Sophia Freuden

Sophia is the editor-in-chief and founder of Arbitror. She is a native of the American Pacific Northwest and is a Master’s student at Harvard University, where she is concentrating in Russian area studies. She graduated magna cum laude from Lewis & Clark College in 2016 with a Bachelor of Arts in international affairs.

Sophia was a Fulbright recipient for the 2016-17 academic year, during which she was stationed in Kazan, Russia. Kazan was not Sophia's first extended stay in Russia; she also spent a semester in St. Petersburg, Russia on a language-intensive program at St. Petersburg State University.

Sophia has previously interned for both the U.S. Department of State and the American Academy of Diplomacy in Washington, D.C. and has worked in criminal defense on the state and federal levels. She has a long-term goal of contributing to relations between Russia and the West at an international organization. She is interested in how conflict arises between Russia and the West in the form of cyber warfare, lawfare, and information warfare.

In her free time, Sophia enjoys writing fiction, experimenting in the kitchen, building her photography portfolio, and exploring her surrounding urban metropolis.

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