I am an assistant Debate and Forensics coach at Shawnee Mission North High School, where I have worked as the school librarian and a teacher. I am in my 2nd year as an assistant coach but have been judging for several years at tournaments in Shawnee Mission and surrounding districts.As a judge, I have the most experience judging Policy Debate and Forensics speech and drama events. I prefer moderate speed, unless you are unclear. I do realize that with time constraints you may need to speak faster at times. That’s fine as long as it’s in shorter bursts and doesn’t go on too long. Please feel free to ask me any other questions you may have.

Hi! I'm Josie (she/her), this is my second year of debate and I went to NSDA nats '22 and '23 in World Schools debate.

I'm definitely flexible-but here are some of my preferences:

-Aff case: Be as clear as possible with your plan and the logistics of your plan. It's hard to judge if I don't understand what I'm judging on to the fullest extent. (also, this should go without saying, but I can totally tell if you don't understand what you're running..know about what you're running before going to the tournament pleaseeee)

-DAs: case-specific DAs are more fun imo but use a general DA if you want (as long as you can link effectively)

-T: run it if you want but I think they're kinda boring tbh-I probably won't be super on board unless the aff interp is like super abusive

-CPs: I literally love cps so much they're so fun 10/10 recommend

-Ks: Im not super familiar with Ks, but I think they can work really well from what I've seen (but only if you know what you're doing with them).

-Theory: Again, I'm not super familiar, I don't run into/run theory often, but I think it's fine in certain contexts (if the other team was clearly abusive)

-I wanna be able to hear you; I'm not more impressed by spreading than I am by having clear, comprehendible arguments.

-I couldn't care less if you choose to do open cx-just clarify before the round

-Your job during rebuttals is to summarize your arguments, your opponent's arguments, and why I should prefer your argument. Your clarity with this can make or break a round.

-If you're rude to the other team in any way you will automatically lose the round. (not flexible on this one)