Staff may be adjusted as demand dictates

Eric Morris

Director of Forensics, Missouri State
As debater, won several tournaments and reached the final round of the CEDA National Tournament. In his 14 years of coaching, his students have won the CEDA National Tournament and CEDA Squad Points Championship, qualified to the NDT 9 years in a row, reached the NDT elimination rounds, and won several other tournaments. He has also researched over 50 handbooks and designed evidence management software.

Heather Walters

Assistant Director of Forensics, Missouri State
As a debater, she won multiple tournaments, qualifying to the elite Jesuit Round Robin (top 10 teams in CEDA debate), and reached the deep elims at the CEDA National Tournament. In her 8 years of coaching, she's had several teams win tournaments, hosted the NDT on the Missouri State campus, and qualified teams to the NDT 7 years in a row. She has also administered several high school tournaments and has a J.D.

Clay Webb

Missouri State Debater, '09

Clay earned a 1st round at large bid to the 2008 NDT, and reached the semifinals at both the National Debate Tournament and CEDA Nationals. He was a quarter-finalist at Kentucky and Harvard, and has cleared at sixteen major national tournaments (to date). In high school, Clay debated at Greenwood High in Springfield, MO. He is a testiment to how substantially a debater can accelerate under the Missouri State system of instruction, as well as how the debate training can translate into success outside of rounds. He won the Missouri State citizen-scholar award for 2009 - only 6 were awarded on a campus of just under 20,000. He is in the process of deciding among several top-tier international relations programs for graduate work.

Jessica Johnson

Missouri State Debate Coach & Former Debater

Jessica's college debate career included nearly 200 wins, and numerous wins over 1st round debaters (including Wayne State, Oklahoma, and KU). She cleared at  Berkeley, CEDA Nationals, and every regional tournament since late in her sophomore year. She was a National Speaker's Association award winner in 2008 (there are 5, nationwide), and was the head delegate for the international champion Model UN team (AMUN, Chicago, 2008) as well. As a college coach, she took the lead role in coaching Missouri State novices to several tournament wins and top speaker awards.

Doowan Chung

Wake Forest Debater, '09

Doowan has cleared at over 10 major national tournaments, including the National Debate Tournament, and has won numberous speaker awards while debating for Wake Forest.

Mike Kearney

Current Missouri State Debater.

Cleared at sixteen major nationals, including top seed (8-0) with a speaker award at Kentucky. He taught at MSDI last summer, and has dramatically accelerated several high school students with individual coaching. He's played a considerable role in Missouri State's success and evidence production for several years.

Jordan Foley

Current Missouri State Debater.

Although only a sophomore, Jordan has cleared at eight major nationals and has notched wins over 1st rounds from Emory, Dartmouth, and West Georgia. Debating on the A-Team, he is also a major contributor to Missouri State's evidence production.