This year, The Debate Intensive has invited Dr. Camisha Russell, an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oregon, to give a guest lecture at our program. She is a leading scholar in the critical philosophy of race, bioethics,…
For the third year, The Debate Intensive is releasing a series of interviews with its staff members. The second installment of this year’s interview series features returning instructor Danielle Dosch. Danielle debated for Immaculate Heart High School, where she was…
For the third year, The Debate Intensive is releasing a series of interviews with its staff members. The first installment of this year’s interview series features instructor Whit Jackson. Whit debated for the Brentwood School and is currently a freshman…
Congratulations to two-time Debate Intensive alum Kabir Dubey from Dougherty Valley for championing the 2019 Golden Desert Invitational at UNLV. In finals, Kabir defeated Quarry Lane's Sai Karavadi on a 3-0 decision (Stidham, Flores, Clark-Villanueva). Sai won top speaker. Additional…
By Jackson Lallas Many students wonder why our camps—previously, the San Jose Debate Intensive, and now The Debate Intensive—have the name “intensive.” The name choice is meant to highlight the rigorous, in-depth nature of our curriculum, essential for anyone looking…
Registration for The Debate Intensive is now open for 2019! An early sign-up discount of $200 is available until February 1. You can sign up and find further information here. If you missed it, we're offering 7 total weeks of…
Congratulations to St. Andrews Episcopal's Ishan Bhatt for defeating Newsome’s Dylan Burke to win the 2018 Isidore Newman School Invitational. In finals, Ishan won on a 3-0 decision (Vincent, Berryhill, Williams). Ishan was also top speaker. You can find the full results…
The 2019 January-February Lincoln Douglas Topic is: Resolved: The United States ought not provide military aid to authoritarian regimes.
Congratulations to Ishan Bhatt from St. Andrew's Episcopal for defeating Jaya Nayar from Harvard-Westlake in finals of the 2018 Glenbrooks Invitational on a 3-0 decision (Castillo, Kalghatgi, Balachundhar). Ishan was also top speaker and top seed. We'd like to congratulate…
Congratulations to Claire Liu (Stuyvesant) and Lindsey Perlman (Byram Hills) for closing out the 2018 Scarsdale Invitational. In semi-finals Claire Liu defeated Millburn's Kevin Wang and Lindsey Perlman defeated Harrison's Ava Zinman, both on 3-0 decisions. You can find the…