Judge Philosophies
Adam Pepper - Kudos Leadership
I have been debating competitively for around 10 years now. 2 For PF/LD, 2 in American Parli, 4 in British Parli, 2 as a coach/instructor for PF/LD.
I make decisions sticking to the flow of the round, but still exercise common sense discretion. Evidence must be properly explained and introduced, link chains need to be explained, and impacts weighed for me using the rounds framework. For example, chains leading to nuclear war and extinction require a lot of time, evidence, and analysis for me to weigh out.
I give credit to both practical and philosophical arguments as long as they are based within tangible impacts, examples, and/or logical chains.
I am against spreadingas a tactic as the online space already makes understanding of cases difficult for some debaters and spreading is antithetical to the educational value of debate. I can understand and keep up with quick speed, but spreading is too much.
I also tend not to credit Kritiks or T-Shells unless fully and properly explained within the context of the round. Even then, engagement with the opponents case/argumentation is necessary.
Clash is necessary within a round, proper responses and engagement with opponents cases are needed. Blanket rebuttal or generalizations about a case are less accepted. Weigh arguments individually, unless you can prove they have mutual exclusivity to another argument you have already refuted.
Happy to answer clarifications on paradigm.
Adrienne Fontenot - SCJFL Hired
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Almas Raza - Nova 42
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Alyssa Macias - JMS
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Amanda Hsieh - Emerson
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Andrew Li - Nova 42
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Andy Lower - Huntington
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Annie Chen - JMS
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Ashley Silva - ACLA Network
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Beth Cheung - Emerson
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Brian Reisner - Reed M.S.
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Carly Dutcher - V-LYLA
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Carolyn Hughes - ACDS
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Cat Lake - V-LYLA
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Catherine Bauer - Alverno
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Chen Shen - QDLearning
Dana Danesi - Emerson
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David Johnson - JMS
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Deena Rice - SAGE
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Dexter Winn - Huntington
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Dustin Ma - NAL
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Ethan Sim - Huntington
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Goldwin Wangsiri - JMS
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Israel Beltran - Wilshire
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James Kyle - Nova 42
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James Yang - V-LYLA
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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.
Jennifer Huang - QDLearning
Jennifer Billante - ACDS
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Jenny Tong - QDLearning
Jeremy Tai - JMS
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Jocelyn Yeh - GSA
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Joey Porter - SAGE
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John Ferris - Nova 42
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John Jiang - RMS
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John Walski - SCJFL Hired
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Jonathan Fong - Huntington
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Julia Cai - QDLearning
Jun Rao - NAL
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Kayson Tang - JMS
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Kenneth Yao - JMS
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Kivraj Singh - Speak In Power
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Klemens Huynh - V-LYLA
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Lucy Thompson - JMS
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Luna McNeff Yee - SCJFL Hired
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Madhavi B - GSA
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Mallika Keralapura - ACDS
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Manoj Unnikrishnan - RMS
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Mark Gagliardi - SCJFL Hired
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Mark Dresser/ Rachel Chew - JMS
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Meda Kim - JMS
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Michelle Scannell - JMS
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Mr. Martin - Reed M.S.
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Neha Goyal - GSA
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Nikita Abramson - Emerson
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Olivia Carter - Emerson
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Peter HU - NAL
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Phoram Moolchandani - RMS
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Prakash Bhagavathi - GSA
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Regina Rodeghiero - ACLA Network
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Riju Kallivalappil - GSA
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Ryan Kung - Nova 42
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Ryan Yoo - Wilshire
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Sandeep Pathak - Huntington
For the October 31 tournament, he is available to judge 2nd and 3rd rounds only. Thanks.
Schawn Jasmann - Reed M.S.
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Seamus Greene - ACDS
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Shailley Singh - RMS
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Shanmugesh Raja - V-LYLA
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Shuba Lall - GSA
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Sreela Venkataratnam - RMS
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Stella D'Arceaux - Emerson
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Tavis Chen - Huntington
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Tay Lekwa - QDLearning
Tiffany Brain - Wilshire
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Tracy Ma - JMS
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Veronica Navarro - JMS
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Winnie Ng - JMS
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Xiaotian Sun - RMS
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Yahua Cheng - V-LYLA
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Yuhadhi Sundaramoorthy - JMS
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Zaire Hampton - Nova 42
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