2024 NDT Alumni Newsletter

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…

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…

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,…