Dr. Kristen Pond

Interests

19th-Century British Literature
Studies in the novel
Gender studies
Narrative Form

Education

Ph.D. University of North Carolina Greensboro
M.A. University of North Carolina Greensboro
B.A. St. Andrews Presbyterian College

Courses Taught

ENG 2301 British Literature 
ENG 4347 Eighteenth-Century British Novel
ENG 4360 Victorian Prose
ENGL 3345 Novel Adventures
ENGL 3346 Literary Networks from 1700-1900
ENGL 3347 Writing the Self: Memoir and Autobiography 1700-1900
ENGL 4305 Women Writers
ENGL 4350 How We Read: Understanding Narrative Forms

Bio

Kristen Pond is an Associate Professor in English. Her research focuses on forms of the nineteenth-century novel, especially realism and sensation fiction, and life writing such as letters, journals, and autobiographies. Her research also engages with theories such as rhetorical narrative theory, feminism, and most recently ecocriticism and disability studies. Kristen’s publications examine the writing of several prominent Victorian women authors, including George Eliot, Charlotte Brontë, and Harriet Martineau. In addition to many journal articles, Kristen’s work on these writers can be found in the Palgrave Encyclopedia on Women Writers, the Routledge Companion to George Eliot, and the Broadview Anthology. Kristen frequently presents at national conferences such as NAVSA, BWWC, and MVSA. Kristen has also co-chaired two conferences, the British Women Writers Conference at Baylor University in the spring of 2022 and the Cultures of Correspondence symposium at Baylor University in the spring of 2025. Her book, Strangers and the Enchantment of Space in Victorian Fiction, 1830–1865, was published in fall of 2023. Her current book project on women and walking brings together her recent research interests in Victorian fiction, life writing, gender and disability studies, and the environment. 

Kristen also has robust teaching and administrative roles. She was awarded the Margarett Root Brown Chair in Robert Browning and Victorian Studies at the Armstrong Browning Library in 2023 and currently holds this chair position. She is also editor of Victorians: A Journal of Culture and Literature. Kristen teaches courses in British Literature, narrative form, and women's writing. In addition to teaching many undergraduates, she is a member of the graduate faculty and enjoys working with graduate students. She has directed 16 MA theses and PhD dissertations, in addition to serving on 13 thesis and dissertation committees.