Speech and Debate as Civic Education

J. Michael Hogan is the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor Emeritus of Rhetoric at Penn State University and Visiting Professor and Chair of Communication Studies at Davidson College. His most recent book is Public Speaking and Civic Engagement. Jessica A. Kurr is a Ph.D. candidate in Communication Arts and Sciences at Penn State University. Michael J. Bergmaier is a Ph.D. candidate in Communication Arts and Sciences with a Minor in Social Thought at Penn State University. Jeremy D. Johnson is a Ph.D. candidate in Communication Arts and Sciences at Penn State University.

Contents



Acknowledgements

Foreword: Speech and Debate as Civic Education: Challenges and Opportunities - David Zarefsky

Introduction: Speech and Debate as Civic Education - J. Michael Hogan and Jessica A. Kurr



Part I: History of Speech and Debate as Civic Education



1. Warriors and Statesmen: Debate Education among Free African American Men in Antebellum Charleston - Angela G. Ray

2. Renewing a “Very Old Means of Education”: Civic Engagement and the Birth of Intercollegiate Debate in the United States - Jamie McKown

3. Taking Women Seriously: Debaters, Faculty Allies, and the Feminist Work of Debating in the 1930s and 1940s - Carly S. Woods

4. The Intersection of Debate and Democracy: The Shifting Role of Forensics in the History of American Civic Education - Michael D. Bartanen and Robert S. Littlefield



Part II: Debate Education and Public Deliberation



5. Public Debate and American Democracy: Guidelines for Pedagogy - Robert C. Rowland

6. When Argumentation Backfires: The Motivated Reasoning Predicament in Speech and Debate Pedagogy - Gordon R. Mitchell

7. Teaching Religion through Argument, Speech, and Debate: Critiquing Logos and Mythos - David A. Frank



Part III: Rethinking Competitive Speech and Debate



8. The CEDA-Miller Center War Powers Debates: A Case for Intercollegiate Debate’s Civic Roles - Paul E. Mabrey III

9. Beyond Peitho: The Women’s Debate Institute as Civic Education - Catherine H. Palczewski

10. Debating Conviction: From Sincere Belief to Affective Atmosphere - Walter Greene and Darrin Hicks

11. Debaters as Citizens: Rethinking Debate Frameworks to Address the Policy/Performance Divide - Sarah Stone Watt



Part IV: Cultivating Civic Skills and Literacy



12. Debate Activities and the Promise of Citizenship - Edward A. Hinck

13. Deliberation as Civic Education: Incorporating Public Deliberation into the Communication Studies Curriculum - Sara A. Mehltretter Drury, Rebecca A. Kuehl, and Jenn Anderson

14. Youth, Networks, and Civic Engagement: Communities of Belonging and Communities of Practice - G. Thomas Goodnight, Minhee Son, Jin Huang, and Ann Crigler

15. Pathways to Civic Education: Urban Debate Leagues as Communities of Practice - Melissa Maxcy Wade



Part V: International Collaboration and Interconnections in Debates



16. Comparing Argument and Debate Modes to Invoke Student Civic Engagement: Learning from ‘The Ben’ - Allan D. Louden and Taylor W. Hahn

17. The Worlds-Style Debate Format: Performing Global Citizenship - Una Kimokeo-Goes

18. Suzhi Jiaoyu, Debate, and Civic Education in China - Laskai, David Weeks and Tim Lewis



Select Bibliography

List of Contributors

Index