Debate Experts

Dana Beldiman

Professor in Residence/Visiting ProfessorUC Hastings College of the Law

Email: beldiman@uchastings.edu

Dr Jane Waite

Reader in PsychologyAston University

Dr Waite focuses on understanding mental health difficulties in children and adults with intellectual disabilities.

Meng Li

Professor of Communication StudiesLoyola Marymount University

College of Communication & Fine Arts

Johnathan O'Neill

Chair, HistoryGeorgia Southern University

Johnathan O'Neill researches constitutionalism and American conservatism in the twentieth century, with emphasis on legal history.

James L. Fredericks

Emeritus Professor of Theological StudiesLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Ellen Clayton

Craig-Weaver Professor of Pediatrics; Professor of Law; Professor of Health PolicyVanderbilt University

World-renowned medical ethicist working at the intersection of law, medicine and public health, with a focus on genetics.

Imre Bartos

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Imre Bartos’ research interests include extreme cosmic explosions related to the formation and evolution of black holes.

Peter Winsky

Instructor of Theological StudiesLoyola Marymount University

Lynn Salsi

Author, Storyteller, Teacher, Historian, SpeakerLynn Salsi Consulting

With boundless enthusiasm, Southern history and folktales come alive with this Pulitzer Prize Nominated author & storyteller

Gretchen Helmke

The Thomas H. Jackson Distinguished University Professor of Political ScienceUniversity of Rochester

Professor Helmke's research focuses on democratic political institutions, rule of law, and Latin American politics.