Dr. Kati Tusinski Berg is the acting dean and the associate dean for academic affairs in the J. William and Mary Diederich College of Communication.

Berg, who has served as associate dean for academic affairs since May 2022, was previously the Diederich College of Communication鈥檚 associate dean for graduate studies and research; prior to that, she was chair of the Department of Strategic Communication. She has been at Marquette since 2006. 

An associate professor of strategic communication, Berg teaches courses in public relations and corporate communication. Her research interests include public relations advocacy, corporate social responsibility, social media, lobbying and ethics. Berg鈥檚 work has been published in the Journal of Mass Media Ethics, Public Relations Journal and PRism. In 2011, she was named a Page Legacy Scholar through the Arthur W. Page Center for her project on social media and corporate social responsibility. 

Berg currently serves as the Faculty Athletics Representative for the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics at Marquette, a position she has held since 2021. She is a former member of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Public Relations Society of America, and an Academic Member of the European Centre for Public Affairs. She is currently a member of TEMPO Milwaukee. 

Berg holds a Ph.D. in communication and society from the University of Oregon. She earned her master鈥檚 and bachelor鈥檚 degrees in communication from St. Louis University.