Ian Ramsey is the author of Hackable Animal, finalist for the Prism Climate Prize, and two books forthcoming in 2027: This Craggy Heart: Mountain Poems (Green Writers Press) and Cape Cod to Nova Scotia: A Literary Field Guide to Changing Ecosystem with Samaa Rahman Abdurraqib and Elizabeth Bradfield (Storey Publishing). His writing has been featured in Terrain.org, Orion, High Desert Journal, and many other journals, as well as in collections like The Gift of Animals, Writing for Peace, and Maine Voices. Based in Maine, Ian is the founding director of the Kauffmann Program for Environmental Writing and Wilderness Exploration at North Yarmouth Academy, where he has taught environmental writing, expeditioning, neuroscience and human performance, creative entrepreneurship, and music for 26 years.

A licensed Maine Guide, Ian holds the highest sea kayak leadership award in the world, British Canoeing’s Advanced Sea Leader. He has led trips and backcountry expeditions on four continents, with a special focus on Alaska. An ultrarunner and backcountry athlete, Ian has worked with a number of brands, and serves as senior guide for Aspire Adventure running and as the editor of the Aspire Journal. He has lectured at Hirosaki University, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Pacific Lutheran University, and often works with universities and the military on human performance practices.

He is a founding board member of Physiology First, a global non-profit that teaches students, families and educators how to manage anxiety, perform and learn better. Ian has also directed a community steel drum band for over two decades.