More about sophie:
SOPHIE HAS BEEN A Kenan Visiting Writer at the university of North Carolina-Chapel Hil AND A PHILIP roth RESIDENT at BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY’S Stadler center for literary arts. She is also the recipient of Fellowships and Residencies from art farm, The Atlantic Center for the ARts, Tin House Workshop, and the Juniper Institute. SOPHIE HAS taught undergraduate introductory and intermediate poetry courses at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, AND TEACHES ONLINE POETRY CLASSES FOR A BROAD STUDENT POPULATION.
ORIGINALLY A DANCER, SOPHIE’S interdisciplinary work includes creating SCENIC textS for dance theatre and choreography for PERFORMANCE ARTWORKS. co-creator of Teen sequins, an annual feature for teenage writers across the globe, She also served as POETRY EDITOR FOR GIGANTIC SEQUINS, Spending 11 years on staff, AND WAS AN ASSISTANT POETRY EDITOR FOR GULF COAST. SHE WAS THE FIRST POETRY FACULTY MEMBER IN THE Creative writing program at the Kinder High school for Visual and Performing arts in Houston, TX, AND mentorED NUMEROUS Low-Income Elementary school students in Vallejo, CA.
Sophie holds degrees from the university of Houston and emerson college, and spent three semesters studying musical theatre at syracuse university. She is ORIGINALLY FROM PITTSBURGH, PA.
about the Klahr family:
Sophie’s mother is a retired clinical psychologist, and Her father is the developmental psychologist David Klahr, the Walter van Dyke Bingham Professor of Cognitive Development and Education Science at Carnegie Mellon University, Emeritus. Her oldest Brother works in Big data; Her youngest brother is a musician and social worker. Her sister is also A social worker, supporting those living with aids in rural pennsylvania. Her father’s parents owned the stamford watch hospital, a small "ma & pa" jewelry and watch repair business where (according to their Newspaper and radio ads) “the sick always recovered.” In New Jersey, Her Mother’s mother taught typing in high schools and night schools; Her mother’s father was in the armed forces, worked at sears (in the department of heating and cooling), and died suddenly, far too young.