University of Georgia Ph.D
Wake Forest University
Dr. R. Jarrod Atchison serves as the John Kevin Medica Director of Debate and as a Professor of Communication. Dr. Atchison researches and teaches in the areas of argumentation, rhetorical theory & criticism, and American public address. He is currently serving as the President of the American Forensic Association. Dr. Atchison has published three books, A War of Words: The Rhetorical Leadership of Jefferson Davis (2017, University of Alabama Press), Milestones: Defining Lists of Wake Forest Debate, 1835-2022 with Dr. Allan Louden (2022, Library Partners Press), We Are Not One People: Secession and Separatism in American Politics Since 1776 with Dr. Michael J. Lee (2022, Oxford University Press).