitates student and faculty research, particularly student-faculty collaboration, on the scientific study of law. Each year, the program supports between five and ten Fellowships for students to work on research projects in collaboration with or under the supervision of Dartmouth faculty. The program also funds student and faculty research expenses and brings to campus two to four distinguished guest speakers to present their research and meet with students and faculty. For more invormation, visit our homepage.