Sam Ferguson graduated from New College, Oxford, in French and Classics in 2008. In 2014 he completed a doctorate, also at New College, focusing on the history of the diary in French writing. During his doctorate he spent a year teaching as a lecteur at the Université Paris Nanterre. He is a Junior Research Fellow at Christ Church, Oxford, and his research touches on various aspects of life-writing, and the works of André Gide and Roland Barthes. He also teaches on a range of French language and literature courses at Oxford University.