Crystal Hurd

Crystal Hurd (Ed.D., East Tennessee State University) is an educator, poet, and researcher from Virginia. She holds a Master of Arts in Literature from East Tennessee State University, a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Texas at El Paso, and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis from East Tennessee State University. Her doctoral research focused on C. S. Lewis as a Transformational Leader. She currently serves as Reviews Editor for Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal. Her articles have appeared in SEVEN, Christian History Magazine, Inklings Forever, Perichoresis, and The Faithful Imagination. She contributed a chapter on Flora Lewis for the book Women and C. S. Lewis: What His Life and Literature Reveal for Today’s Culture (2015). She is also the author of Thirty Days with C. S. Lewis: A Women’s Devotional (2014) as well as The Leadership of C. S. Lewis: Ten Traits to Encourage Change and Growth (2022). She is currently conducting research on the artistic influence of the Lewis and Hamilton families titled Bookish, Clever People. For this project, she was awarded the 2020 Clyde S. Kilby Research Grant by the Marion E. Wade Center at Wheaton College. She serves as a Visiting Professor for Northwind Seminary’s Doctorate in Theology and Ministry for Inkling Studies and Romantic Theology as well as the Master's in Spirituality, Creativity, and Writing. She was also a plenary speaker for the 2025 C. S. Lewis Foundation's Summer Institute in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Crystal won the 2025 Paul F. Ford Award for Excellence in Lewis Scholarship and Teaching.

She has been happily married for over twenty years to a technology teacher. They have two boisterous rescue dogs.

Check out Crystal's work on her channel: That Lewis Lady