Todd Walatka is a teaching professor and the assistant chair for graduate studies in the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, where he also chairs the Romero Studies Working Group at the Kellogg Institute.

He earned a doctorate in systematic theology from Notre Dame. His areas of specialization include post-Vatican II Catholic theology, Latin American theology, Catholic social teaching, and Christian spirituality.

Walatka is the author of Words of Life: The Preaching of St. Óscar Romero, an accessible introduction to the preaching of St. ÓscarRomero. He is also the editor of Óscar Romero and Catholic Social Teaching, which examines the life of Romero in light of contemporary work for justice and human development.

He lives with his wife and children in South Bend, Indiana.