Meet Our Faculty
Award Winning and Championship Holding Debate Minds: The ACIC's debate program is designed and taught by some of the most decorated debate minds in America, including coaches of Emory University's 2007 National Champion debate team. This group has spent years training some of the brightest debate minds in the country and is experienced at improving speaking through public speaking, argumentation, and critical thinking exercises.
Below is a list of just some of the prominent faculty members working with the ACIC:
- Melissa Maxcy Wade, B.A., M.A., M.T.S., Th.M., (Emory University), Director of Forensics, Faculty, Division of Educational Studies, Emory University
- James Wade, B.A. (University of Tennessee), M.A. (Georgia State University), M.T.S. (in progress, Emory University), Faculty, Department of Communications, Georgia State University
- Stephen Chaudoin, B.A. (Emory University), M.A. (Emory University), doctoral student in Department of Political Science (Princeton University)
- Patrick Wade, B.A. (Emory University), Doctoral Student in Department of Communications (Northwestern University)
- Cyrus Ghavi, B.A. (Emory University), law student (Cornell University)
- Christine Bradley, B.A. (University of Georgia), Assistant Debate Coach, Emory University, Faculty, Computer Assisted Debate Program.
Writing Tutors: The writing tutors that we employ for the ACIC are trained peer tutors who have worked in the past tutoring privately, teaching English composition classes, or working with the Emory Writing Center. Tutors are trained to do more than edit or proofread an essay; they work closely with the student to revise and construct the best application essay possible! Each tutor undergoes separate training in order to be sensitive to the particular demands of the international college application essay.
