William E. Newnam, or Bill Newnam, is the Associate Director of Forensics and debate

Policy debate

Policy debate is a form of speech competition in which teams of two advocate for and against a resolution that typically calls for policy change by the United States federal government or security discourse...

 coach for the Barkley Forum

Barkley Forum

The Barkley Forum, named after Emory alumnus and former United States Vice-President Alben W. Barkley, is the intercollegiate debate and forensics organization at Emory University. Debate at Emory began in the 1830s...

 at Emory University

Emory University

Emory University is a private research university in metropolitan Atlanta, located in the Druid Hills section of unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The university was founded as Emory College in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia by a small group of Methodists and was named in honor of...

, and administrative director of the National Debate Project Debate Center at Georgia State University

Georgia State University

Georgia State University is a research university in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Founded in 1913, it serves about 30,000 students and is one of the University System of Georgia's four research universities...

. Prior to his tenure at Emory, he coached debate at Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University is a private, coeducational university in the U.S. state of North Carolina, founded in 1834. The university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina, the state capital. The Reynolda Campus, the university's main campus, is...

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At Emory, he has coached several winners of the National Debate Tournament

National Debate Tournament

The National Debate Tournament is one of the national championships for collegiate policy debate in the United States. The tournament is sponsored by the American Forensic Association with the Ford Motor Company Fund.-History of the NDT:...

, and he has been awarded the Ovid L. Davis Award, the National Coach of the Year Award, and the Lucy Keele Award for national service to forensics. He is a prolific writer, mostly in the field of forensics. His books include Lines of Argument (ISBN 9780697132420) and Lines of Argument for Policy Debate (ISBN 9780697132406).

External links

• Meet the Coaches on the website of the Barkley Forum