FTN - Judge Philosophies

Judge Philosophies

AJ Edwards (He/Him) - LSUS

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Abbi Jose - LSUS

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Abby Albin - UU

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Adam Cox (he/him) - UCA

Adam Naiser - UAMONT

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Adam Kinder - LEE

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Adam Wilkins - MNU

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Alex Gibson - BPCC

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Ali Richard - Jeff State

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Amanda Kronenberger - MSU

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Amari Washington - ORU

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Andie Anderson - UU

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Andrew Jones - LEE

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Anna Ward - UAMONT

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Anna Kangas - UU

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Anthony Copeland - LTU

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Ashley Hale (she/her) - LTU

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Ashley Gardner - LTU

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Aurora King (she/her) - UCA

Austin Robison - BPCC

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Avry Wood - OKBU

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Baylee Seeman - MSU

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Ben Smith - MSU

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Benjamin Kosanke - ORU

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Benjamin Scarpino - UF

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Brandon Carlson - MSU

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Brianna Harperhoward - NSU

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CJ Parrish (he/him) - UCA

Cameron Hodge - Jeff State

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Cassie Kutev - LEE

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Cem Alpman - LEE

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Charis Murrey - UU

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Clark Hathaway - UTK

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Clayton Meyer - SMU

Codey King - UTK

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Cole Franklin - ETBU

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Coley Matthews - ETBU

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Daniel Davis - Jeff State

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David Lee - UCA

David Issacs - LSUS

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David Sheilley - UU

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Deenah Abasi - CSUN

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Diego Moreno - LEE

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Dot McMurry - UU

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Drew Waites - UTK

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Eli Stroud (they/them) - UCA

Elizabeth McDowell - LTU

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Elyse Martin - UU

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Emilie Vann - OKBU

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Emma Chocholaty - OKBU

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Emma Busby - OKBU

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Emmitt Antwine - LTU

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Ervin Fuller - LEE

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Evan Smith - UF

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Gage Gwartney - UU

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Gavin Mattox - UCA

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Gavin Simone - UTK

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Gilbert Villareal - CSUN

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Graham Buchanan - UTK

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Greg Foster - FSU

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Gregorie Confer - MSU

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Greta Hacker - UCA

Hansen Penya (he/him) - ACU

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Harrison Bogan - Abita Springs

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Heather Johnson (she/her) - ACU

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Heather Harrison - MSU

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Heaven Sheppard - Jeff State

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Hunter Sullivan (He/Him) - LSUS

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Imani Jackson - OKBU

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Isaac Elliott - UU

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Jack Waters - UU

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Jakob Volcheck - BPCC

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Janine Wilkins - MNU

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Jared Thomason - OKBU

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Jayce Burney (he/him) - UCA

Joel Lemuel - CSUN

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Jonathan Bridenbaker - VSU

Josiah Macumber - UF

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Julia Linkogle - USF

KLAUS BERRY - USM

Kaamya Kumaraswamy - SMU

Kaitlin Skinner - USM

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Kale Rector (He/Him) - LSUS

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Kaleb Simes - SMU

I've judged and competed in debate for 7 years (LD and IPDA), so feel free to run any argument you want that is clearly altriculated and understandable.

However, since this is IPDA, please conform to the accepted conventions and usual argument forms of IPDA as closely as possible. I'm fine with speed (rate of talking that is faster than convo speed but noticeably less than spreading) and assertiveness in advocacy (so long as it does not cross the line into rudeness, abusiveness, or blanton unkindness towards your opponent.

Kaleb Gauthier - NSU

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Karla Jackson - OKBU

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Kathy Miller - UAMONT

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Katie McKenzie - LTU

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Keely Hardeman (she/her) - ACU

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Kelvin Thomas - Jeff State

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Kia Min - UU

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Kianna Mitchell - VSU

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LaLa Arnold - MTSU

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Lauren McHenry - UCA

Leslie Ford - NSU

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Leslie Alexander - BPCC

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Libby Gear - ETBU

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Lillia Poveda - UTK

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Lilly Carman - UU

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Mackenzie Murphy - UU

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Madison Peel - OKBU

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Maggie Eaves - ETBU

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Marna Weston - UF

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Mary Catherine Procell - LSUS

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Mary Helen English - UU

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Matt Smart - LTU

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Matthew Gedeon (He/Him) - LSUS

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Matthew Coleman (He/Him) - LSUS

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Megan Smith* - LTU

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Megan Niju - UU

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Merry Ashlyn Gatewood - UU

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Micah Fain - UU

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Mike Eaves - VSU

Procedurals:

T-I have no artificial threshold on topicality. I will vote on abuse. Typically, cross x checks back on T.

Ks-framwork is paramount and the alternative. Please do not run "Vote Neg" as the sole alternative. There

should be more thought on the alt.

Speed. I have a high school and college policy background. I coached CEDA from 93-00 and coach NPDA, parli style

from 01-present

Counterplans--PICS are fine. Agent CPS are fine. In the end, I am tabula rasa and will default to impact calc to resolve plan debate

Das--uniqueness is key. Internal links are important. Please watch double turning yourself in the 2AC. I do not like performative contradictions and will vote against them

Performance/Project-I am progressive and liberal here. Run it and defend it. If you are on the other side, debate it straight up. A counter-performance is a legit strategy.

Have fun. I dislike rude debaters. I will vote on language abuse if a team calls it (ex: sexist, racist, etc lang)

Minseo Viveros - SMU

Mitchell Sadler - OKBU

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Monique Gevorkian - CSUN

Morgan Martin - OKBU

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Myrah Guthrie - UU

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Nate Goldstein - LTU

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Nathaniel Williams - MSU

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Natonya Listach - MTSU

Neel Patel - LTU

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Nick Bitterling - UU

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Nikirah Bridges - USM

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Nina Niemotka - MSU

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Raelen VanDuzer - UU

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Regan Hardeman - ACU

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Richard Clair - ETBU

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Ronald Gitau - ORU

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Ryan Straughan - BPCC

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Sarah Richert - USM

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Scot Loyd - OKBU

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Seth Blair - UU

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Steve Garcia - LTU

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Steven Barhorst - MTSU

Steven Errico - UU

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Swasti Mishra - UTK

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Sydney Green - BPCC

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Sydney Collier - OKBU

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Tabitha Keylon - UU

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Taite Zapalac - SMU

Tayler Havard - ETBU

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Tessa Lewis - ACU

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Thomas Gay - USF

Overall Debate Philosophy:

Background--Did a year competing in CEDA/policy in high school, NPDA/parli in college. Currently coaching at college level with students in NPDA and IPDA formats (and IEs).

General--I try to be tabula rasa/clean slate as much as possible... I'm not looking for you to say and do what you think I want you to say and do. Put forth your strongest case and argumentation in the way you feel is best appropriate. My preference was for parli over policy, so that means I don't like overly technical debate, right? Nope! If that's where the round goes, then you should absolutely go there. I'll put a few more thoughts below but typically my approach is anything goes as long as you keep it respectful, don't be ugly to one another, don't lie, etc.

Voters/Weighing--I won't get upset if everything isn't individually labeled and such but I would encourage you to give me clear/distinct voters and if you want input in how I should evaluate/weigh arguments in the round (and you should), then tell me!

Speed--Back in my day, speed was for cars or drugs**, not parli debate! I now spend most of my time sitting in a rocking chair yelling at the occasional cloud that passes by. Speed has become more of a thing in NPDA, which I don't particularly like, but it's where we're at. I can generally keep up without issue and am mainly concerned here that the pacing works for both teams. This is still supposed to be a communication event so winning by spreading or bullying someone out of a round isn't something I'm looking to get behind. With that said, sometimes you have a lot of ground to cover and, again, as long as both teams are on the same level, then I'm happy to meet you there. With IPDA, speed should be less of a purposeful element though again, sometimes you have a ton of ground to cover in that middle Aff speech... which I'm good with b/c if we start the round at a reasonable pace, speeding up slightly for that effort or the concluding speeches doesn't take us into troublesome territory.

**I did not do speed as a drug (or in parli) back in my day and am not advocating for it today.

Organization--Do I like it when debaters are well organized? Sure! Was I when I competed? Not particularly! While clearly defined outlining and signposting can be helpful, I'll usually be able to flow and follow you based on the argumentation as long as you're being clear enough.

Essentially, you should be in control of the round. Be nice/courteous to each other and have fun!

Thomas Sorensen - ACU

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Trevor Trappier - OKBU

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Victoria Silvio - LSUS

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Zavoun Watts - Jeff State

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kaleigh Reynolds - OKBU

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