Contemporary Argumentation & Debate is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal sponsored by the Cross-Examination Debate Association and housed in the School of Communication Studies at James Madison University. The journal publishes high-quality scholarly research articles in subjects in, on, or around the activity of debate as competitive activity and in the public sphere.
Current Volume: Volume 38 (2023) Special Issue: Identity, Performance, & Debate: Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Louisville Project
Full Issue
Preface
Introduction
Special Issue Editor's Introduction: Celebrating the Legacy of the Louisville Project and Grappling with the Antiblackness Still Plaguing College Policy Debate
Shanara Reid-Brinkley
Article
Indebted: The Compounding Politics of Black and Trans Argumentation in Intercollegiate Policy Debate
Beau Larsen
Eleazar, Native Debate, and The Stakes of Concession
Taylor Brough
Clash of the Uncivilized: An Alternative Approach to Policy Debate
Charles Athanasopoulos and Corinne Mitsuye Sugino
We Have a Job To Do: An Examination of the Coach's Role in the Development of a Diverse Student Population
Tiffany Dillard-Knox
In Honor of the Louisville Project: Allying Instead of Allyship to Support Minority Debaters
Lauren Christie and Nick J. Sciullo
Defending Whiteness: The Psychic Life of Anti-Blackness on Grindr
Luis M. Andrade and Deven Cooper
