Thursday – March 5
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. – Registration
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. – Dinner & Keynote Address, Craig R. Smith (Cal State-Long Beach) – “Forensic Skills in the Political World” Ballroom AB
Friday – March 6
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. – Registration
9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. – Continental Breakfast
9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. – Session 1
Spotlight Panel: History of Debate, Assembly Room
Chair: J. Michael Hogan (Penn State)
Angela G. Ray (Northwestern University) – “Popular Education as Civic Performance: Speech and Debate among Free African American Men in Antebellum Charleston, South Carolina”
Carly S. Woods (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) – “‘The Original Women’s Libbers:’ Faculty Allies for Women’s Debate, 1930-1960”
Michael Bartanen (Pacific Lutheran University) and Robert Littlefield (North Dakota State University) – “A Call for a Return to ‘Balance’ in Competitive Speech and Debate”
Ronald W. Greene (University of Minnesota) and Darrin Hicks (University of Denver) – “Managed Convictions: Debate and the Limits of Liberalism”
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Session 2
Revisiting the Past to Shape the Future, Assembly Room
Chair: Thomas W. Benson (Penn State)
Stephen M. Llano (St. Johns University) – “’The Nauseating Machinery’: An Early 20th Century Model of Debate’s Relationship to the Civic”
Jamie McKown (College of the Atlantic) – “Pre-histories: Ongoing Efforts to Map the Growth of Intercollegiate Debate 1870-1910”
David B. Hingstman (University of Iowa) – “Competitive Debating and Civic Education for Deliberative Democracy in the United States: A Contested Relationship”
Rethinking Collegiate Policy Debate, Alumni Lounge
Chair: Kaitlyn G. Patia (Penn State)
Alexander Hiland (University of Minnesota) – “‘Rhetorical Materialism and Novice Debate”
James Lyle (Clarion University) – “Novice Engagement or Novices for Engagement”
J. Alexander McVey (University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill) – “Datafying the Caselist – Evidence Archives, Power, and Performance in the Era of Big Data”
12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. – Lunch (on your own)
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. – Session 3
Spotlight Panel: The Future of Collegiate Speech and Debate, Assembly Room
Chair: J. A. Kurr (Penn State)
Gordon Stables (University of Southern California) – “Debate Formats as ‘Platforms:’ Exploring the Future of Academic Debate Events through Technologically Inspired Inquiries”
Edward A. Hinck (Central Michigan University) – “Debate Activities and the Promise of Citizenship”
Timothy M. O’Donnell (Mary Washington University) – “On Arguments for Speech and Debate Education”
Catherine H. Palczewski (University of Northern Iowa) – “Beyond Peitho: The Women’s Debate Institute as Civic Education”
3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. – Session 4
Exploring Alternative Debate Formats, Assembly Room
Chair: John J. Jasso (Penn State)
Michael J. Bergmaier (Penn State) & Nicole L. Johnson (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis) – “Collaborative Paradigms: An Experimental Approach to Education and Inclusivity”
Sarah Stone Watt (Pepperdine University) – “Debaters as Citizens: Rethinking Framework to Address the Policy/Performance Divide”
Eric Fuchs – “Should British Universities Adopt the American System of Debate?”
Matthew Maddex (Rutgers University–New Brunswick) – “Crafting a Counterpublic Sphere in a Debate Round through the Symphony of Protest”
Debate Across the Curriculum, Alumni Lounge
Chair: Kaitlyn G. Patia (Penn State)
Sara A. Mehltretter Drury (Wabash College) and Rebecca A. Kuehl (South Dakota State University) – “Deliberation as Civic Education: Incorporating Public Deliberation into Speech Curricula”
Danielle R. Leek (Grand Valley State University) – “Debate Pedagogy in the Communication Classroom: A Strategy for Political Learning”
Joseph Roidt, Martin DeNicolo, Amy Kittle, Katherine Osborne, and Brent Saindon (Davis & Elkins College) – “First Year Symposium: One College’s Response to the Perceived “Deficit” in Civic Education”
James M. Wade (Glenn Pelham Foundation for Debate Education) and Leslie Wade Zorwick (Hendrix College) – “Making the Case for Assigned Advocacy, Argument, and Debate Across the Curriculum”
Saturday – March 7
9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. – Continental Breakfast
9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. – Session 1
Spotlight Panel: Debate and Public Deliberation, Assembly Room
Chair: Michael J. Bergmaier (Penn State)
Robert C. Rowland (University of Kansas) – “Public Debate and American Democracy: Guidelines for Pedagogy”
Gordon R. Mitchell (University of Pittsburgh) – “Motivated Reasoning: Pedagogical Predicaments of Upside-Down Logic in a Balkanized Society”
David A. Frank (University of Oregon) – “Promoting Religious Pluralism and Tolerance through Debate and Argument”
William Keith (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) – “Civility in Rhetorical Education: Norms in the Theatre of Public Discourse”
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Session 2
Benefits of Debate in Primary and Secondary Schools, Assembly Room
Chair: Bryan Blankfield (Penn State)
Sara Baugh-Harris (Georgia State University) – “Reevaluating Methods of Assessment: An Analysis of the Impact of Debate Participation on Student Growth Percentiles”
Jeremy D. Johnson (Penn State) – “Lifelong Learning in Speech and Debate: Exploring Age in Forensic Education Practices”
Jonathan McIntosh (KIPP New York City, Columbia University) and Myra Milam (KIPP Amp Academy, Columbia University) – “Problematizing Debate as Civic Education as it Exists Now in American Schools”
Daniel J. O’Rourke (Ashland University) – “A Century of Excellence: The Long Term Impact of A High School Speech and Debate Team on its Community”
Underrepresented Voices in Debate, Alumni Lounge
Chair: Brad Serber (Penn State)
Allison C. Harper and Jacquelyn Poapst (George Mason University) – “Debate Like a Girl: An Assessment of the Celebration of Women in Debate Tournament”
Randall Martinez (University of Miami) – “A Hybrid Model of Civic Education for Social Change”
Angela Minor (Howard University) – “A Study of Debate Argumentation at Historically Black Colleges and Universities”
Nick J. Sciullo (Georgia State University) – “The Citizen-Soldier Burden and the Student-Veteran Debater: Opening up Debate for Another Maligned and Excluded Community”
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Luncheon Address, David Zarefsky (Northwestern) – “Justifying Debate as Civic Education: Challenges and Opportunities” Ballroom DE
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. – Session 3
Spotlight Panel: Promoting Democratic Citizenship Through Debate, Assembly Room
Chair: Jeremy D. Johnson (Penn State)
G. Thomas Goodnight and Minhee Son (University of Southern California) – “Youth Networks and Civic Engagement”
Melissa Maxcy Wade (Emory University) – “Pathways to Civic Education: Urban Debate Leagues as Communities of Practice”
Allan Louden (Wake Forest University) and Taylor Hahn (University of Pittsburgh) – “Comparing Argument and Debate Modes to Engage Student Civic Engagement: Learnings from ‘The Ben’”
Joseph P. Zompetti (Illinois State University) – “Debate and Critical Thinking as Civic Education: The Case of Myanmar”
3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. – Session 4
Connecting Competition to Civic Culture, Assembly Room
Chair: Bryan Blankfield (Penn State)
Brian Lain, Mark Hlavacik, Matea Ivanovic, and Brian Ontiveros-Kersch (University of North Texas) – “A Survey of Scope and Perceived Value of Debate Outreach and Civic Engagement at the College Level”
J. A. Kurr (Penn State University) and Paul E. Mabrey (James Madison University) – “The Protopublic Debate Space”
Catherine E. Morrison (University of Rhode Island) – “Debates are Stories about Things that Change in Time: Civic Engagement with Things”
International and Intercultural Debate, Alumni Lounge
Chair: Brad Serber (Penn State)
Una Kimokeo-Goes and Teresa Green (Willamette University) – “The World’s Style Debate Format and Performing Global Citizenship”
Kevin Bertram (Civis Institute) and Paul Hayes (George Washington University) – “Building A New International Civil Society: Debate Across Disciplines, Borders and Generations”
Megan Irene Fitzmaurice (University of Maryland) – “We Need More Arguments in More Places: Women and Academic Debate in Afghan Universities”
David Weeks (National High School Debate League of China) – “Debate as Education for International Citizens: A Case Study in China”