Leah Vance-Berg

AA, Agriculture and Extension Education, Potomac State College of West Virginia University
BS, Agriculture and Extension Education, West Virginia University
MS, Community and Leadership Development, University of Kentucky
PhD, Higher Education and Policy Studies, University of Kentucky

Dr. Leah Vance-Berg is originally from White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia where she grew up on her family's small farm. Dr. Leah is a first-generation college graduate. She attended Potomac State College of West Virginia University (WVU) where she earned an associate's degree and West Virginia University where she completed a bachelor's degree both in Agriculture and Extension Education. After graduating from WVU, Dr. Leah attended the University of Kentucky where she completed a Masters in Community and Leadership Development with research focusing on first-generation female students from Appalachia.

Dr. Leah taught high school Agriculture at her home high school in West Virginia for a year and a half before returning to the University of Kentucky to pursue a doctorate in Higher Education and Policy studies. Her research interests include first-generation college students, rural and Appalachian students, and graduate students. When Dr. Leah is not supporting her students; she enjoys spending time with her family and working in her flower garden.