She earned a B.A. degree from Lindsey Wilson College and a M.A. in History from Western Kentucky University. She has taught full time for Elizabethtown Community and Technical College since 2001, serving as an adjunct faculty member since 1999. She also served as an adjunct professor at McKendree College in Louisville, KY where she taught American History. Ms. Rigney is a member of the Kentucky Association of Teachers of History.