About Sophia Westfall:

Sophia Westfall is a student at Rutgers University in Camden and is currently earning a degree in English Composition and Digital Studies with a minor in Writing. She is a member of the Honors College and of the International Honors English Society, Sigma Tau Delta. She is a tutor at the Writing and Design Lab, a writer for the student newspaper The Gleaner, and a volunteer at The Writers House. In addition, she is a senior editor for The Undergraduate Review, a tech-specialist at Apple, the editorial director of Spoon University New Brunswick Chapter, and the founder of The Secret Society of Poetry, a literary magazine which publishes young and emerging voices internationally. Sophia’s poetry has been featured by The New York Poetry Society and she is a two-time award winner for The Young Writers short story contest. She is an interdisciplinary researcher and her studies include the influence of the humanities on one another from a literary, environmental, and historical perspective. As a student researcher at Proof, she will be conducting workshops throughout the semester that engage in this interdisciplinary research whilst also noting the importance of critical making in a materialistic world. 

Aside from her studies, Sophia enjoys experimenting with cinematography as a way to bring her short stories and book scenes to life. She is an avid Renaissance Faire attendant, and designs a new costume each year to compete in the annual photography contest. She loves going to the movie theaters, exploring new and interesting restaurants and coffee shops, and has a growing collection of antique and replica armory. She also loves collecting Renaissance paintings and old prints of ancient mythology books. She is currently working on her debut book series, The Unexpected Happenings of Abigail Lincolns, and enjoys traveling to the places in her book to recreate staged images and videos of different scenes.