UA Communication’s Graduate Program Names Associate Dean and Coordinator

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Dr. Yorgo Pasadeos has been named associate dean for graduate studies in the College of Communication and Information Sciences at The University of Alabama. Dr. Bruce Berger will replace Pasadeos as coordinator of the department of advertising and public relations graduate program.

Pasadeos is a professor in advertising and public relations and formerly was coordinator of that department’s graduate program. Berger is an associate professor and previously was the corporate vice president for corporate affairs at Whirlpool Corp. and president of the Whirlpool Foundation.

“Dr. Pasadeos has done an exceptional job building both the one-year professional program that integrates advertising and public relations and our two-year thesis program into top programs in the country,” said Dr. Bill Gonzenbach, professor and chair of the advertising and public relations department. “We’re confident that Dr. Berger’s exceptional professional and academic experiences will only enhance our reputation as one of the leaders in the field of advertising and public relations.”

Pasadeos teaches advertising and mass communication and serves as editor of the International Communication Bulletin, a serial of the International Communication Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. He was a visiting professor of advertising at Southwest Texas State University in the spring of 1995 and at The American College of Athens, Greece in the summers of 1985 and 1986.

Berger teaches corporate communications and joined the department in 1999. He had more than 20 years of public relations and executive experience with both The Upjohn Co. and Whirlpool Corp.

The College of Communication & Information Sciences is among the largest and most prestigious communication colleges in the nation. Graduating more than 12,000 students, C&IS is consistently ranked among the top 10 in number of doctoral degrees awarded and in many of its research programs.

C&IS graduates have won four of the six Pulitzer Prizes awarded to University of Alabama alumni, and the forensics and debate squad, housed within the College, has garnered 14 national championships.