Kathryn Leonard received her Ph.D. degree in mathematics from Brown University and joined the California State University, Channel Islands (CI), faculty after postdoctoral work at the California Institute of Technology and a visiting position at Pomona College. Her awards include an NSF CAREER Award and an MAA Henry L. Alder Award for Distinguished Teaching. She is currently a codirector of the NSF-funded Center for Undergraduate Research in Mathematics and the director of the CI Center for Integrative Studies.