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Scholarship and Research Working Group

Scholarship and Research Working Group
 
Chair: Gordon Mitchell, University of Pittsburgh
 
Members: Pete Bsumek, James Madison
                 Jeff Richards, Sammamish HS, Bellevue, WA
                 Ben Voth, Southern Methodist Univ. flexible on group assignment)
                 Chris Lundburg, Univ. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
                 Michael Jensen, National Academy of Sciences (Advisory member)
                 Matt Stannard, Univ of Wyomng
                 (Additional members to be announced)
 
Researcher: Michael Mangus, Univ. of Pittsburgh

Aims and Tasks: The purpose of this working group is to foster research and scholarship by examining the culture and prevailing norms among debate professionals toward research and scholarship, identify opportunities for innovation in scholarship, examine existing outlets and imagine new possibilities for research and scholarship about debate and/or by debaters.