Sophie Gilmore

Enthusiastic educator with several years of experience instructing undergraduates at Harvard College. PhD candidate with research focused in the arts.

• AFVS Department Graduate Representative, 2023-2024
• Coordinator, Society of Cinema and Media Studies conference graduate reception, 2024
• Harvard Graduate Workshop in Gender and Sexuality Studies, Coordinator, 2021- 2022
• Graduate Masterclass in The Culture of Capitalism, Lucerne, Switzerland, University of Lucerne, 2021
• Harvard Film Studies Graduate Workshop Coordinator, 2018- 2019
• Harvard Bureau for Study Counsel, Panelist “Cultural Definitions of Success,” 2018
• Harvard Graduate Student Council, 2017 – 2019, Department Representative, Committee Member, Social Committee Member, Committee on Human Rights and Responsibilities, Participation in various student led organizations, including experience in organizing events, liaising with different university organizations and offices, and budgeting and allocating funding.

Exhibitions

• The Stream, mixed media and video, 2019, Carpenter Center, Cambridge, MA, Artistic Research Group Show
• Fur, short film, 2017, Harvard Film Archive, Docufictions, Group Screening

Other 

• Experience in numerous art forms, including painting, sculpture, drawing, textile, and new media
• Special interest in film making, photography, curation, art writing, and film programming
• Music: Member of the Harvard GSAS World Music Ensemble, piano.
• Language Ability: German (8 years study)

• Freelance copyediting for graduate dissertations, 2024.
• Administrative Assistant, Human Resources. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 2023.
• Art writer and critic for Eye Contact magazine, New Zealand, 2013-2016.
  (Regular exhibition reviews of local and international contemporary artists under commission for a New Zealand government sponsored publication)
• Assistant Florist at Marguerita Florist. Dunedin, New Zealand, 2012- 2016