Antonio Hamilton

Antonio Hamilton is a  PhD candidate in the Center for Writing Studies, affiliated with the English department, whose research investigates the evolving relationship between writers and automated writing technologies. His work focuses on how generative AI (GenAI) shapes students’ writing processes, with particular attention to when and how students integrate GenAI into their workflows and how that timing influences their rhetorical choices. He is especially interested in how students understand and navigate genre expectations in light of GenAI tools, including how these technologies may reinforce or disrupt conventional genre norms. Antonio’s research also explores how GenAI affects students’ sense of writing identity and voice, and how writers negotiate authorship and agency when composing with algorithmic assistance. Additionally, he is especially interested in how writers navigate acts of invention when seeking assistance from GenAI, and what this reveals about agency, authorship, and the future of writing pedagogy and writing tutoring.

Prior to coming to the University of Illinois, Antonio earned his MA in English at Florida State University, where he specialized in Medieval Literature.