Biography
Sofia
Detjen
Biography
Sofia Detjen is a professional drummer and scholar. Her work spans live performance and recording, history, international affairs, and public life.
Her musical work spans live performance, studio recording and theatre. Sofia performed all drum set and percussion parts on the original theatre soundtracks for HPT 176: 101 Damnations and HPT 177: Salooney Tunes. Her performance credits include Jazz à Vienne, North Sea Jazz Festival, Umbria Jazz and Telluride Jazz Festival.
Sofia’s research examines how governments and institutions interpret political change, particularly in Iran and the Middle East, and how those interpretations shape intelligence and foreign policy. As a Kenneth I. Juster Fellow at Harvard’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, she has conducted archival research in London and Paris on intelligence assessments of pre-revolutionary Iran.
Her broader work includes research for Harvard scholars and policy leaders; manuscript and bibliographic work; and policy research on Middle East security, strategic competition and U.S. national-security policy.
Academic Assessment
“Sofia is the best Harvard undergrad I have worked with [over] the past eight years at the Kennedy School. She has the pillars of character, integrity, intellectual distinction, and service.”
Research Fellow · International Security Program · Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Formation
History, government
and global jazz.
Curriculum vitae available upon request.
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Faith, Music & the Road to Harvard
An LDS Living feature on Sofia’s path through music and to Harvard, and the role faith has played in shaping her approach to ambition, work and possibility.
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