Rob Greene is the founder and publisher of Raleigh Review, where the overall mission states a belief that “empathy allows us to see through the eyes of our neighbors, whether across the street or across the globe.” Born in Mississippi County in Arkansas, Greene has relocated over 46 times. He received his Ph.D. from University of Birmingham [England], and both his BSc in Microbiology and his MFA from NC State University, where he was fully funded and taught introduction to poetry workshops as a graduate student. He has recent poems in Best New Poets, Poem-A-Day via The Academy of American Poets, One Art, and one in San Pedro River Review. His essays most recently appeared in Valparaiso Poetry Review and in Cleaver Magazine. Greene currently mentors the editorial team at The Fool’s World, a new travel magazine. After working for over 38 years, Greene retired from teaching full-time in 2025 to focus on his writing.