We do not dispute that forensics activities likely enhance students' development of these abiliti... more We do not dispute that forensics activities likely enhance students' development of these abilities. However, we find that these reports of the activity's benefits all too often frame them in traditional argumentative terms that privilege logical rationality and displace or ignore the activity's potential emotional and rhetorical reasoning benefits (Aden, 2002; Jarman, 2011). There are two reasons why scholars most likely overemphasize the benefits of logical rationality over emotional expression: (a) our activity's foundation in Aristotelian theory, which heavily privileges logos over pathos (Garrett, 1993; Sutton, 1986); and (b) the centrality of debate and oratory in our early justifications of the activities. Perhaps the most glaring example of this problem is found in the discussion of critical-thinking benefits. For instance, frequently cited studies about critical thinking gains such as Colbert and Biggers (1985) and the 22 studies reviewed by Allen et al. (1999) in their meta-analysis of the link between forensics training and critical thinking skills, use the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal (1952), a multiple-choice instrument that measures abilities to deduce, identify assumptions, evaluate arguments, and make inferences. While these are important reasoning skills, they do not encompass the entirety of critical thinking. Increasingly, scholars are recognizing the importance of students' proficiency in understanding and using emotion as an important critical thinking and decision-making ability (
This essay explores affirmative and negative arguments for and against restraining various presid... more This essay explores affirmative and negative arguments for and against restraining various presidential war powers in order to contend that this topic would serve as an excellent debate topic. Specifically, the essay reviews major options for policy change to restrain presidential war powers in the areas of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Offensive Cyber Operations (OCOs), indefinite detention, unrestrained wireless surveillance, covert operations, United Nations and NATO military operations, and preventive military strikes. We outline the advantages and disadvantages of each policy option and provide examples of the literature base for those debates. Lastly, we outline a number of reasons why debates about presidential war powers are important.
This Commentary is brought to you for free and open access by the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and... more This Commentary is brought to you for free and open access by the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Scholarship at UWindsor. It has
The article examines two scholarly discussions about the role and effect of sincerity and convict... more The article examines two scholarly discussions about the role and effect of sincerity and convictions in competitive debate. A number of debate practices and theories are animated by a desire to regulate students’ intentions and beliefs in debate. The essay contends that these efforts are problematic and misunderstand contemporary speech act theory. It draws insights from J. L. Austin, Jacques Derrida, and Judith Butler to contend that we should redefine our understanding of speech acts and switch side debate from a deconstructive perspective.
Speaker & Gavel 2010 28 Speaker and Gavel, Vol 47 (2010) www. dsr-tka. org/ A Report on the Statu... more Speaker & Gavel 2010 28 Speaker and Gavel, Vol 47 (2010) www. dsr-tka. org/ A Report on the Status of Standards for Tenure and Promotion in Debate Tenure and Promotion Working Group Developmental Conference on Debate Wake Forest University, June 2009 Robin ...
Academic scholarship outlines several benefits to participating in competitive speech and debate ... more Academic scholarship outlines several benefits to participating in competitive speech and debate activities. The most frequently cited perks, generally in this order, include improvements in critical thinking (Allen,
The article examines two scholarly discussions about the role and effect of sincerity and convict... more The article examines two scholarly discussions about the role and effect of sincerity and convictions in competitive debate. A number of debate practices and theories are animated by a desire to regulate students' intentions and beliefs in debate. The essay contends that these efforts are problematic and misunderstand contemporary speech act theory. It draws insights from J. L. Austin, Jacques Derrida, and Judith Butler to contend that we should redefine our understanding of speech acts and switch side debate from a deconstructive perspective.
This essay explores the rhetorical consequences of the Ninth Circuit Court’s deployment of litera... more This essay explores the rhetorical consequences of the Ninth Circuit Court’s deployment of literary allusions to Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick in the 2002 Anderson v. Evans decision. Rather than operate as a rhetorical embellishment, the literary allusions guide the court’s decision through the difficult legal conflicts created by multicultural difference in a globalized age. Marshalling fundamental tenets of Critical Race Theory (CRT) and Tribal Critical Theory (Tribal Crit), this essay argues that the allusions to Moby-Dick operate as a cultural technology of truth that rearticulates and masks how ideologies of whiteness operate as a guide for the court.
was an instructor at many speech and debate workshops around the country. He was a respected and ... more was an instructor at many speech and debate workshops around the country. He was a respected and published scholar in political communication and communication criticism, with two textbooks and essays in several journals.
We do not dispute that forensics activities likely enhance students' development of these abiliti... more We do not dispute that forensics activities likely enhance students' development of these abilities. However, we find that these reports of the activity's benefits all too often frame them in traditional argumentative terms that privilege logical rationality and displace or ignore the activity's potential emotional and rhetorical reasoning benefits (Aden, 2002; Jarman, 2011). There are two reasons why scholars most likely overemphasize the benefits of logical rationality over emotional expression: (a) our activity's foundation in Aristotelian theory, which heavily privileges logos over pathos (Garrett, 1993; Sutton, 1986); and (b) the centrality of debate and oratory in our early justifications of the activities. Perhaps the most glaring example of this problem is found in the discussion of critical-thinking benefits. For instance, frequently cited studies about critical thinking gains such as Colbert and Biggers (1985) and the 22 studies reviewed by Allen et al. (1999) in their meta-analysis of the link between forensics training and critical thinking skills, use the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal (1952), a multiple-choice instrument that measures abilities to deduce, identify assumptions, evaluate arguments, and make inferences. While these are important reasoning skills, they do not encompass the entirety of critical thinking. Increasingly, scholars are recognizing the importance of students' proficiency in understanding and using emotion as an important critical thinking and decision-making ability (
This essay explores affirmative and negative arguments for and against restraining various presid... more This essay explores affirmative and negative arguments for and against restraining various presidential war powers in order to contend that this topic would serve as an excellent debate topic. Specifically, the essay reviews major options for policy change to restrain presidential war powers in the areas of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Offensive Cyber Operations (OCOs), indefinite detention, unrestrained wireless surveillance, covert operations, United Nations and NATO military operations, and preventive military strikes. We outline the advantages and disadvantages of each policy option and provide examples of the literature base for those debates. Lastly, we outline a number of reasons why debates about presidential war powers are important.
This Commentary is brought to you for free and open access by the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and... more This Commentary is brought to you for free and open access by the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Scholarship at UWindsor. It has
The article examines two scholarly discussions about the role and effect of sincerity and convict... more The article examines two scholarly discussions about the role and effect of sincerity and convictions in competitive debate. A number of debate practices and theories are animated by a desire to regulate students’ intentions and beliefs in debate. The essay contends that these efforts are problematic and misunderstand contemporary speech act theory. It draws insights from J. L. Austin, Jacques Derrida, and Judith Butler to contend that we should redefine our understanding of speech acts and switch side debate from a deconstructive perspective.
Speaker & Gavel 2010 28 Speaker and Gavel, Vol 47 (2010) www. dsr-tka. org/ A Report on the Statu... more Speaker & Gavel 2010 28 Speaker and Gavel, Vol 47 (2010) www. dsr-tka. org/ A Report on the Status of Standards for Tenure and Promotion in Debate Tenure and Promotion Working Group Developmental Conference on Debate Wake Forest University, June 2009 Robin ...
Academic scholarship outlines several benefits to participating in competitive speech and debate ... more Academic scholarship outlines several benefits to participating in competitive speech and debate activities. The most frequently cited perks, generally in this order, include improvements in critical thinking (Allen,
The article examines two scholarly discussions about the role and effect of sincerity and convict... more The article examines two scholarly discussions about the role and effect of sincerity and convictions in competitive debate. A number of debate practices and theories are animated by a desire to regulate students' intentions and beliefs in debate. The essay contends that these efforts are problematic and misunderstand contemporary speech act theory. It draws insights from J. L. Austin, Jacques Derrida, and Judith Butler to contend that we should redefine our understanding of speech acts and switch side debate from a deconstructive perspective.
This essay explores the rhetorical consequences of the Ninth Circuit Court’s deployment of litera... more This essay explores the rhetorical consequences of the Ninth Circuit Court’s deployment of literary allusions to Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick in the 2002 Anderson v. Evans decision. Rather than operate as a rhetorical embellishment, the literary allusions guide the court’s decision through the difficult legal conflicts created by multicultural difference in a globalized age. Marshalling fundamental tenets of Critical Race Theory (CRT) and Tribal Critical Theory (Tribal Crit), this essay argues that the allusions to Moby-Dick operate as a cultural technology of truth that rearticulates and masks how ideologies of whiteness operate as a guide for the court.
was an instructor at many speech and debate workshops around the country. He was a respected and ... more was an instructor at many speech and debate workshops around the country. He was a respected and published scholar in political communication and communication criticism, with two textbooks and essays in several journals.
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Melville’s Moby-Dick in the 2002 Anderson v. Evans decision. Rather than operate as a rhetorical embellishment, the literary
allusions guide the court’s decision through the difficult legal conflicts created by multicultural difference in a globalized age.
Marshalling fundamental tenets of Critical Race Theory (CRT) and Tribal Critical Theory (Tribal Crit), this essay argues
that the allusions to Moby-Dick operate as a cultural technology of truth that rearticulates and masks how ideologies of
whiteness operate as a guide for the court.
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Melville’s Moby-Dick in the 2002 Anderson v. Evans decision. Rather than operate as a rhetorical embellishment, the literary
allusions guide the court’s decision through the difficult legal conflicts created by multicultural difference in a globalized age.
Marshalling fundamental tenets of Critical Race Theory (CRT) and Tribal Critical Theory (Tribal Crit), this essay argues
that the allusions to Moby-Dick operate as a cultural technology of truth that rearticulates and masks how ideologies of
whiteness operate as a guide for the court.