CV
SOPHIE NUNBERG
sophiej.n@gmail.com | tel: 415-215-4537 | sophienunberg.com
PUBLICATIONS AND AWARDS
“The Mother and Daughter” recipient of an honorable mention from Glimmer Train for the Family Matters issue, April 2012.
“It Was Worth It?” (University of Chicago convocation speech), in Public Speaking: The Evolving Art, Cengage Learning, January 2014.
“The Snorer,” in Flash in the Attic 2: Fiction Attic Press, 2016.
Flash fiction piece “Bowling Alleys” is currently on exhibit as a spoken word piece at Industries
of the Blind, Inc in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Awarded the Anna Wooten-Hawkins Graduate Award (2020-2021).
AWP creative non-fiction nominee (2024)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
FREELANCER, SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER, September 2012 - present
Managed Instagram and Twitter accounts for clients in a variety of fields, including architecture, music and mobile gaming.
Generated SEO optimized content for websites, blogs and newsletter
CONTENT CREATOR, July 2022 - present
Grown a following of 40,000 followers on TikTok through regular posting reflecting on writing, book, the art of the short story and plus-size fashion.
EDUCATION
The University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee (PhD, expected 2027)
4.0 GPA
2/2 teaching load while taking 3 courses per semester
Courses taught: English 101 (First Year Composition), English 233 (Introduction to Creative Writing), English 215 (Introduction to English Studies), English 418 (Advanced Literary Magazine Design Workshop)
Awarded the Chancellor's Graduate Student Award ($5,000)
Serves as the TA for the undergraduate literature magazine, Furrow.
Serves as the creative non-fiction editor for Cream City Review
University of North Carolina – Greensboro, MFA (May 2021)
4.0 GPA
Taught a 1/1 of English 101 while completing thesis
Worked 15 hours/week in the student writing center, helping undergraduate and graduate
students learn fundamentals, build out papers and learn research skills.
The University of Chicago (June 2012), BA
Majored in English with an emphasis of creative writing
Graduated with honors (3.64 GPA)
Co-created a club called “Drinkers with a Writing Problem” which is still active and now has
chapters on multiple college campuses
SKILLS:
Proficient in: Photoshop, Microsoft Word, WordPress, OS X. Intermediary skills in HTML and CSS.
Fluent in French, currently pursuing a Translation Certificate at The University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee