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Donn W. Parson
Donn W. Parson (Ph.D, University of Minnesota, 1964) is a Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Kansas and the former Director of Forensics at the University of Kansas from 1964 to 1988, during which period he led KU to three national championships. Parson has had a significant influence on the development American intercollegiate debate.Dr. Parson is widely credited with revolutionizing the process of learning debate.
Championships.
Parson coached KU to National Debate Tournament(NDT) championship in 1970, 1976
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- "The Necessary Pluralism of any Future History of Rhetoric." "PRE/TEXT". 12, nos. 3-4 (Fall/Winter 1991), 195-211.
- "Can 'Controversy' Be Analyzed to Yield Useful Insights for Argument?" in Argument in Controversy. "Proceedings of the Seventh Conference on Argumentation". Ed. Donn W. Parson. Annandale, VA: SCA, 1991, pp. 20-23.