R. Colin Blenis

I am an assistant professor of nursing at Chamberlain University and a writer based in Atlanta. My scholarship brings nursing into conversation with psychology, ethics, and the health humanities.

I studied psychology at Georgia Tech and developmental psychology at Cornell, where my research focused on autobiographical memory. I earned my nursing degree at Emory and a master’s in nursing education at Western Governors University.

My clinical background includes emergency nursing, intensive care in Brooklyn during the first wave of COVID-19, and psychiatric nursing leadership. These experiences continue to shape my questions about the responsibilities of clinicians, educators, and institutions.

My essays, poetry, and fiction explore care, suffering, memory, and the stories people tell about their lives. Across scholarship and creative writing, I return to what it means to attend closely to another person, including when an answer or a remedy is uncertain.

I live with my wife and two dogs in Atlanta. My longstanding Buddhist practice also shapes my attention to language and everyday life.