Journal of the International Public Debate Association

Below are the tables of contents for each issue of the Journal of the International Public Debate Association.  You may view an entire issue by clicking on "complete issue" next to each journal title, or you may view individual articles by clicking on the page numbers for a given article. 

    2017 National Convention Paper Submission (You may also e-mail submissions directly to Chris Duerringer: Christopher.Duerringer@csulb.edu).

April 2007 (vol. 1, no. 1)                                                                                                                                

Academic Debate v. Advocacy in the Real World: A Comparative Analysis (Alan Cirlin)                              

The Medium Weighs the Message: How Source Medium Affects Credibility (Chris Duerringer)     

Diversity in Forensics (Dena Lynne Boone)                                                                                            

IPDA Longevity: 10th Year Anniversary: An Analysis of Former Champions (Patrick Richey)         
Complete Issue

pp.   3-18

pp. 19-23

pp. 24-25

pp. 26-33
March 2008 (vol. 2, no. 1)

Editorial: A Call to Statesmanship (Web Drake)

IPDA: Academic Debate's Minority Group (Daniel Eldridge)

The Value of Values (Jim Evans)

Apples and Oranges: Advocacy for a Postmodern Interrogation of Weighing Mechanisms (Chris Duerringer)

Ethis in Public Debate (Jeffery Hobbs & Piengpen Na Pattalung)

Defending a Core Position in IPDA Debate (Alan Cirlin)
Complete Issue

pp.     3-6

pp.   7-10

pp. 11-14

pp. 15-19


pp. 20-24

pp. 25-32
April 2009 (vol. 3, no. 1)

Editorial : Debate Should Be Two Things (Adam Matthew Key)

Technology in IPDA - Teleconferencing & IPDA: Case Study, Requirements, Budget, and Instructions for Effective Teleconferencing Debate (Chad Freeman, Emily Hill, Robert Steinmiller, & Ivey Kelley)

Technology in IPDA - TELE-DEBATE: The Future of Forensics? (Alan Cirlin)

Participation and Success Rates for Women and MInorities in IPDA Debate (Bob Alexander, Joe Ganakos, & Trey Gibson)

Peter Ramus: Significance in Rhetoric and Attacks on Cicero (Cole Franklin)

Resolution of Risk (Robert "Rob" Redding Jr.)

Preparing Students for Future Careers (Jean Eldred)

Meta-Debate: A Necessity for any Debate Style (Nicholas Ducote & Shane Puckett)

Counterplans as Opportunity Cost: A View of Counterplan Function in Academic Debate (Caitlin Hodge & Shane Puckett) 
Complete Issue

pp.     3-7

pp.   8-15


pp. 16-35

pp. 36-45


pp. 46-56

pp. 57-60

pp. 61-64

pp. 65-69

pp. 70-73
March 2010 (vol. 4, no. 1)

Editorial: Lay Judging (Mark Lowery)

Questioning the Ground Beneath our Feet: The Merits of Academic Debate (Christopher M. Duerringer)

Choosing Sides: Affirmative/Negative Positions and Competitive Equity in IPDA (Adam M. Key)

Let Me Root, Root, Root for the Home Team: An Analysis of Home Field Advantage in IPDA (Christine Courteau & D. Bernard Fearn)

Counterplans: Used as Tests (Shane Puckett)
Complete Issue 

pp.     3-4

pp.     4-9

 
pp.   9-15

pp. 15-20

 
pp. 20-23
April 2011 (vol. 5, no. 1)

Welcome to the 2011 IPDA National Tournament and Convention

Editorial
The Review Process for the IPDA Journal (Dr. Robert Steinmiller)

Articles
Choice Theory, Elaboration Likelihood, and Counterplans as Arguments: A Framework for Evaluating Theory in IPDA Debate (Chris Harper)

Kritiks and Their Implications in IPDA (Christine Courteau)

Convention Proceedings
IPDA: Where Have We Been, Where Do We Want to Go, and How Do We Get There? (Anthony McMullen)

Awards Conferred by IPDA at the National Championship Tournament

May 2014 (vol. 6, no. 1)

Articles
"The Times They Are A-Changing'":  An Argument for Modifying the Team IPDA Format (Christopher M. Duerringer & Gabriel Adkins)

Forum
Winning Isn't Everyting (Adam M. Key)

Disclosure and the Price of "Fairness" in the IPDA (Christopher M. Duerringer & Gabriel Adkins)

Position Statement In Favor of Disclosure (Molly Brown)

Position Statement In Favor of Disclosure (Nakia Welch)

Book Reviews
Virtualpolitik: An Electronic History of Government Media-Making in a Time of War, Scandal, Disaster, Miscommunication, and Mistakes (James A. Schnell)

May 2015 (vol. 7, no. 1)

Articles
Running Topicality on Trichotomy (Chris Harper)

Disclosure in IPDA: Redressing Disclosure and Its Ethical Implications (Patrick Richey)

Roundtable
IPDA’s Past, Present, and Future
Alan Cirlin
Christopher M. Duerringer
Cole Franklin
Adam Key
Pat Richey
Bob Steinmiller

Forum
Disclosure: An Analysis on its Place in the IPDA (Hailey Lawson)


May 2017 (vol. 9, no. 1)

Articles
The Use of Pathos in IPDA Debate: Justifications and Guidelines (Jeffrey Hobbs)

Building New IPDA Communities -- Using the Full-Range Leadership Model to Grow IPDA
in the Pacific Southwest Collegiate Association (Barry Regan, Joshua Danaher)

In Defense of Topic Disclosure (Michael Ingram)


May 2018 (vol. 10, no. 1)

Articles
The Public Debate on Abortion in Georgia in 1989 (Calvin M. Logue)

Developing Intellectual Virtues in the IPDA (Michael T. Ingram)

Forum
An Analysis & Rebuttal of In Defense of Topic Disclosure (Nakia Welch)
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p.     6


pp.   7-18


pp. 19-28


pp. 29-34


pp. 35-39

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