Reva writes about the body and relationships as a poet, a bioengineer, and a mother. She lives outside of Chicago; her favorite running trails go through the Indiana Dunes. She has two sons and recently, accidentally, became a cat lady. Reva is the Special Issues Editor of the Assistive Technology Journal, and she has published in outlets ranging from Frontiers in Neuroscience to the Handbook of Biomechatronics to Moss Puppy Magazine. 

Reva Elise Johnson

I'm writing from outside Chicago near the Indiana Dunes. I look across Lake Michigan and see your city skyline; I look to the left and see the sand dunes; I look to the right and see the steel mills. It's here that 'Galvanized Steel' was written.

I can't decide if the dunes and the steel mills together form a contradiction, or a striking similarity. I feel the same about my work and life: I'm a mechanical engineer and a poet. I'm a cat lady and I'm raising two sons. I've published in Frontiers of Neuroscience and in Moss Puppy Magazine. 

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I'm writing from outside Chicago, near the Indiana Dunes. I look across Lake Michigan and see the city skyline; I look left and see the sand dunes; I look right and see the steel mills. It's here that I wrote 'Galvanized Steel.'

I can't decide if the dunes and steel mills together form a contradiction or a strange similarity. I feel the same about myself: I'm an engineer & a poet. I'm a cat lady & I'm raising two sons. I've published in Frontiers of Neuroscience & Moss Puppy Magazine. Here we go. 

Contradictions, perhaps

precariously balanced

deer friends on the tree path

How Bayesian inference can decode movement intentions and control the next generation of
powered prostheses

Selected work