Our Judges
VDR appoints judges who pass a preliminary round of applications. Most of our judges have a hefty experience in debate: captains of their high school debate team, current college debaters, state champions, and nationally-ranked speakers. Regardless, all of our judges will undergo two rounds of judge training before their first tournament. As an organization run by current and former debaters, we are eager to provide competitors with the most fair, fruitful, and fun debate experience.
Arianna Pahlavan
Applied Physics,
Columbia University
Rebekah Agwunobi
Computer Science,
Columbia University
Noah Im
Philosophy, Politics, and Law,
Binghamton University
Lilia Brooker
Political Science,
Columbia University
Matthew Taj
Applied Math and Statistics,
Johns Hopkins University
Olivia Ferrucci
CW and Econ-Political Science,
Columbia University
Devan Singh
Philosophy and Comp Literature,
University of Chicago
Aidan Fitzgerald
Philosophy and Economics,
University of Chicago
John Michael Magloire
History and Political Science,
Northwestern University
Hajar Kossir
Economics-Mathematics,
Columbia University
Swati Madankumar
Medicine, Literature and Society,
Barnard College at Columbia
Gabriella Shayani
Biology,
Vanderbilt University
Hamza Malik
International Affairs and Poli Sci,
Elliott School of International Affairs at GW
Mohit Kundnani
English and Psychology,
University of New York at Albany
Lori Luo
Biomedical Engineering,
Columbia University
Morgan McNulty
Applied Mathematics,
Columbia University
Kimia Khaledi
Financial Economics,
Columbia University
Anthony Barisano
Neuroscience,
Brown University
Michelle Gery
Industrial and Labor Relations,
Cornell University
Mohammad Ullah
Juris Doctorate (JD),
University of Houston Law Center
Tamima Sultana
Biology,
Barnard College at Columbia
Saied Beckford
Econ, CS, and Applied Math,
Rutgers University
Dan Hepworth
Computer Science and Finance,
Duke University
Tara Habibi
Economics of Education,
Teachers College at Columbia
Dia Shah
Biology,
RPI/Albany Medical College
Brandon Lee
Political Science,
Binghamton University
Kennedy Salamat
Biomedical Engineering,
Columbia University
Alex Serbanescu
Art History,
University of Chicago
Aman Jaisinghani
Business Economics,
UCLA
Andrew Fang
Computer Science,
Stanford University
Shruti Verma
Computer Science,
Columbia University
Fraye Beyene
Computer Science,
Columbia University
Alan Wang
Operations Research-Analytics,
Columbia University
Sean Lochner
Kinesiology and Health Sciences,
William & Mary
Shiv Patil
Neuroscience and Behavior,
Columbia University
