Dr. John E. Forde, APR, Fellow PRSA, is associate professor at Mississippi State University, and immediate past co-chair of the Universal Accreditation Board. He has taught at Mississippi State since 1987. In 1997, he served as president of the four-state Southern Public Relations Federation, and received the organization’s Professional Achievement Award in 1999. He also was named the Public Relations Association of Mississippi State Practitioner of the Year.