04/26/2026
Episode 8: Twenty Years of Change at Vanderbilt with Professor Leigh Scheer
Dr. Leigh Scheer joins the podcast to reflect on how campus politics and dialogue have shifted over the past twenty years and how those changes influence everyday life on campus. A 21-year member of the Vanderbilt faculty, Dr. Scheer is the Director of Undergraduate Studies and a Principal Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology and Human Development at Peabody College. She has spent more than two decades teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in developmental and educational psychology and contributing in many other roles across the university. Drawing on both experience and perspective, this episode offers rare insight into the political realities shaping Vanderbilt today.