After a long season of competition, we congratulate the participants and winners at this year’s American Forensic Association National Debate Tournament and National Speech Tournament championships. 2024 AMERICAN FORENSIC ASSOCIATION 78th ANNUAL NATIONAL DEBATE TOURNAMENT PRE-TOURNAMENT AWARDS The Laurence H. Tribe Distinguished Alumni Award John Patrick Dolan Dean and Founder of the California Desert…
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…
The Fall 2024 AFA general business meeting is happening online, November 20, at 6 pm CST https://missouristate.zoom.us/j/86431066935 Meeting ID: 864 3106 6935 There are six AFA panels at this year’s conference. Innovations in Civic Public Debates Thu, November 21, 8:00 AM – 9:15 AM, Regent – 4th Floor Marriott Presentations The civility initiative at the College of…
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…
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…
NDT Mental Health Coaching Forum Announcement The NDT Board of Trustees is hosting Coaches Forum: How to Best Manage Student Mental Health. While hosted by the NDT BoT, it is open to all interested coaches, debate or not. Please join us. Thursday, October 7, 2021 @ 8 pm Eastern https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82058611900…, Meeting ID: 820 5861 1900,…
