Attended the University of Southern California on a debate scholarship and graduated in 1984. Upon graduation was selected by the Speech Communication Association's (SCA) Committee on International Discussion and Debate (CIDD) to represent the US on debating tour of New Zealand. Returned to US to take job as assistant debate coach at Cornell under the then supervision of Cornell's Director of Forensics, Pam Stepp. Received Juris Doctorate and Master's in Speech Communication from Syracuse University. Subsequently, taught debate and other speech communication courses at the University of Vermont, SUNY Geneseo, Syracuse University, the University of Rochester and currently Cornell. I also presently serve as Cornell's Director of Speech and Debate (formerly known as Forensics).