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.

• ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword: Speech and Debate as Civic Education: Challenges and Opportunities - David ZarefskyIntroduction: Speech and Debate as Civic Education - J. Michael Hogan and Jessica A. KurrPart I: History of Speech and Debate as Civic Education1. Warriors and Statesmen: Debate Education among Free African American Men in Antebellum Charleston - Angela G. Ray2. Renewing a “Very Old Means of Education”: Civic Engagement and the Birth of Intercollegiate Debate in the United States - Jamie McKown3. Taking Women Seriously: Debaters, Faculty Allies, and the Feminist Work of Debating in the 1930s and 1940s - Carly S. Woods4. The Intersection of Debate and Democracy: The Shifting Role of Forensics in the History of American Civic Education - Michael D. Bartanen and Robert S. LittlefieldPart II: Debate Education and Public Deliberation5. Public Debate and American Democracy: Guidelines for Pedagogy - Robert C. Rowland6. When Argumentation Backfires: The Motivated Reasoning Predicament in Speech and Debate Pedagogy - Gordon R. Mitchell7. Teaching Religion through Argument, Speech, and Debate: Critiquing Logos and Mythos - David A. FrankPart III: Rethinking Competitive Speech and Debate8. The CEDA-Miller Center War Powers Debates: A Case for Intercollegiate Debate’s Civic Roles - Paul E. Mabrey III9. Beyond Peitho: The Women’s Debate Institute as Civic Education - Catherine H. Palczewski10. Debating Conviction: From Sincere Belief to Affective Atmosphere - Walter Greene and Darrin Hicks11. Debaters as Citizens: Rethinking Debate Frameworks to Address the Policy/Performance Divide - Sarah Stone WattPart IV: Cultivating Civic Skills and Literacy12. Debate Activities and the Promise of Citizenship - Edward A. Hinck13. Deliberation as Civic Education: Incorporating Public Deliberation into the Communication Studies Curriculum - Sara A. Mehltretter Drury, Rebecca A. Kuehl, and Jenn Anderson14. Youth, Networks, and Civic Engagement: Communities of Belonging and Communities of Practice - G. Thomas Goodnight, Minhee Son, Jin Huang, and Ann Crigler15. Pathways to Civic Education: Urban Debate Leagues as Communities of Practice - Melissa Maxcy WadePart V: International Collaboration and Interconnections in Debates16. Comparing Argument and Debate Modes to Invoke Student Civic Engagement: Learning from ‘The Ben’ - Allan D. Louden and Taylor W. Hahn17. The Worlds-Style Debate Format: Performing Global Citizenship - Una Kimokeo-Goes18. Suzhi Jiaoyu, Debate, and Civic Education in China - Laskai, David Weeks and Tim LewisSelect BibliographyList of ContributorsIndex

“An outstanding volume. Both wide-ranging and deep, Speech and Debate as Civic Education enlarges our understanding of intercollegiate debate by framing it in a historical context as well as by exploring its philosophical, ethical, and political possibilities. The essays consistently thematize gender, race, and culture, and together they paint a persuasive picture of why debate matters to education, and therefore to democracy. Anyone who cares about the role of rhetoric and argument in a deliberative democracy should own this book.”—William Keith, author of Democracy as Discussion: Civic Education and the American Forum Movement