UIL Speech Judges

Rounds judged: ~50
Judging approach: Tabula Rasa
Policy priority: Resolution of substantive issues is more important than communication skills
Evidence philosophy: Quality of evidence is more important than quantity of evidence
Paradigm: McKinney '18 (small school, north Texas) Yes, I would like to be on the email chain: chensixiao@gmail.com I am okay with speed, but make sure to slow down on tags, theory, analytics, etc. If I cannot understand you, I will call "clear." I won't count flashing/emailing as prep, unless it gets unreasonable. Generally this should take <15 sec., so if you're struggling with this, take some time to learn how to use Verbatim's built in features. I haven't formed any concrete views about judging debate, which means that I will evaluate most arguments as they are debated. Even though I debated mostly on the policy side in high school, don't let this stop you from reading your best args. I'd rather see a good K debate than a bad policy debate. This does mean, however, that I would appreciate more explanation during K debates, unless you want me to parse through and misunderstand your authors. I like comparative and detailed impact calculus. This includes comparison of timeframe and probability. Comparison and calculus is crucial for me to evaluate a theory or framework debate. I am not very familiar with the topic yet. I have only judged at a few local tournaments. If the debate hinges upon some obscure facet of immigration law, an explanation would be great. This is my first paradigm, so let me know if you have any more specific questions before the debate and I'll do my best to answer them.

email: sean.chen@utexas.edu
cell: 972 3351461
office:

Meet types:
CX State

Qualified for:
CX