NDT Mental Health Coaching Forum, October 7 @ 8 pm Eastern

As you are making plans to register for the upcoming NCA convention, we would like to invite you to an exciting preconference, entitled, “Bridging Freedom and Inquiry: Taking on Tough Issues in the Classroom and Beyond,” held at NCA on Wednesday, November 15 from 8 a.m. – noon.  This preconference will bring together scholar-teachers who…

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…

AFA Officers and Committee Membership AFA Code of Standard for Forensics Programs and Tournaments Constitution ByLaws National Debate Tournament Charter National Speech Tournament Charter Annual Meeting Minutes and Agendas for the annual business meeting in November. AFA Newsletter Newsletters published several times during each year through email from the Executive Secretary.

  The American Forensic Association (AFA) is now seeking submissions for the upcoming 2023 National Communication Association (NCA) convention. The convention will take place Thursday, November 16- Sunday, November 19, 2023, in National Harbor, Maryland. The AFA is an association of educators committed to supporting forensic pedagogy. The AFA is interested in promoting and supporting research that enhances the theory and practice of argumentation, advocacy,…

The NDT Board of Trustees is seeking nominations for the following awards for 2023: Dr. Lucy M. Keele Excellence in Service Award Ross K. Smith Coach of the Year Award Dr. George W. Ziegelmueller Award for Excellence in Education Laurence H. Tribe Distinguished Alumni Award Deadline for application is March 1, 2023. Send nominations to…

THURSDAY Transforming Limited Preparation Events: How Can We Renew Pedagogical Outcomes in Impromptu and Extemporaneous Speaking Thu, 11/18: 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM Sheraton Room: Issaquah AB – Third Floor This panel seeks to investigate limited preparation events in the activity of forensics. Although numbers in impromptu and extemporaneous speaking remain high at regional and…