Sofia Giannuzzi (USA/Italy)

I grew up splitting my time between reading and coding, but it’s only in the past few years that I’ve become really preoccupied with how literature and computer science—especially AI—are starting to reshape one another. That curiosity brought me to Oxford as an MSc student in Digital Scholarship, where I’m focusing on the intersection of artificial intelligence and literary analysis. Originally from Connecticut, I recently graduated from Harvard University, where I earned a double concentration in English and Computer Science.

My academic work sits at the intersection of literature and machine learning. In my undergraduate thesis, I looked at how large language models replicate—or fail to replicate—the structural conventions of the short story, blending close reading with computational tools like word embeddings and stylometry. More broadly, I’m fascinated by how digital technologies are changing the way we think about authorship, creativity, and storytelling. At Oxford, I’m hoping to keep exploring how computational methods can help us recover and reimagine literature, especially in relation to the novel.

Outside of research, I love reading, baking, and road trips—especially the kind that involve long drives and longer playlists. I’m incredibly grateful to the Ertegun Scholarship Programme for making it possible to pursue this work as part of such a vibrant and interdisciplinary community.