Associate Professor Gary Gillespie has taught communication and speech courses since 1980. He came to Northwest University the fall of 1985. During his career as an instructor and debate coach, he has critiqued 5,000 student speeches.

Gillespie coaches the Northwest University debate team, which in the last nine years placed high in the National Parliamentary Debate Association national sweepstakes. The team placed tenth in the nation out of 277 institutions in 2000.The Eagle Debate team has made final rounds at every NPDA national tournament from 1996 to 2005.  He has the third longest tenure of all debate coaches in the five northwest states and is on the executive council of the Northwest Intercollegiate Debate League.
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Publications

• Gillespie, Gary   "Take My Partner, Please: Use of Humor in World Style Debating." A paper presented at the Western States Communication Association Convention, Seattle, WA, February 18, 2007. Paper accepted for publication in Parliamentary Debate, Journal of the National Parliamentary Debate Association.

• Gillespie, Gary "Moral Relativism in Pro-Choice Rhetoric: a Reply to Stephan Sullivan,"  Values Newsletter, A Publication of The Highlands Center for Faculty Initiatives at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA. Vol. 13, Issue 2, Spring 2006, pp 1 - 4. Read Gillespie's Article  Read Sullivan's article

• Gillespie, Gary  "Happiness as Pedagogy: A Model for Teaching Ethics," Values Newsletter, A Publication of The Highlands Center for Faculty Initiatives at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA. Vol. 12, Fall 2004, pp 1 - 2.  See link here.

• Gillespie, Gary "Let the Games Begin: Tips for Winning Debates," IDEBATE, magazine of the International Debate Education Association, January 2003. A version of this article can be read here.

• Gillespie, Gary "Message in an Electronic Bottle: the Internet After 9/11."  Interface: The Journal of Education, Community and Values of the Berglund Center for Internet Studies, August-September, 2002.

• Gillespie, Gary “Are We Having Fun Yet? A Debater’s Guide to Happiness.” Parliamentary Debate, Journal of the National Parliamentary Debate Association, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA. 5 vol.1 (2000, August) 70--79
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Kirkland, Washington

Gary Gillespie
Associate Professor,
Northwest University
Kirkland, Washington
Director of Debate, Communication Dept. Chair
425 889 5257    gary.gillespie at northwestu.edu

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