National Forensic Association memberships

The AFA sponsors two intercollegiate national championships in debate and speech. We applaud the competitors, coaches, and administrations who worked tirelessly to provide a successful season and end-of-the-year tournaments despite the many barriers posed by COVID-19 and hybrid working environments. 2022 AFA-National Speech Tournament hosted by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Final Results Full final results packet…

AFA Online Executive Council and Business Meetings, All Forensic Organization Meeting The Executive Committee will be meeting online on Wednesday, November 8 (7:00 pm EST). See link below. Second, the AFA Business Meeting will occur online only, during NCA, on Wednesday, November 15 (5:00pm EST). The agenda for the meeting will be released separately, and it will use the…

Each year the National Debate Tournament honors outstanding contributions in the areas of teaching, coaching and service.  Our community has always been privileged to have many dedicated professionals who represent our values and further the mission of intercollegiate debate in important ways.  The Board of Trustees is seeking nominees for the following awards to be…

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Twenty-Second NCA/AFA Summer Conference on Argumentation July 31-Aug 3, 2025 Ronald Walter Greene, green179@umn.edu        NCA/AFA Argumentation Conference 2025 July 31-Aug. 03 Snowbird in Alta, Utah Theme: Arguing Democracy Submission Deadline: February 17, 2025 The organizers of the Twenty-Second National Communication Association/American Forensic Association Summer Conference on Argumentation invite completed…

AFA Business Meeting will occur online only, during NCA, on Thursday, November 17 (11:00 am CST). The agenda for the meeting will be released separately and meeting materials can be found at https://www.americanforensicsassoc.org/business-meeting-agenda-and-minutes/.   https://bit.ly/AFAMEET22   We are eager to see you soon!

This special issue is a reflective and retrospective on policy debate 10-years after Emporia State University’s historic and unprecedented triumph of “uniting the crowns,” winning both the National Debate Tournament (NDT) and the Cross Examination Debate Association National Tournament (CEDA) in 2013. With the recent discontinuation of Emporia’s debate program and the third uniting of…