Leslie Kanat

Dr. Leslie Kanat is a geologist with research experience in metamorphic 
petrology and structural geology. He received his Ph.D. in the Earth 
Sciences at the University of Cambridge and was supported by Fulbright 
Scholarships. He studied metamorphic rocks in the Norwegian Arctic Archipelago 
of Svalbard, the Saualpe of Austria, and in northern Vermont. In 1987, 
Dr. Kanat began teaching freshman geology courses at the University of 
Texas at San Antonio. Since 1988 he has taught a wide variety of undergraduate 
geology and computer courses at Johnson State College, Vermont, where he is 
currently Professor of Geology, past Chair of the Department of Environmental 
and Health Sciences, and past Chair of the Faculty Senate. He received the 
Vermont State Colleges Faculty Fellowship awards in 2000 and in 2004, the 
Johnson State College Distinguished Faculty Member of the Year award in 
2004, and the Excellence in Advisor’s Award in 2003. He is a current and 
active member of the Geological Society of America, the National Association 
of Geology Teachers (past-President of the NE Chapter), and Board Member of 
the Vermont Geological Society. In addition, Dr. Kanat served on the governing 
board of the Vermont Chapter of the Fulbright Association, was a volunteer 
firefighter specialist with the Underhill-Jericho Fire Department, and 
currently a School Board Director for the Underhill-Jericho Independent 
School District.
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