Nicholas Collura currently directs the Radius program for ethical reflection on technology and culture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he also serves as a campus chaplain. Prior to his time at MIT, he trained as a board-certified healthcare chaplain and worked in both caregiving and supervisory roles in palliative care and hospice for several years in Philadelphia. There, he also co-founded and co-coordinated EcoPhilly, a faith-based organizing initiative dedicated to creation care in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

Nicholas is a trained and practicing spiritual director who is certified as a teacher in the Narrative Enneagram Tradition. He earned his Doctor of Ministry degree from Fordham University and is an adjunct lecturer in Villanova University’s Master’s program in pastoral care, where he teaches The Spirituality of Care and Human Growth and Faith Development. Additionally, he offers retreats and workshops on eco-spirituality, the political context of spiritual care, Ignatian spirituality, and other topics. His early education was in film studies and comparative literature, and he retains an avid interest in the arts and a respect for the wisdom of the creative imagination.