Writer, researcher, data interpreter, traveller, singer, dancer, crafter
International Writer and Researcher
I am Sofia Sanders, a 2021 MS graduate of Global Media & Cultures from Georgia Tech, with a specialization in Russian. Inspired by my fascination with global cultures and research information, I plan to pursue a professional career in international media & information improvement. While attaining my degree I also acted as co-editor for the Georgia Tech Speculative Fiction Journal Hivemind, designing the website from scratch and curating my own collection. Since graduation, I am usually researching career possibilities when I’m not catching up on travel, cooking, music, dance, or (musical) theatre, and have (so far) taught myself to crochet, maintain an aquarium, care for curls, and grow herbs.
This online portfolio serves to document and display my explorations of media & research studies. Most notably, I’ve optimized my graduate thesis investigating the Russian media’s framing and coverage of the pro-Navalny/anti-Putin protests in 2021 in both English and Russian.
Post-2020
Graduate Student at Georgia Institute of Technology
M.S. in Global Media and Cultures, focus on Russian
Co-Editor of Hivemind Speculative Fiction Journal at Georgia Tech
Volume 2: Japan x Future.
Graduate Research Assistantship: curated collection, wrote article
Informational article on public trust of the media spheres in the US and Russia, illuminated by interviews with media actors from both countries.
Master’s Project Investigating Russian Media Sphere
Designed and conducted a mixed-methods analysis of the Russian news media coverage of the January-February 2021 protests in support of Navalny. Full English project and shorter Russian project.
Pre-2020
Bachelor Student at Leiden University College The Hague
B.S. in Governance, Economics, and Development & minor in Journalism. Graduated June 2020.
Thesis project on the representation of marijuana in the media between 2010 and 2016, when California voted to legalize.
Director of LUC University Pantomime Musical
Conceptualized, wrote, and planned musical theatre production which was presented in December 2019.
Co-Editor of Hivemind Speculative Fiction Journal at Georgia Tech
Volume 1: The Future of Translation.
Graduate Research Assistantship: designed website, curated collection
I consider myself an international citizen, and have lived in Moscow, Russia, The Hague, The Netherlands, and different parts of the United States, currently Atlanta. I love to travel, and have a wonderful Siberian Husky named Lucy.
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