DEBATE CENTRAL
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POLICY DEBATE - BASIC

CODE OF THE DEBATER: INTRODUCTION TO THE WAY OF REASON
Alfred C. Snider, University of Vermont

INFLUENCING THROUGH ARGUMENT: A Complete Argumentation Textbook
Robert Huber, University of Vermont

Other materials for coaches and new debaters to learn the arts and skills of competitive debating.

POLICY DEBATE - ADVANCED

Twenty years of gaming - Forum section from 2003 journal Contemporary Argumentation and Debate

Portraying the Ruling Class: Argument Fields and the Material Antecedents of Policy Debate, Matthew Stannard

Speculations on the Effects of Mutual Preference Judging on Debate Communities, Matthew Stannard

ON THE LIMITS OF SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE: AN ANALYSIS OF POLICY AND PARLIAMENTARY CONTEST DEBATING IN THE UNITED STATES, David M. Berube

Argument in Motion: Music and Art Transforming Debate, Maxwell Schnurer

Can Cutting Cards Carve into Our Personal Lives: An Analysis of Debate Research on Personal Advocacy, Kristin Chisholm Dybvig and Joel O. Iverson

The Nihilist Liberation Front: (Intellectual) Terror and Academic Debate, Steven Andrew Ellis

The Role of Narrative as a Form of Evidence in Modern Academic Debate, Jason Taylor and Jason Jarvis

PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE - BASIC

INTRODUCTORY PARLIAMENTARY DEBATING
Robert Branham of Bates College and John Meany of the Claremont Colleges

PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE - ADVANCED

"On that point, Madame Speaker!" A Critical Examination of the Use of Points of Personal Privilege and Points of Order in Parliamentary Debate, Kevin T. Jones

ON THE LIMITS OF SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE: AN ANALYSIS OF POLICY AND PARLIAMENTARY CONTEST DEBATING IN THE UNITED STATES, David M. Berube

Government’s Defense of the Status Quo: Advocating a Shift in Applying Presumption Theory In Intercollegiate Parliamentary Debate, Skip Rutledge

COACHING

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I would do it again: thirty years of coaching
Kathryne Pugh, Rostrum, December, 1998

Chain reaction: the "academy of debate"
Jim Fleissner, Rostrum, December, 1998

Can do!
Ann Tornberg, Rostrum, December, 1998

The coach as counselor: where to draw the line
Audra Colvert, Rostrum, December, 1998

Forensics coaching as self-reward
Sheila Rosenthal, Rostrum, December, 1997

Some advice to new coaches ... and maybe to some experienced coaches as well
Larry Smith, Rostrum, December, 1996

Secrets of successful coaching
Susan Stolen, December, 1995

On growing old
Leslie Phillips, Rostrum, December, 1995

Sitting on the step
J. M. Hirsch, Rostrum, May, 1995

My on-going letter of resignation
Terry Hansen, Rostrum, February, 1995

COACHING AND WELLNESS
Clark Olson, Arizona State University

BUILDING A TEAM-ORIENTED APPROACH TO SUCCESS
Stefan Bauschard, Boston College

ORAL TRADITION: THE IMPORTANCE OF NARRATIVE IN DEBATE COACHING
Sam Nelson & Ken Johnson, University of Rochester

USING DEBATE TO DEVELOP EMPOWERED LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM
Mike Fisher et al, Arkansas State University

COACHING CONFIDENCE
Joseph Zompetti, Mercer University

EVOLVING THE ROLE OF COLLEGE STUDENT COACHES IN HIGH SCHOOL FORENSICS
Richard Pineda, Wayne State University

URBAN DEBATE LEAGUES AND THE ROLE OF CLASSROOM TEACHERS IN GUIDING HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE
Brent Farrand, Newark, New Jersey School System

HELPING NOVICES THROUGH THEIR FIRST TOURNAMENT
Jay VerLinden, Humbolt State University

Graduate Student Travel: It's Not Just A Job, It's An Adventure
Steven G. Woods, William Jewell College

A Select Bibliography on Debate Theory
Steve Hunt, Lewis & Clark College

Forensics Team As A Class
Glenda Treadaway, Appalachian State University

NOVICE DEBATERS or ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DEBATE I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN
Skip Rutledge, Point Loma Nazarene College

FUNDAMENTALS OF DEBATE - SPEECH 284 - SYLLABUS & TEXT
A. C. Snider, University of Vermont

I Have a Budget. Where Is the Team?
Thomas Kenne Worthen, University College of Cape Breton

HOW TO TAKE YOUR TEAM TO A CEDA TOURNAMENT
Joe Corcoran, California State University Chico

THE TOP FlFTY FORENSICS PROGRAMS IN THE U.S.: A TWENTY YEAR RETROSPECTIVE
Steven B. Hunt, Lewis & Clark College, Edward S. Inch, Pacific Lutheran University

MANAGING AND HOSTING A DEBATE TOURNAMENT
Alfred C. Snider, University of Vermont

The Values of Participating In Debate: A Selected Bibliography
Glenda J. Treadaway, Appalachian State University