Dr. Julie Pond - Shorter University

Dr. Julie Pond

Associate Professor of English
706-233-7393
jpond@shorter.edu
Rome Hall 110

Educational Background:

  • Ph.D. Illinois State University (2012)
  • M.A. Georgia State University (2008)
  • B.A. University of Georgia (2004)

Selected Courses Taught:

  • Foundations in Children’s Literature
  • Adolescent Literature
  • Early American Literature
  • Late American Literature
  • Southern Literature
  • The Storytelling of Disney, Honors Seminar
  • Literature for Young Readers
  • Literature for Middle Grades
  • Composition I
  • Composition II

Selected Publications:

  • “No One Likes to Feel Like an Adolescent: Genre Resistance in Harper Lee’s Novels.”
    Mississippi Quarterly 70/71.1 (2019).
  • “Treading Water: Considering Adolescent Characters in Moratorium.”
    Children’s Literature in Education 49.2 (2018): 87-100.
  • “’The earth which had bred his bones’: Narrative Representations of Southern Identity.”
    Southern Studies 22.1 (2015): 72-99. Print.
  • “The Rub between Fact and Fiction: Ideology in Lois Lenski’s Regional Maps.” Children’s Literature in Education 42.1 (2011): 44-55. Print.
  • “A Story of the Exceptional: Fate and Free Will in the Harry Potter”
    Children’s Literature 38.1 (2010): 181-206. Print.

Selected Academic Appointments:

  • Associate Professor, English Department
    Shorter University, Rome, Georgia. April 2021-present.
  • Assistant Professor, English Department
    Shorter University, Rome, Georgia. August 2013-April 2021.
  • Postdoctoral position, English Department
    Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois. January 2013-May 2013.
  • Instructor, English Department
    Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois. August 2008-December 2012.
  • Instructor, English Department
    Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia. August 2007-May 2008.
  • Internship with South Atlantic Modern Language Association

Selected Conference Presentations:

  • “A Cultural Opportunity for Children: Margaret Wise Brown’s Picture Books.” Presenter. Children’s Literature Association Annual Conference. Indianapolis, Indiana, June 1-15, 2019. Session 12A.
  • “The Timeless Book: The Past, Present, and Future of Margaret Wise Brown.” Presenter. Children’s Literature Association Annual Conference. Tampa, Florida, June 22-24, 2017. Session 7D.
  • “No One Likes to Feel Like an Adolescent: Genre Resistance in Harper Lee’s Novels.” Presenter and Moderator. Children’s Literature Association Annual Conference. Columbus, Ohio, June 9-11, 2016. Session 16A.
  • “The All-White World of Contemporary Southern Adolescent Fiction.” Presenter. Children’s Literature Association Annual Conference. Columbia, South Carolina, June 18-21, 2014. Session 6G.
  • “Regional Identities Advertised through Adolescent Literature.” Presenter. Cultural Studies Association Annual Conference. Chicago, Illinois, May 22-26, 2013.
  • “Moratorium and Morality: The Adolescent Character’s Search for Identity.” Presenter. Ethics and Children’s Literature Symposium. Greencastle, Indiana, September 13-16, 2012. Session 8.
  • “Horatio Alger’s Slumdog Millionaire: American Capitalism and Nationalism Abroad.” Presenter. Children’s Literature Association 39thAnnual Conference. Boston, Massachusetts, June 14-16, 2012. Session 12.4.
  • “Reading the South: Teaching Adolescents to Identify with Regional Land.” Presenter. 127th Modern Language Association Annual Convention. Seattle, Washington, January 5-8, 2012. Session 681.

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