Dr. Leah Renée Henrickson is a Senior Lecturer in Digital Media and Cultures at the University of Queensland's School of Communication and Arts, Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. Holding a PhD in English and Drama from Loughborough University (2019), her doctoral thesis, "Towards a New Sociology of the Text: The Hermeneutics of Algorithmic Authorship," laid the foundation for her research on algorithmic text production. Previously a Lecturer in Digital Media at the University of Leeds, she now focuses her scholarship on text generation systems, artificial intelligence, digital media environments, digital storytelling, hermeneutics, communications media history, and unconventional text dissemination. Henrickson authored Reading Computer-Generated Texts (Cambridge University Press, 2021) and Digital Storytelling: An Introduction (Polity, 2025). Notable publications include "Prompting meaning: a hermeneutic approach to optimising prompt engineering with ChatGPT" (AI and Society, 2025, with Meroño-Peñuela), "Revisiting computer authorship: a longitudinal perspective" (AI and Society, 2026, with Leppänen), "Chatting with the dead: the hermeneutics of thanabots" (Media, Culture and Society, 2023), and "The Lovelace effect: perceptions of creativity in machines" (New Media & Society, 2024, with Natale). Her work has garnered over 600 citations, impacting digital humanities and AI studies.

Henrickson serves as Deputy Director of Teaching and Learning in her school and is an elected non-professorial member of UQ's Academic Board and a nominated member of its Digital Learning Sub-Committee. She is an elected member of the Board of Directors of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP), and sits on the editorial boards of New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia and Anthem Press' Anthem Studies in Book History, Publishing and Print Culture series. Affiliated with UQ's Research Centre in Creative Arts and Human Flourishing and Centre for Digital Cultures & Societies, she is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). Her contributions extend to pedagogy, emphasizing AI and digital tools for critical reflection and creativity.

Professional Email: l.henrickson@uq.edu.au