Election Debates
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Judge Profile – Wayne Jocic
Wayne is the President of the Debaters’ Association of Victoria, a non-profit organisation that runs competitions in which more than 12,000 debaters participate. He has debated and adjudicated in local, national and international debating competitions for more than a decade. At university, Wayne studied economics, law and philosophy. He now practises law and dabbles in … Continue reading
Judge Profile – Sam Greenland
Sam has judged, competed and coached at international level since 1996, and is the current Chair of the World Universities Debating Council. He is a full-time secondary teacher, and recently completed a research thesis on the role debating can play in teaching mainstream curriculum subjects. Originally from the UK, he is now based at the … Continue reading
Judge Profile – Fenja Berglund
Fenja Berglund won the Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships in 1994 and the World Universities Debating Championships (Worlds) in 1996 for Macquarie University. She was ranked second best individual speaker at Worlds. She now lives in Sydney and works as a barrister.
Judge Profile – Andrea Sloan
Andrea Sloan is a lecturer in business at Strathclyde University. She has judged at several international debate competitions was part of the ESU sponsored UK debate team which toured the USA in 1997 (and returned undefeated). She was ranked 4th individually at the 1996 World Championship.
Judge Profile – Colm Flynn
Location: Ireland. Colm is a former Chair of the World Universities Debating Council and is an Emeritus Member of Council. He has also served on the European Debating Council and Committee. He was Deputy Chief Adjudicator at the World Universities Debating Championships (WUDC) and judged at a total of seven world championships. He has judged the Grand … Continue reading
Judge Profile — Sumithra Rajendra
Location: USA. Sumithra Rajendra was the Convenor of the World Universities Debating Championship which was held in Multimedia University, Malaysia in 2005. She won the All- Asians Debating Championship and was a semifinalist at the AustralAsians in 2006. She has also adjudicated in numerous debating tournaments and was the Deputy Chief Adjudicator at the Brisbane … Continue reading
Judge Profile — Andy Hume
Location: Scotland. Andy won the World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC) in 1997 for Glasgow University. He was a regular finalist and winner of regional and national debating tournaments. He is the author of the rules for the Public Speaking Competition at the World Universities Debating Championship. Andy has judged in tournaments all over the world, … Continue reading
Judge Profile — Bob Dalrymple
Location: Scotland. Bob was a regular competitor and adjudicator on the global debating circuit in the mid-to-late 1990s. He’ll thank you not to note just how long ago that was. Bob won the John Smith Memorial Mace in 1996, competing for the University of Edinburgh. He was a finalist in the World Universities Debating … Continue reading
Judge Profile — Tommy Tonner
Location: Scotland. Tommy is a two time World University Debating Championship (WUDC) Grand Final judge and was also an original member of the WUDC commission charged with formalising the organisation of the championship. During his debating career for Strathclyde University in Scotland Tommy was a regular winner on the UK & Ireland debating circuit … Continue reading
Judge Profile – Jason Jarvis
Jason Jarvis is a doctoral student in the Rhetoric and Politics program in the Department of Communication and Georgia State University in Atlanta, GA Previously he was Professor at the Korea Development Institute School of Public Policy and Management and Kyung Hee University. He is the founder of the Northeast Asian Open debate championship as … Continue reading
