Ravenna Raven is a Listener Poet with The Good Listening Project, working with hospitals, healing centers, and healthcare conferences. She leads the Certified Listener Poet course, a graduate-level program in Medical Humanities, and publishes the project’s anthologies.
Since receiving an MFA in poetry from University of Maryland, Ravenna has been writing and teaching the curriculum for a variety of specialized courses, including reading development for elementary and middle school students; historical literature and literary analysis for high school students; academic writing, research methods, and rhetorical analysis for undergraduates; and reading comprehension, analysis, and creative writing for students of all ages.
Ravenna’s early childhood experiences with first responders, surgeons, and hospice nurses propelled her toward writing as a practice for healing and making meaningful connections with others.