Research – American Parliamentary Debate Association

Part of the mission of GSEI is to conduct research on the status of gender minorities in debate. You can find our recent projects below.

Competitive outcomes for women in debate, based on data collected from the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 seasons. Thanks to Jean McCabe (Brown ’14) for this work!

Perceptions and recommendations for the Women’s Initiative and Equal Opportunity Facilitator programs, based on surveys collected from September 2014 – December 2014. Thanks to Jerusalem Demsas (W&M ’17) and Juliana Vigorito (Hopkins ’16) for this work!

Judging bias on APDA, based on anecdotes collected from October 2014 – March 2015. Thanks to Juliana Vigorito (Hopkins ’16) for this work!