List of National Speech and Debate Association members
Appearance
The National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) is the largest interscholastic speech and debate organization serving middle school and high school students in the United States.[1] It was known as the National Forensic League from 1925 to 2014.[2] Many NSDA alumni have risen to the pinnacle of their respective fields, including the following.[3]
Academia
[edit]Business
[edit]Name | Chapter | Notability | Reference |
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Aimee Allison | Antioch High School | Founder of She the People | |
Roy Bahat | Stuyvesant High School | Venture capitalist | |
Austan Goolsbee | Milton Academy | President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers | |
Frances Haugen | Iowa City West High School | Whistleblower on Facebook | |
Ann Kim | Apple Valley High School | James Beard Award-winning chef and restaurateur | |
Craig Newmark | Morristown High School | Founder of Craigslist | |
Justin Rosenstein | The College Preparatory School | Software programmer and co-founder of Asana | |
Deena Shakir | Leland High School | Venture capitalist | |
Ben Silbermann | Des Moines Roosevelt High School | Co-founder and executive chairman of Pinterest |
Entertainment
[edit]Law
[edit]Literature and print journalism
[edit]Name | Chapter | Notability | Reference |
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Ty Burr | Milton Academy | Film critic at The Boston Globe | |
Pintip Dunn | Parsons Senior High School | Author of young adult fiction | |
Saeed Jones | Lewisville High School | Poet | |
Priya Krishna | Greenhill School | Food journalist for The New York Times | |
R. F. Kuang | Greenhill School | Fantasy writer | |
Min Jin Lee | Bronx High School of Science | Author and journalist | |
Ben Lerner | Topeka High School | Poet, novelist, essayist, and critic | |
Larry Magid | Ulysses S. Grant High School | Technology columnist, writer, and commentator | |
Celeste Ng | Shaker Heights High School | Novelist | |
Alan Sepinwall | Montville High School | Chief television critic for Rolling Stone | |
Bryan Washington | James E. Taylor High School | Writer |
Politics
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "What Is Forensic Competition?". Small Business - Chron.com. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
- ^ "Rebranding - USA National Forensic League becomes National Speech & Debate Association". Global Debate. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
- ^ "Notable Alumni". National Speech & Debate Association. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "26 Famous People Who Were on the Debate Team". Ranker. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
- ^ a b "Before Brent Spiner was Famous". National Forensic League. Archived from the original on 2011-01-03. Retrieved 2024-09-03 – via web.archive.org.
- ^ "2018-IMG-Alum-Carlos-Maza". National Speech & Debate Assocation. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
- ^ "Texas Actor Fred Parker, Jr. Broadway-bound". Focus Daily News. Archived from the original on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2024-09-21 – via web.archive.org.
- ^ Mazzei, Patricia (2022-02-26). "How a High School Debate Team Shaped Ketanji Brown Jackson". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
- ^ Williams, Lena (October 10, 1987). "MAN IN THE NEWS: James Horace Burnley 4th; TOUGH CABINET NOMINEE". The New York Times. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
- ^ "Thamar Harrigan – USTDA". Retrieved 2024-09-20.