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