Kiara Koenig

Kiara Koenig
1104 views

Contact Information

kkoenig@yccd.edu
530-740-1751
Language Arts Faculty/Coordinator, Yuba College
Marysville Campus, ,

Kiara Koenig

  • pronunciation: key-r-ah, kay-nig
  • pronouns: she/her/hers

I teach literature, creative writing, composition, critical thinking, and tutor training, sometimes within a single semester or a single course. My approach to teaching emphasizes analysis, craft, current topics, and interdisciplinary and intersectional perspectives. I believe that writers, like athletes and musicians, achieve their best results through a combination of practice, coaching, play, and a lot of hard work.

I believe students need opportunities to gain professional experience in their field of study, which is why I serve as the faculty advisor for Flumes, an online literary journal with an editorial staff of Yuba College students. I love language, imagery, and an engaging narrative. I want poetry “that is death-shaded, insecure, funny, tough. …that says to God, ‘I’m doing the best I can—what the hell more do you want from me?’” (D. Barresi) and prose that is “the perfect fist of words, melody, distortion, hope, beauty, and meaningful violence” (M. Ryan).

I've presented at national conferences, won prizes for fiction and poetry, coached nationally ranked speech and debate competitors, and I'm admittedly addicted to being active. Any day without a hike, swim, bike ride, kayak trip, strength training session or some other physically demanding activity is a waste. My husky, the Kodiak Bandit, wholeheartedly agrees. When in doubt, climb a mountain, jump in the water, take a photo, write something.

Office Hours

No Office Hours Entered.

Contact this instructor: kkoenig@yccd.edu, 530-740-1751

Class Schedule

Class Time / Dates / Days Location
Title: Critical Think Lit
Method: LEC72 Section: ENGL-1B-D9186
Section ID: 138433
N/A
1/22/2024 to 5/24/2024
online
Bldg: SNET
Room: NET
Title: Critical Think Lit
Method: LEC72 Section: ENGL-1B-D9189
Section ID: 138436
N/A
2/5/2024 to 5/24/2024
online
Bldg: ANET
Room: NET
Title: Crit Thk/Adv Comp
Method: LEC72 Section: ENGL-1C-D9191
Section ID: 138438
N/A
1/22/2024 to 5/24/2024
online
Bldg: ANET
Room: NET