Why "Research Corner"?

Welcome!

My name is Squid Monteith and I am a student at Emporia State University majoring in Bachelor's in Secondary Education in Speech and Theatre. This blog is meant to provide insight into the research I conducted while at Emporia State.

Below, you will find some information about myself.

"Squid Monteith is a rising senior majoring in Secondary Education of Speech and Theatre with an emphasis in speech and argumentation. After graduating from ESU, he plans to attend graduate school for communications in argumentation and debate out of state. Along with which, he intends to coach competitive speech and debate at either the college or high school level. He has not yet decided on where he will attend graduate school. 

Squid spends most of his time doing debate related work. As he enters his senior year, he begins his final year of competition. In his seven years as a debater, Squid has focused on cross-examination policy debate as his area of expertise. While at Emporia State, he has received numerous speaking awards and has conducted countless hours of research in areas of study such as Queer Negativity, Medicalization, Neoliberalism, Dark Deleuze, Queer Anarchism, and many more. In the fall of 2017, he began coaching for San Marino as a private policy coach. Recently, his students have made it to elimination rounds at national tournaments such as the Alta Invitational, Stanford, and ASU. 


Squid has been a member of the Women's Debate Institute Board of Directors for 4 years and has recently taken on the role of Chair of the Community Development Committee. Here, he works to create a space of fun-filled education that builds community activism and bonding. While at the WDI, Squid has filled the role of Instructor, RA, Community Development Assistant, and Executive Board Member. He intends to continue to work with the WDI in order to transform the competitive debate space."

Below is a list of streamed competitive debate rounds for you to watch, flow, render a decision for, and utilize to understand the techniques of debate.

Policy Debate

UMKC HK vs Baylor WW - Pflaumm Quarterfinals 2017

Georgetown BK vs Oklahoma PS - NDT Quarterfinals 2018

Georgetown BK vs Kansas KR - NDT Finals 2018

Michigan GW vs Georgetown BK - NDT Semifinals 2018

Lincoln Douglas Debate

Clements FT vs Harvard-Westlake NS - TOC Semifinals 2016

Linear v Transactional Models of Communication

Linear Model vs Transactional Model of Communication

Understanding the difference between the Linear Model of Communication versus the Transactional Model of Communication is necessary for recognizing deficiencies in moments of communication. 

Linear = 

• Assumes direct communication from one person to the next
• Assumes the message is one directional, meaning, it assumes that the receiver only receives and the sender only sends 
• Precludes Noise, Worldview, Feedback, Channel Blockers, and Context
• Foundational

Transactional =

• Multiple directional
• Recognizes Noise can be distractors to communication
• Recognizes Feedback as necessary messages being sent from the receiver 
• Recognizes Worldview as it influences the message's sending and receiving 
• Progresses beyond "sender/receiver" binary
• Assumes multiple cues being interpreted
• Transgressive

Why Parents Can't Control Youth Screen Time

The times have changed. They will continue to change. It's time for parents to stop trying to control youth screen time.

As a child, I remember when the household only had one computer, if that. Then, it was a large, clunky piece of technology that sat in the corner of the room and required my parent's consent to be used by any of the youth of the house. Nowadays, youth find themselves with computers in their pockets, in classrooms, and even at the tables of restaurants. This shift is indicative of a change in the times which demands an adjustment be made in terms of how we attempt to regulate youth usage of technology. Because it is now widely prevalent and integral to a student's learning, such an adjustment must recognize the inevitability of excessive youth screen time as this is not the fault of the youth but rather the fault of the parents.

Allow me to explain.

Because the prior generation allowed technological development to run amok, the widespread use of technology quickly became a necessity and less of a luxury. This implicates society as a whole for the excessiveness of youth screen time because it is now impossible for youth to operate absent it. Rather than trying to regulate student screen time in terms of how long they spend in front of a screen, we should be reorienting how the student uses the technology. This can look like teaching them to spend time reading online books rather than scrolling through Twitter or watching discussion videos rather than vines on YouTube. 

The times have changed. They will continue to change. It's time for parents to teach youth how to use technology in an effective manner rather than trying to limit/prohibit it.