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PUBLIC RELATionS/Corporate Communication

Dr. KATI TUSINSKI BERG
Assistant Professor

Johnston Hall Room 519
(414) 288-1401 Phone
(414) 288-5227 Fax
kati.berg@marquette.edu

COURSES TAUGHT

ADPR 2400: Strategic Research for Advertising and Public Relations
ADPR 1800: Principles of Public Relations
ADPR 6400: Management for Advertising and Public Relations
CCOM 2000 Issues in Corporate Communication
CCOM 4750 Corporate Social Responsibility

EDUCATION

Ph.D, Communication & Society, University of Oregon
M.A, Communication, Saint Louis University
B.A, Communication, Saint Louis University

View Curriculum Vitae

WHY MARQUETTE?

The mission of Marquette University corresponds with my teaching philosophy. I want students to understand that knowledge is much more than memorization and will continue beyond our short time together. I believe it is crucial to develop morally responsible individuals as well as socially responsible professionals. It is reassuring that the Diederich College of Communication values ethics as much as I do. The University's dedication to the integration of teaching, research and service allows me to engage students, advance my research interests and contribute to the Marquette community and beyond.

AWARDS

Page Legacy Scholar, Co-PI of $6,000 grant to study social media as a CSR communication channel (2011-2012)
Dean¹s Award for Teaching Excellence, Diederich College of Communication, Marquette University (May 2011)
2006: Best Doctoral Dissertation, University of Oregon, School of Journalism and Communication
2005: Research Fellow, Caring and the Media Colloquium and Conference, University of Oregon, School of Journalism and Communication

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Advocacy Public Relations
Lobbying
Public Relations Pedagogy
Media Ethics

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
Public Relations Society of America
Academic Member of the European Centre for Public Affairs

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Associate, Public Relations Services, Eugene, Oregon, 2003-2006
Online Facilitator, Charles Snowden Internship Program for Excellence in Journalism, University of Oregon, 2004-2005
Graduate Assistant in Public Relations, St. Louis, Missouri, 2000-2002

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Berg, K. T. & Feldner, S. (in press). The World is a Network: Social Media and Cause Networks in the Girl Effect Movement. In S. Duhe (Ed.), Public Relations & New Media (2nd edition). New York: Peter Lang.

Berg, K. T. & Gibson, K. (in press). Hired Guns and Moral Torpedoes: Balancing the Competing Moral Duties of the Public Relations Professional. PRism.

Berg, K. T. (in press). The Ethics of Lobbying: Testing an Ethical Framework for Advocacy in Public Relations. Journal of Mass Media Ethics.

Berg, K. T. (2009). Finding Connections Between Lobbying, Public Relations and Advocacy. Public Relations Journal, 3, 3.

Berg, K. (2009). “Lobbying as Advocacy Public Relations and its ‘Unspoken’ Code of Ethics.” Accepted for inclusion in forthcoming edited volume in Interest Groups & Lobbying: Volume One – The United States, and Comparative Studies. C. McGrath (ed). The Edwin Mellen Press.

Berg, K. (2009). Finding connections between lobbying, public relations and advocacy. Public Relations Journal, 3, 3. Tusinski, K. (2007),“A Description of Lobbying as Advocacy Public Relations.” In M. DiStaso (ed.). Proceedings of 2007 International Public Relations Research Conference: Roles and Scopes of Public Relations. Miami. pp. 563-570.

Tusinski, K. and Stoker, K. (2006), "Reconsidering Public Relations' Infatuation with Dialogue: Why Engagement and Reconciliation can be More Ethical than Symmetry and Reciprocity," Journal of Mass Media Ethics, 21, 2&3, 156-176.