Minutes of the National Meetings

THE AMERICAN FORENSIC ASSOCIATION


ANNUAL CONVENTION  MINUTES


 


Minutes of the Executive Council


November 11, 2009


12-3:45 p.m.


Cresthill Room, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago


Call to order at: 12:05 PM by Daniel Cronn-Mills


 


Noted that Jim Pratt should be congratulated on getting things so conveniently located. Called for additional agenda items.


Newsletter 32.2


 


 


AFA NEWSLETTER


 


A PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN FORENSIC ASSOCIATION


VOL. 32,  NO. 2 -- January 2010


 


 


 


 


Message from the AFA President, p. 3


Memoria, p. 4


2008 AFA Award Winners, p. 3

NDT Names Top-Speaker Award

The NDT Board of Trustees announced at Wake Forest's Shirley Classic Debate Tournament, that the Top Speaker Award known as the Tiffney Cup will be named the Ross K. Smith Top Speaker Award. The award is presented at the National Tournament each spring. Past winner are posted at NDT Page.

Editors for Argumentation and Advocacy

The National Council of the American Forensic Association has unanimously approved Catherine H. Palczewski and John Fritch to be co-editors of the national peer-reviewed journal Argumentation & Advocacy. Their appointment is for a three-year editorial term for the quarterly publication, covering issues 47.1 (Summer 2010) to 49.4 (spring 2013).

AFA Announces Archival Research Award

The purpose of Archival Research Grant is to support research in forensics and to promote the use of the AFA Archives at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. The AFA will award grants of up to $750.00 The Archival Research Grant is awarded competitively and funded by the American Forensic Association upon the recommendation of the Research Committee.

Click for more about the Grant

Welcome to the new AFA website

We hope you will enjoy our new site. You can now:

Please note that you will have to update most bookmarks you may have from the old site. It may help to use our search to find content.

New AFA Officers

Categories:

Vice President - Rich Edwards, Baylor Univ
Vice President for High School Affairs - Will Baker, Impact Coalition
Two-Year College Representative: M'Liss Hindman, Tyler Jr. College
Recording Secretary: Michael Janas, Samford Univ.

Nominating Committee:

Jon Bruschke, CA St U Fullerton (chair)
David Cheshier, GA St. U.
Scott Deatherage, Urban Debate League
Becky Opsata, CA St. U. Northridge
Ben Voth, Souther Methodist University

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

 

AMERICAN FORENSICS ASSOCIATION DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

Alta conference proceedings 2007 now available

Categories:

Concerning Argument: Selected Papers from the Fifteenth NCA/AFA Conference on Argumentation (the 2007 Alta Conference) has been mailed to registrants from the 2007 conference.  Copies of the volume are for sale through the American Forensic Association for $35, including postage.  Registrants for the 2007 conference who did not receive their volume should contact Danielle Endres at the University of Utah.  The volume of selected papers from the 2009 Alta conference will be published shortly after the beginning of the ye

Annual Convention 2009

Categories:
Location: 
Chicago, IL
Date and Time: 
Wed, 11/11/2009 (All day)
  • Meeting concurrently with the National Communication Association and other affiliated organizations.
  • Meeting space and accommodations hosted by the Palmer House Hilton
  • A block of rooms has been reserved for NCA members at special rates

For more details, see the NCA web site: http://www.natcom.org/

AFA Meetings, Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

Click "read more" to see the convention program.

Vol. 32, No. 1 -- September 2009

Officers of the AFA, p. 2

Letter from the President, p. 3

Call for Civil Discourse, p. 3

Convention Meeting Schedule, pp. 4-5

Call for Nominations for Daniel Rohrer Research Award, p. 6

Call for Nominations Outstanding Dissertation or Thesis Award, p. 6

Call for Nominations for the Distinguished Service Awards, pp. 7-8

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