Provost Brooke Barnett

Dr. Brooke Barnett brings more than 25 years of higher education experience to her role as provost and executive vice president at Butler University. She previously served as dean of the College of Communication at Butler. Prior to her arrival at Butler, she served for nine years on the President’s senior cabinet, as associate provost for academic and inclusive excellence, and as chair of the faculty governing body at Elon University.

Barnett regularly publishes and presents with colleagues on mass media, inclusion, and leadership in higher education.

Barnett earned her Bachelor of Arts in English and Communication Studies at Georgetown College. She earned her Master of Arts in Journalism and doctorate in mass communication with a concentration in law and visual communication at Indiana University-Bloomington.

Barnett completed the Institute for Educational Management program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the Diversity Management certificate at Cornell’s University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, and the HERS (Higher Education Resource Services) Leadership Institute.

She serves on the boards of HERS, the Holliday Park Foundation, and the Indy Arts Council, the film advisory board of the Heartland Film Festival, and the Research Advisory Council of the Educational Advisory Board.