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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