MCA Officers, 2024-2025
President
Philip Poe, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Communication
Mississippi State University
1st Vice-President
Brandon Knight, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Communication
William Carey University
2nd Vice President
Kristen Cockrell-Barnett, Ed.S., NBCT
Instructor
East Mississippi Community College
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
Executive Director
Mignon Kucia, Ph.D., APR
Professor of Communication
Mississippi College
Philip Poe, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Communication
Mississippi State University
1st Vice-President
Brandon Knight, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Communication
William Carey University
2nd Vice President
Kristen Cockrell-Barnett, Ed.S., NBCT
Instructor
East Mississippi Community College
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
Executive Director
Mignon Kucia, Ph.D., APR
Professor of Communication
Mississippi College