Bio:

Jonatha Kottler’s creative work explores the ways in which literature and culture impact and support us in our lives, and how they have done so throughout history. She is a fierce advocate for body acceptance and mental health.

Jona (rhymes with Donna) earned a BA in English from UNM and she is a graduate of UNM Honors. She has an MA in Liberal Arts from St. John’s College and an MFA in Creative Writing from the Institute for American Indian Arts.  Her work has been featured nationally and internationally in NY Magazine’s The Cut, The Guardian, Longreads, and Audible. She has written creative nonfiction, comic books, short and feature films, and is currently finishing a novel.

Jona’s interdisciplinary honors courses include explorations of villains in literature and film, law, Greek literature, epics, activist writing, creative writing, film appreciation, Shakespeare, and modern indignious writers. She will have honors student teachers in two of her upcoming courses in 2023: The Art of Film, and Legacy of Myth and Magic.

Research Interest:

The Literary Canon; Anti-Racist Writing Workshops; Indigninous Writers; Grief in Literature, Women in the West, Greek literature, Graphic Storytelling, Independent Film, Marvel and DC.