After undergraduate work at Oberlin College, Peggy Shadduck earned her M.S. in Neuroscience from Northwestern University and Ph.D. in Pharmacology from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. She has focused her career of teaching, but has also done some research on both age-related hearing loss and pedagogical effectiveness. After first being asked to take on leadership roles in higher education, Peggy earned an additional master's degree in Public Administration. She has served as the chief academic officer for a community college, as a STEM outreach and program strategy expert, and now as the lead for curricular development for a new college within UNT.