DDF Fundamentals
Lab Leaders
Ravi Parikh
Ravi Parikh
Ravi Parikh
Ravi Parikh is a rising senior at the Westminster Schools in Atlanta, GA. He is the founder of the Debate Dreams Foundation and Captain of the Westminster Debate Team. He has cleared to elimination rounds and received speaker awards at large national tournaments including Heart of Texas, Emory, Kentucky, and more. He has received bids to
Ravi Parikh is a rising senior at the Westminster Schools in Atlanta, GA. He is the founder of the Debate Dreams Foundation and Captain of the Westminster Debate Team. He has cleared to elimination rounds and received speaker awards at large national tournaments including Heart of Texas, Emory, Kentucky, and more. He has received bids to the Tournament of Champions, and has been responsible for producing most of Westminster's evidence for the past year.
Eva Egozi
Ravi Parikh
Ravi Parikh
Eva Egozi is a rising senior at the NSU University School and has been an active member of NSU’s Speech and Debate team for the past 5 years. Despite being pioneers in Policy Debate as the first Policy competitors on the team in over a decade, Eva and her partner have found remarkable success, being the first team to fully qualify to the
Eva Egozi is a rising senior at the NSU University School and has been an active member of NSU’s Speech and Debate team for the past 5 years. Despite being pioneers in Policy Debate as the first Policy competitors on the team in over a decade, Eva and her partner have found remarkable success, being the first team to fully qualify to the Tournament of Champions and the first students in NSU history to receive nominations for the coaches poll.
Mahi Shah
Raleigh Maxwell
Raleigh Maxwell
Mahi Shah is an incoming freshman at the University of Pennsylvania who plans to compete in Policy Debate with Dartmouth College. She served as captain of the policy debate team at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools for two years and competed at a national level. She received first speaker at the TOC, among many other successfull debate performances!
Raleigh Maxwell
Raleigh Maxwell
Raleigh Maxwell
Raleigh Maxwell is an incoming freshman at Emory University who plans to compete for Emory's Barkley Forum. He served as the captain of his policy debate team at Montgomery Bell Academy and competed at a national level throughout high school. He is a two-time TOC finalist and has made it to the finals and late elims of many tournaments!
Aaron Kim
Raleigh Maxwell
Chanden Climaco
Aaron Kim is an incoming Junior at Emory University who has been competing with the Barkley Forum for two years. He competed at a national level throughout high school and continues to remain involved in the debate community, coaching debaters across the country.
Chanden Climaco
Chanden Climaco
Chanden Climaco
Chanden Climaco is a rising sophomore at Harvard University where he is a member of the Harvard Debate Council. As a freshman at Harvard he received a first round bid to the NDT (National Debate Tournament) along with another freshman ranking him in the top 16 partnerships in the nation. As a high schooler for Montgomery Bell Academy he
Chanden Climaco is a rising sophomore at Harvard University where he is a member of the Harvard Debate Council. As a freshman at Harvard he received a first round bid to the NDT (National Debate Tournament) along with another freshman ranking him in the top 16 partnerships in the nation. As a high schooler for Montgomery Bell Academy he reached the finals of the Tournament of Champions and was regarded as one of the premier negative researchers on the topic.
Wab Kadaba J.D.
Chanden Climaco
Wab Kadaba J.D.
Wab Kadaba is Kilpatrick’s Chair-Elect and begins his term as Firm Chair on July 1, 2024. He is currently Chair of the firm's Intellectual Property Department. Mr. Kadaba concentrates his practice on litigation related to intellectual property as well as strategy and management of intellectual property and technology issues. Mr. Kadaba ha
Wab Kadaba is Kilpatrick’s Chair-Elect and begins his term as Firm Chair on July 1, 2024. He is currently Chair of the firm's Intellectual Property Department. Mr. Kadaba concentrates his practice on litigation related to intellectual property as well as strategy and management of intellectual property and technology issues. Mr. Kadaba has considerable experience representing clients in patent, trademark and trade secret litigation matters, covering technologies as diverse as software, telecommunications, e-commerce, medical devices, footwear and chemical compositions. He is admitted to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Michael Ross
Chanden Climaco
Wab Kadaba J.D.
Michael Ross is a rising senior at Berkeley Prep. He's been debating for four years and serves as the co-captain of the Berkeley team. He is a two-time TOC Quarterfinalist and has had notable success at many other tournaments.
Dr. Christian Lundberg PhD
Dr. Christian Lundberg PhD
Dr. Christian Lundberg PhD
Chris Lundberg is a communication professor and practitioner with over 15 years of experience in persuasion, communication, and messaging. He is a founding faculty member at the School for Civic Life and Leadership at UNC-Chapel Hill, where he teaches rhetoric and public speaking, and conducts research on the theory and practice of persua
Chris Lundberg is a communication professor and practitioner with over 15 years of experience in persuasion, communication, and messaging. He is a founding faculty member at the School for Civic Life and Leadership at UNC-Chapel Hill, where he teaches rhetoric and public speaking, and conducts research on the theory and practice of persuasive public argument. He is also an author of four books and multiple articles on persuasion, a subject matter expert on strategic communication, messaging and public speaking, and a fellow at Johns Hopkins University's SNF Agora Institute. He debated for the University of Redlands, and he has coached for Emory, Northwestern, and Harvard, among many other schools.
Christian Bohmer
Dr. Christian Lundberg PhD
Dr. Christian Lundberg PhD
Christian Bohmer is a rising senior at LASA. He’s been debating for three years and competes on his school’s nationally recognized program. He has achieved notable success at many national tournaments.