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working on research together in fall 2015, as I prepared for the transition to graduate school and Justin continued to expand his body of work. During the Ruth Anderson Public Debate, hundreds of tweets flew back and forth between debate attendees. They were fact-checking one another and coming up with novel, innovative argumentation. Eckstein and I pored over every tweet during the summer. We discovered how new arguments emerged and watched reasoning flow and evolve, paralleling and splitting from
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Director of Forensics for PLU’s storied speech and debate team, the T.O.H. Karl Forensics Forum. He teaches Applied Research, Argumentation & Advocacy, Introduction to Communication, and Gender & Communication. Dr. Eckstein’s research explores the new democratic challenges and opportunities facing a networked culture. His work has appeared in The Quarterly Journal of Speech, The Journal of Argumentation in Context, Argumentation & Advocacy, and Relevant Rhetoric.Learn More Read Previous Did you know
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Professor Justin Eckstein wins Rohrer Research Award Posted by: Todd / December 14, 2018 December 14, 2018 By Kate Williams '16Outreach ManagerCongratulations to Justin Eckstein, Assistant Professor of Communication and Director of Debate, who was recently awarded the 2017 Daniel Rohrer Award for Outstanding Research by the American Forensics Association. His research is titled, “Sound Arguments, Argumentation and Advocacy”. Among the most important activities of the American Forensic
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Forensics expert to give notable presentation on campus Posted by: Todd / April 29, 2015 April 29, 2015 Dr. David Zarefsky to speak on the 1858 public debatesRenowned argumentation scholar David Zarefsky will bring his expertise to Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) to speak on “Lincoln, Douglas, and Slavery: In the Crucible of Public Debate” on Thursday, May 14 at 6 p.m. in the Studio Theater of the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. In the book under the same name, Zarefsky
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acts as a presentational force in the service of standpoint.” It was presented in the Argumentation and Forensics Division. Dr. Amy Young, Associate Professor of Communication, received the award for her paper “Beyond Supreme: Retired Supreme Court Justices as Public Intellectuals”, which deals with the increasingly vocal, political and mediated role we’ve seen Stevens, Souter and O’Connor play since their respective retirements. It was presented in the Communication & the Law Division. Young’s
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Breakfast May 12 at 10p.m. Anderson University Center Commons Celebrity faculty servers and student performers will serve free breakfast to all students. Free for students Lincoln, Douglas, and Slavery: In the Crucible of Public Debate May 14 at 6p.m. Xavier Hall: Philip A. Nordquist Lecture Hall Dr. David Zarefskey is one of the foremost argumentation scholars in the world, and he will bring his expertise to campus this spring to lecture about the 1858 presidential debates. Free admission, no
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Norwegian pioneer founders envisioned an institution that drew upon three millennia of liberal arts tradition. It is a tradition that stretches back to the prophetic quest for social justice, to the ancient Greek tradition of philosophical inquiry, to rabbinic argumentation, to the Christian monastic schools, and to the Islamic advances in the sciences. Our founders also drew on centuries of Lutheran higher education tradition. The presence of representatives from many Lutheran colleges and universities
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