AI Education Policy Consultant | Instructor
Union College
Stefan Bauschard has been active in speech and debate for 39 years, having first debated in his 8th grade social studies class in 1985. Since then, he has helped establish debate programs in more than seven countries and has built a large online instructional services website that supports more than 5,000 students and teachers annually. He co-founded the Harvard Debate Council Summer Workshops, the Georgetown Debate fall and spring tournaments, the Cal Berkeley Fall Championships, the Silver Division of the Tournament of Champions (TOC), and the Middle School TOC. During the pandemic, he helped lead the debate community to debating online, initiating the application of classrooms.cloud to support organized debate tournament competition.
Currently, Stefan is focused on coaching debate, running debate tournaments, including the Global AI Debates, and helping K-16 institutions understand the growing significance of AI, including AI literacy and instructional redesign using debate. He is the author and editor of two books on education and AI and blogs about AI and society at stefanbauschard.substack.com. He recently completed an AI curriculum project for Oxford University Press and is currently working on a book on AI pluralism.