Sophie Hoeltgen is a senior IS major specializing in Cooperation and Conflict Studies and minoring in French. She is from Barrington, IL, and has interned in Washington D.C. and Paris, France. Sophie was a member of the Boston College Women's Cross-Country and Track & Field team for three years. She was previously a research assistant for Professor Krause's Political Violence Project, a Student Assembly Representative in the Undergraduate Government of Boston College, and a political columnist for The Heights. She is currently the Director of Outreach for the Boston College Chapter of Alpha Sigma Nu Honor Society for Jesuit Colleges and Universities, and a member of the Government, Law, and Public Policy Student Advisory Board at the Career Center. Sophie spent the summer of 2022 interning for an anti-human trafficking NGO in Paris. She is particularly interested in U.S. government and international politics and hopes to work for the United States Department of State in the future.

Make an online peer advising appointment with Sophie, or meet with her during Connolly House office hours: Mondays 9-10:30am, Wednesdays 3-4:30pm during Fall 2022.

Quick facts:

• Senior from from Barrington, IL

• Speaks French and interned in Paris; learning Italian 

• Interned for an environmental NGO in Washington, DC

• Participated in BC varsity athletics for 3 years

• Former Research Assistant for Professor Krause's Political Violence Project 

• Fomer political opinion columnist for The Heights

• former Student Assembly Representative (UGBC)

• Alpha Sigma Nu Director of Outreach 

• Member of the Government, Law, and Public Policy Student Advisory Board at the BC Career Center

Favorite courses:

• 21st Century Vatican Diplomacy
• Comparative Politics of the Middle East
• Germany Divided and Reunited