Glen Frappier, Director of
Debate and Senior Lecturer in th Communication Arts Department at Gonzaga University.
Glen debated and coached for Southern Illinois University during the mid
90's where he and his partner won the 1996 CEDA National Championship
Tournament. After leaving SIU Glen became the DoF at Gonzaga University in
1998. Glen has directed the GDI since 1999 and teaches classes in the
Communication Arts Department. Glen holds a BS in Political Science and an
MA in Communication Studies, both from SIU.
Matt Moore,
University of
Missouri. Matt is a PhD candidate in Political Science with a focus
on international relations.
Matt holds a B.S. in Political Science and an M.A. in Communication
Studies from Southern Illinois University.
He has coached
for Augustana College, the University of Central Oklahoma, and
Southern Illinois University. Matt was a successful debater at
Southern Illinois where he cleared at every national tournament he
attended. Matt has taught at the GDI since 1999.
Steve Pointer, Assistant Director of
Debate, Gonzaga University. Pointer made the most of his intercollegiate
debating experience and successfully competed at Whitman, Lewis and Clark, and UMKC. He earned a bachelors degree at Portland State and recently returned
from the private sector to coach debate at Gonzaga University. Pointer has
taught at GDI since 2002.
Adrienne Brovero, Debate Coach at Mary Washington
University. Adrienne debated for Wake Forest in the early 90s,
winning multiple national tournaments and reaching the semi finals
of the National Debate Tournament twice. She and her partner were
also awarded the prestigious Rex Copeland Award as the top-ranked
team during the regular season. Since then, Adrienne has coached at
Wake, Michigan, Northwestern, Richmond, and is now the debate coach
at the University of Mary Washington. As a coach, her teams have won
nearly every tournament on the national circuit, including four
National Debate Tournament championships. Adrienne has taught at
summer debate institutes since 1990, including the Fast Track and
the Policy Project at Wake Forest, the Michigan National Debate
Institute, and Northwestern’s Coon Hardy and Zarefsky Scholars
programs.
James Roland, Assistant Coach, Emory
University. James debated for Southern Illinois University and holds a
masters degree from Georgia State University. James is a long time coach
at Emory University where his teams list of accomplishments are too numerous to
list here. In addition to his coaching duties for Emory, James is also
heavily involved in community debate projects including the Urban Debate
Leagues. James has won the "Best Lecturer" at the GDI for 6 of the
previous 8 years. James has taught at GDI since 1999.
Jason Russell, Assistant
Coach,
University of Oklahoma. Jason is currently a PhD candidate in the
Communications Department at OU and one of the top college coaches and judges in
the nation. He has coached at Central Oklahoma, Michigan State, Gonzaga,
and most recently at the University of Oklahoma. Jason coached Oklahoma to
tournament victories at Harvard,
Wake Forest, Northwestern, CEDA Nationals, as well as earning the 2nd overall
first round bid to the NDT. His institute experience includes 6 years on
the GDI faculty as well as teaching experience at Dartmouth and Michigan State.
Jeff Buntin, Assistant Coach, Gonzaga
University. Jeff is a recent graduate of Whitman College where he
enjoyed an outstanding career. Jeff has joined the Gonzaga University
coaching staff while he prepares to attend graduate school. A card
cutting machine. If you want to cut a lot of evidence this is the guy you
want to learn from.
Wally Eastwood, Boise State
University. Wally Eastwood grew up in the great
Pacific Northwest and debated for Centenial High School. His partner and he
were the first team from Idaho to qualify for the TOC and he was Top Speaker
at multiple tournaments including Gonzaga, Alta and Berkeley. He debated at
the University of Georgia and University of West Georgia were he competed
in the elimination rounds of every major collegiate tournament including the
Kentucky Round Robin, CEDA Nationals and the NDT. He has coached for
multiple high schools and the University of Georgia were he earned his
Bachelor's Degree in Political Science. He is currently finishing his
Master's Degree at Boise State University. This will be Wallace's 5th year
at the GDI.
Mike Hester, Director of Debate, University
of West Georgia. Dr. Michael
Hester is the Associate Dean of the Honors College at the
University of West Georgia. He has been the director of UWG Debate
since 1995. In those 13 years, his teams have won two national
championships (2000 and 2001 CEDA Nats), one National Runner-Up
(1999
CEDA Nats), one National Semifinalist (2002 NDT), and two National
Quarterfinalists (1998 and 2001 NDT), as well as seven NDT 1st
Round-At-Large bids, and teams in the octafinals or better of CEDA
Nationals and/or the NDT in 12 of those years. He was the first coach
to have an all-female team win a national championship and the only
coach to ever have an African-American national champion. Known for
argumentative innovation under his guidance, UWG was the first team
to
win a national championship final round on a kritik argument, the
first team in modern debate history to run the gendered language K,
as
well not-so innocent bystander to the infamous WGLF. On a personal
note, Michael is a Capricorn, and enjoys long walks on the beach
and
puppies. His turn-offs include bad breath and agent-specification
arguments.
Sarah Holbrook, Assistant Director
of Debate, University of West Georgia. Sarah is a two time CEDA
National Champion and former NDT first round debater. Sarah has taught
at numerous debate institutes including Stanford, Berkeley, Texas,
and Emory amongh others. She has coached high school
at many nationally prominent schools and is current coaching at UWG.
Sarah is returning to GDI after an extended sabbatical.
Sam Maurer,
Director of Debate,
Emporia State University. Sam enjoyed a successful debate career at
Emporia State. He pursued his graduate work at Wake Forest University and
coached at Gonzaga before returning home to Kansas to once again coach at
Emporia. Sam has taught at GDI since 2006.
Cate Morrison,
Phd Candidate, University of Pittsburgh. Cate enjoyed a
successful career debating for James Madison University. She spent 3
years
as a coach at Pitt and now is the assistant director of the William
Pitt
Debating Union's public debate team while also writing her
dissertation
and completing her PhD. Cate returns for fourth year teaching at
GDI.
Ron Stevenson, Director of Debate, Wayne
State University. Ron recently finished his PhD at Wayne State University
and is currently coaching and lecturing at Wayne. Ron has coached teams to
victories and late out round appearances at numerous tournaments including the
University of Kentucky and the NDT.
 Toni
Nielson, Assistant Director of the CSU Fullerton speech and debate team.
She specializes in critique and performance work. From feminism and Foucault to
hip hop and guerrilla theater, Toni has worked on a variety of different debate
approaches. Teams from Fullerton have consistently cleared at National Debate
tournaments. Toni also works with the Southern California Urban Debate League
and currently coaches at La Quinta High School. Toni has taught at
numerous institutes including GDI and Stanford.
 Cameron Ward, Coach,
Fullerton Union High School. Cameron is an alum of CSU
Fullerton. He was an NDT Quarterfinalist, a CEDA Semifinalist and a first round
debater. Cameron has taught
at GDIsince 2003
Abe Corrigan, Gonzaga University.
Abe is a graduate of Glenbrook South HS where he was a TOC
finalist in 2006. In his first year in college debate Abe has advanced
to elimination rounds at Pepperdine, Cal, Whitman, NW CEDA Champs,
and CEDA Nationals as well as advancing to Semi Finals of the Pre
Season Freshman Nationals at The University of Kentucky.
Izak Dunn, Assistant Coach
and Graduate student, Gonzaga
University. Izak was a first round debater and coach for Idaho State
University. He has brought his particular brand of crazy to Gonzaga where he
will pursue his gradute degree in Philosophy.
Izak has taught at GDI since 2006.
Malcolm Gordon, University
of Missouri Kansas City. Malgor is a 4 time NDT
elimination round participant, culminating in an NDT finals appearance in 2007.
He was a top 15 speaker at CEDA nationals twice, and was top speaker at CEDA
nationals 2007. He also received a first round at large bid to the NDT in
2007. He has a lot of experience in both policy and critical arguments. Many
of you may know Malgor from the infamous video of him 'dancing against
capitalism' found here
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6080837669562911582
This is Malcolm's third year at the GDI
Mima Lazarevic, University of
Southern California. Mima was a TOC finalist at Glenbrook South HS and
currently debates at the University of Southern Cal. Mima is also on the
faculty at the Cal Debate Institute. This is her first year on the GDI faculty.
Geoff Lundeen,
University of West Georgia. Geoff has had a
successful college career debating for both Michigan State
University and the University of West Georgia. He has also coached
many excellent teams at both the college and high school level.
Teams Geoff has worked with include NDT champions, numerous TOC elim.
participants, and Michigan state champions. He has taught at
numerous summer workshops since 1998; this will be Geoff’s second
year at the GDI.
 JP
Lacy, Debate Coach, Wake Forest
University. JP has been coaching college debate since 1992. Among
his accomplishments, he has coached the finalists of the 2006 NDT,
coached the winners of the 1999 CEDA nationals, coaches the 2008 NDT
Champions and coached 8 first
round at large bids to the NDT in the last 8 years. Known for his
attention to fundamentals and strategy, JP brings 15 years of
institute experience to the GDI.
Here, he wonders how he’ll get
that one last piece of luggage on the plane…
Jaipaul Rheki, University of
California Berkeley. Jaipaul debated for St. Francis in high school and is
currently competing for Cal. Jaipaul has been very involved in the high school
community as a coach, judge, and instructor at the Cal Debate Institute. This
will be Jaipauls first year teaching at GDI.
 James Brockway,
University of California - Berkeley.
A 2006 graduate
from Georgetown Day HS, James was among the very best high school
debaters in the nation winning multiple national level tournaments
including Saint Mark's, Harvard and the Harvard Round Robin. As a
sophomore at Cal, he has cleared and received speaker awards at
multiple
national tournaments including Gonzaga, Kentucky, USC, and the Cal
Invitational Debates. This will be his second year at the GDI.
James
Joseph, Gonzaga University. James is a graduate of St. Augustine HS
in San Diego and a sophomore majoring in International Relations at
Gonzaga University.
In his first year in college
debate James has advanced to elimination rounds at Pepperdine, Cal,
Whitman, NW CEDA Champs, and CEDA Nationals as well as
advancing to Semi Finals of the Pre
Season Freshman Nationals at The University of Kentucky.
Mike Burshteyn,
Michael has eight years of debating and researching experience in
High School and College debate. Nationally, he has placed first at
the Tournament of Champions ('03) and second in National Debate
Tournament rankings ('06). As a debater, Michael has won several
tournaments including Harvard, Kentucky, Texas, Fullerton, and the
Dartmouth Round Robin. Mike won the 2008 Copeland Award presented
each year to the top team in the NDT first round rankings. While teaching lab at Gonzaga, UC Berkeley,
Stanford, Kentucky, and Michigan, Michael has helped many talented
debaters improve their research and argument skills.
 Leah Moczulski, Gonzaga University. As a freshman at Gonzaga Leah
has been in outrounds of numerous tournaments including Cal Berkeley,
NW CEDA Champs, and Freshman/Sophomore Nationals. Leah was a
semi finalist at the 2007 TOC as a debater for The Woodlands HS
in Texas. Leah also coaches for Gulliver Prep.
Kathy Bowen, University of
California-Berkeley. Kathy was a TOC quarter-finalist as a senior at
Gulliver Preparatory and is currently a successful freshman debater
at Cal. This year she has cleared at multiple national-level
tournaments, including Gonzaga, USC and Pepperdine.
Adam Symonds,
Debate Coach, Arizona State University. In previous stops at California State University at Fullerton
and the University of Southern California, he has coached teams to
the semifinals of CEDA nationals and the Quarterfinals of theNDT.
Adam and his partner won the 1999 CEDA Nationals Tournament while
debating for Whitman College. This will be his 9th GDI. He is
the known to possess the only complete collection of GDI t-shirts in
the world. He will wear them all during GDI.
Steve Clemmons,
Debate Coach, St. Vincent DePaul HS. Steve
serves as the Director of Debate at St Vincent De Paul High School
in Petaluma, CA. In addition to this appointment, he serves as a
debate coach at University of Santa Clara (CA). In his spare time
when not working with debate, he is a U.S. History Teacher and the
Defensive Coordinator for the Junior Varsity Football team and scout
for the Varsity.
Previously, he served as debate and
congress coach at Leland High School (CA),
debate coach at Macalester College (MN),
Lincoln-Douglas debate coach at New Trier High
School (IL), Director of Debate at Loyola-Marymount
University (CA), debate coach at Weber State
University (UT), Chairperson of the Speech Department and
Director of Forensics at the Convent of the
Sacred Heart Preparatory School (CA). In the
past five years, he has coached one of most
successful Lincoln-Douglas debaters in the country, one of the best
policy debate teams in California, and a national champion in
Student Congress.
Steve remains one of the most celebrated collegiate
parliamentary, value, and policy debaters in recent memory.
He was the U.S. National Parliamentary
Debate Champion in 1995, culminating a dominating season in which
he was virtually undefeated. As a value
debater, he won the 1990 National Collegiate
Lincoln-Douglas Debate Tournament as well as top-speaker honors, was
named to the 1992 CEDA All-American Squad, and advanced to late
elimination rounds or won many major national circuit and regional
CEDA tournaments, with several elimination appearances and speaker
awards at CEDA Nationals. As a policy debater, he
twice qualified to the NDT and was a top twenty speaker there.
He was the national policy debate champion
at DSR-TKA nationals in 1994. Mr. Clemmons
is a popular seminar and institute instructor in both policy and
Lincoln-Douglas debate where he has earned
high teaching effectiveness ratings at such noted institutes as
University of Texas at Austin, Berkeley,
Loyola-Marymount, Cal Berkeley,
VBI, National Debate Forum
and Stanford.
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