Brett Robinson, Ph.D.

Brett Robinson serves as the Associate Director for Outreach and Associate Professor of the Practice at the McGrath Institute for Church Life. In this role, he oversees outreach efforts for the institute while doing research on media and Church history. Brett is the founder of the Church Communications Ecology Program at Notre Dame, a program for Church leaders to engage more deeply with the challenges and opportunities created by the rise of digital technology and artificial intelligence.

Brett teaches courses on the philosophy of technology, religion and media history. He is the author of two books and numerous essays on religion, media and culture. His essays have appeared in Wired, Church Life Journal and Catholic News Service. Brett has also served as a producer on three documentary films that have aired on EWTN and in theaters nationwide. Brett is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and has a Ph.D. in Mass Communication from the University of Georgia.