Judge Philosophies
Abhishek Kumar - Tourn Judges
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Alex Night - Tourn Judges
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Alexander Tivlumun - Tourn Judges
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Alexandra Smith - Tourn Judges
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Anshu Chaudhary - Tourn Judges
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Austin Kelachukwu - Tourn Judges
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Balaji Venkat - Brooks Debate
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Benjamin Cantrell - Tourn Judges
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Carter Mak - JMS
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Chinwendu Bolaji Ayodele - Tourn Judges
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Chrishma Karkada - Young Voices
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Dan Cole - Regent Legacy
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Dhara Trivedi - Brooks Debate
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Erica Zhu - LYL
1/ I am an avid supporter of signposting: Using transitions and naming the contention is general good practice -> I follow general good practice in presentation.
2/ I am always looking for strong links and logic in combination with performance and presence.
3/ Have fun, do your best!
There is also hundreds of judges who have better specifications listed... I would say I'm a kind grader who is somewhere farther from lay and leaning towards tech.
Esther Olayinka - Tourn Judges
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Esther Ayodele - Tourn Judges
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Ganiyat Olowookere - Tourn Judges
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Garrison Chan - JMS
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Giselle Roh - Wilshire
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HASSANA ABDULLAHI - Tourn Judges
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Hannah Cantrell - Tourn Judges
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Israel Beltran - Wilshire
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Jaimee Lee - Wilshire
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Janiel Victorino - QDLearning
My Competitive Career consists of 4 years in the collegiate Circuit; Saddleback College (2015-17), and CSUF (2017-19). I have been a speech and debate judge for the MS/HS circuit since 2017, and for the Collegiate Circuit since 2019. if you need clarification on a ballot, please send an email to [ jvictorino0.forensicsjudge@gmail.com ]
Ballot Style:
Where possible I add timestamps to help students pinpoint exact moments in their speech that address the issue as noted by comment. I have made it a personal philosophy to try never have less than 5 sentences on any ballot.
if I am unable to comment on evidence organization or speech writing due to speed, I tend to focus on minute analysis of nonverbal decisions.
Debate Philosophy: I can comfortably judge parli, LD, PF, SPAR & Congress, but it is not part of my competitive background. I don't have experience with policy debate as of this writing.
I LOVE it when students are able to be fully themselves and have fun in a round. I value organization uniqueness and clash during rounds. Regardless of your evidence quantity, I love it when students are able to have versatile/creative arguments but clear and concise writing. Please signpost. I am looking for how competitors set up all provided evidence in round AND Questioning to counter rebuttals (which means my biggest thing is how evidence is arranged to construct unique arguments), although I also appreciate the occasional framework discussion. I appreciate having round evidence forwarded to me via email, but since I have been in the debate world less than my speech career, I am a flow judge and RFDs will be made purely from in-round proceedings. While I consider initiative and prominence as important (especially in congress) I also do my best to recognize reasons why certain students are not as prominent in round.
I can speed read a little, but I would exercise caution especially during online tournaments. I mentioned earlier that I timestamp comments where possible, but I would sincerely appreciate if students could self time so I can focus on ballots. Professionalism is important to me, but not to the point where a student is quiet, if you have to say something offensive, please keep it within the confines of debate evidence. I like high-energy rounds, whether via morale building or aggressive pacing, but its not the end of the world if the round has calmer proceedings :)
Clarity > Speed.
Jeff Harkleroad - LYL
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Joseline Molina - Velasquez Academy
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Karon Petty - Tourn Judges
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Lakshmi Nimmagadda - Brooks Debate
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Lakshmikanth Chowdary Pothula - Brooks Debate
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Lauren Velasquez-Galvez - Velasquez Academy
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Liang Guo - Velasquez Academy
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Luvienne Sans - LYL
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Mahendran Vasagam - Young Voices
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Matthew Godslove - Tourn Judges
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Max Wiessner - Tourn Judges
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Melissa Freeman - Tourn Judges
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Michael Zhu - LYL
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Mishaal Said - Tourn Judges
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Muhammadbaqir Oloruntoyin - Tourn Judges
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Obiora Goodluck - Tourn Judges
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Olamilekan Oderanti - Tourn Judges
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Prathibha Seshanna - GSA
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Putri Azzahra - Tourn Judges
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Rajiv Kumar - Tourn Judges
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Rashmi Sah - Brooks Debate
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Riyaan Shah - Velasquez Academy
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Rose Turner - Tourn Judges
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Sabrina Ramirez - Nova 42
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Samir Sharma - GSA
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Samuel Ayodele - Tourn Judges
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Sebastian Bharne - Huntington
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Sofia Kingston - Tourn Judges
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Solomon Hirmz - LYL
1/ I enjoy seeing good signposting: Using transitions and naming the contention is general good practice -> I follow general good practice in presentation.
2/ I very much like to see strong links and logic with good presentation skills.
3/ Something very important is to try your best and have fun
Tanishka Tomar - Tourn Judges
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Tanuja Chati - Young Voices
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Travis Cornett - Tourn Judges
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Vanessa Liu - QDLearning
Veronica Galvez - Velasquez Academy
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Wei Jiang - GSA
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Yibo Pang - QDLearning
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Zhicheng Liu - Alannah
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