Past Readings/Residences

Dr. Patricia Jabbeh Wesley has been featured at numerous poetry festivals and at colleges and other institutions across the world and in the United States. She has been invited as a Poet in Residence and Visiting Poet at institutions like the Smithsonian, the Ford Foundation, Ohio State University, the 2007, 2010, and 2020 International Poetry Festival of Medellin, among others. As public speaker, she is also available to read her own works and speak at all events.
  • The Library of Congress
  • The Ford Foundation
  • The Smithsonian National Museum of African Art/ Fall for the Book Festival, VA
  • The International Poetry Festival of Medellin
  • The Chautauqua Institute’s Writers Festival
  • The Chautauqua Institute’s Poet in Residency
  • University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Indiana University- Bloomington
  • Penn State University Faculty Forum
  • New York University, New York, NY
  • The New School, New York, NY
  • The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
  • Wheaton College, IL
  • Calvin College Festival of Faith and Writing, Grand Rapids, MI
  • Penn State University’s Faculty Staff Forum Speaker, 2005
  • The International Poetry Festival of Medellin -2007, 2010, & 2020
  • The 2012 Poetry Parnassus
  • The 20th International Poetry Festival of Medellin, 2010, Colombia, South America
  • Point Loma Nazarene University- San Diego
  • The Ellis School, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Pittsburgh’s City of Asylum Jazz-Poetry Festival