MCA Officers, 2025-2026
President
Brandon Knight, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Speech Communication and Director of Forensics
William Carey University
1st Vice-President
Kristen Cockrell-Barnett, Ed.S., NBCT
Instructor
East Mississippi Community College
2nd Vice-President
Carrie McCormick, JD
Instructor
Mississippi State University
Executive Secretary/Treasurer
Lindsey Dancy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Communication
Mississippi College
Historian
Judith Lewis, Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor
Belhaven University
Media Coordinator
Bill Moak, APR, Fellow PRSA
Chair and Associate Professor of Communication
Belhaven University
Past President
Philip Poe, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Communication
Mississippi State University
Executive Director
Mignon Kucia, Ph.D., APR
Professor of Communication
Mississippi College
Brandon Knight, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Speech Communication and Director of Forensics
William Carey University
1st Vice-President
Kristen Cockrell-Barnett, Ed.S., NBCT
Instructor
East Mississippi Community College
2nd Vice-President
Carrie McCormick, JD
Instructor
Mississippi State University
Executive Secretary/Treasurer
Lindsey Dancy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Communication
Mississippi College
Historian
Judith Lewis, Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor
Belhaven University
Media Coordinator
Bill Moak, APR, Fellow PRSA
Chair and Associate Professor of Communication
Belhaven University
Past President
Philip Poe, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Communication
Mississippi State University
Executive Director
Mignon Kucia, Ph.D., APR
Professor of Communication
Mississippi College