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Joanita Kant was born on January 4, 1947, to Harlan R. and Caroline H. Kant of Watertown, South Dakota. She graduated from Watertown high school in 1965. Joanita first went to Northern State teachers' college from 1968-1969, but transferred to the University of South Dakota where she received her B.S. in Sociology Education in 1972. She received her M.S. degree in Geography from South Dakota State University in 2008. She also received her Ph.D. in Biological Sciences with plant science specializations from SDSU in 2013. She also worked in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department as a research scientist from 2015 to 2018.
During the 1980’s she was Executive Director of the Codington County Historical Society and museums. She authored and co-edited many books, and published journals.
Her interests were in South Dakota history, the Hutterite Brethren, engineering education, and Native Americans in South Dakota.
Joanita married Dean Fisher of Marshall County, South Dakota. They had one daughter Michele.
Joanita Kant passed away March 29, 2021, in Brookings, SD.