Congratulations to award winners announced at 2023 AFA business meeting

At the 2023 American Forensic Association Annual Business Meeting on November 15, the organization announced winners of its research and service awards. 2022 Winners were not selected soon enough to announce during the 2022 business meeting, so some 2022 and 2023 awards were announced at this year’s meeting. Daniel Rohrer Memorial Outstanding Research Award The Daniel…

Fall Business Meeting and NCA Programming

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…

NCA Preconference on tough issues discussion/debate

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…

Paper Call for Special Issue in Argumentation and Advocacy: Intercollegiate Policy Debate, A Decade in Review

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…

Call for Submissions 2023 NCA conference

  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,…

AFA Business Meeting – online, Nov 17, 11 am CST

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!

Call for new Editor of Argumentation and Advocacy, vols. 59-61

Call for new Editor of Argumentation and Advocacy, vols. 59-61 Individuals are invited to submit nominations, including self-nominations, for Editor of Argumentation and Advocacy: The Journal of the American Forensic Association. Argumentation and Advocacy is an official publication of the American Forensic Association. The mission of Argumentation and Advocacy is to promote scholarship in the…

2022 NDT/NST (NIET) Joint Award – three way tie!

The National Debate Tournament (NDT) and American Forensic Association National Speech Tournament (formerly the National Individual Events Tournament) Joint Award honors the college or university whose students perform best in the two national tournaments conducted each year by committees of the American Forensic Association. For the second time since the creation of the award, we…