Senior National Qualifiers
Senior Historical Paper
The Jazz Ambassadors: Using the Weapon of "Swing" for Diplomacy and the Debate of Racism in the United States
- Gehrig Lachenmaier
- Prairieview School (Urbandale)
- Teacher: Brittany Schofield
Speak No German: The Babel Proclamation
- Meredith Struebing
- Abraham Lincoln High School (Council Bluffs)
- Teacher: Deb Masker
Senior Individual Exhibit
1980 Olympic Boycott
- Treyton Schaapherder
- Clarinda High School (Clarinda )
- Teacher: Linda Vanden Bosch
A Debate In the Air
- Jubilee Cunigan
- Southeast Valley High School (Dayton)
- Teacher: Josh Dyer
Senior Group Exhibit
La Huelga- The Struggle That Earned Farm Workers Rights
- Leticia Herrera and Yessenia Alvarez Zamora
- Marshalltown High School (Marshalltown)
- Teacher: Susan Fritzell
Nazi John Rabe's Diplomatic Challenge: Savior to Victims of the Nanking Massacre
- Calla Brunkan and Peyton Wenck
- North Scott Senior High School (Eldridge)
- Teachers: Michele Willet and Lisa Jackson
Senior Individual Documentary
When the Little Ball Moved the Big Ball: How the 1971 Ping Pong Tournaments Thawed U.S. and China Relations in the Cold War
- Rohan Devadas
- Johnston Senior High School (Johnston)
- Teacher: Sue Cline
Changing Tides: The Devastating Story of the Sri Lankan Tamil Crisis
- Akshara Eswar
- Johnston Senior High School (Johnston)
- Teacher: Sue Cline
Senior Group Documentary
Out Of Their Chairs And Up The Stairs: ADA Now!
- Callahan Levi, Kadence Huck and Paige Franzen
- Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School (Nashua)
- Teacher: Suzan Turner
Plyler v. Doe: Crossing the Border from Classroom to Courtroom
- Eshaan Chandani and Anjali Kumar
- Johnston High School (Johnston)
- Teacher: Sue Cline
Senior Individual Performance
Upton Sinclair: Bringing Debate to Expose Appalling Conditions Reforming the Meat Industry
- Mandolin Young
- Akron Westfield Senior High School (Akron)
- Teacher: Val Philips
A Diplomatic Queen: From Pawn to Player
- Nessa Brooks
- Le Mars High School (Le Mars)
- Teacher: Kathi Oetken
Senior Group Performance
A Study in Secrets: How the Betrayal of a Nation Paved the Way for Foreign and Domestic Reform
- Casey Oolman, Amy De Groot, Caleb TeKrony and Jane Taylor
- Unity Christian High School (Sioux Center)
- Teacher: Mandy Van Schouwen
Amica Mea, Te Amo: The Fall of the Roman Republic
- Gauge Reyes, Liam Knudtson, Maddison Lambert, Aubry Knudtson and Carter Lambert
- Okoboji High School (Milford)
- Teacher: Linnea Lambert
Senior Individual Website
Khrushchev, Corn, and Cold War Diplomacy: Garst Grows Relations With Russia One Ear At A Time
- Caleb Sinnwell
- Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School (Nashua)
- Teacher: Suzan Turner
'An Inward Voyage of Discovery' Debate and Diplomacy: The Human Genome Project
- Lillie Hoffman
- Storm Lake High School (Storm Lake)
- Teacher: Christina Rice
Senior Group Website
The Mother of Modern Medicine: Henrietta Lacks and the Debate Over HeLa Cells
- Mackenzie Bohr and Madison McNealey
- North Scott High School (Eldridge)
- Teacher: Michele Willet and Lisa Jackson
The Panama Canal: Connecting Two Worlds
- Shreyas Shrestha, Aydean Bejtovic, Kathir Kalyanaraman and Andrew Bogue
- Johnston Middle School (Johnston)
- Teacher: Molly McConnell
Senior Alternates
Senior Historical Paper
Diplomatic Approaches to Nuclear Competition during the Cold War
- Lauryn Venema
- Williamsburg Jr-Sr High School (East Amana)
- Teacher: Nathan Rodemeyer
Senior Individual Exhibit
Chernobyl: Debate & Diplomacy
- Kaeley Meyer
- Unity Christian High School (Sioux Center)
- Teacher: Mandy Van Schouwen
Senior Group Exhibit
"It Is Up To You Boys": How Debate Changed Sioux County
- Morgan Hummel and Amalia Visser
- Unity Christian High School (Orange City)
- Teacher: Kris Talsma
Senior Individual Documentary
How the U-2 Deception Eroded Super-Power Diplomacy
- Charles Gilbertson
- Marshalltown High School (Marshalltown)
- Teacher: Susan Fritzell
Senior Group Documentary
Governor Ray and the Tai Dam: Diplomacy Despite the Debate
- Emily Eppinga and MyKayla Zylstra
- Unity Christian High School (Sioux Center)
- Teacher: Jonathon Holwerda
Senior Individual Performance
Senior Group Performance
The PMRC Hearings: Parents, Punks, and Parley
- Caeden Canuso, Chase Madden, Katelyn McFarland and Sydney Bellinghausen
- Carroll High School (Carroll)
- Teacher: Kelly Borchers
Senior Individual Website
The 504 Sit-In: Debating the Government for Disability Rights
- Anita Dinakar
- Johnston Senior High School (Grimes)
- Teacher: Sue Cline
Senior Group Website
The 1955 Le Mans Disaster: Debating Racing and Diplomacy for Improved Safety
- Tom Lane and Matthew Beierschmitt
- Akron Westfield Senior High School (Merrill)
- Teacher: Val Philips
Junior National Qualifiers
Junior Historical Paper
The Cuban Missile Crisis: The World on the Brink
- Rachel Horton
- Harding Middle School (Robins)
- Teacher: Shannon Haas
Herbert Hoover: Humanitarian Hero Halts Hunger Through Food Diplomacy
- Elexa O'Neill
- Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School (Charles City)
- Teacher: Suzan Turner
Junior Individual Exhibit
A Ray of Compassion: Debate and Diplomacy of the Indochinese Refugees
- Sarah Tilberg
- Le Mars Middle School (Le Mars)
- Teacher: Kathi Oetken
A Debated Diplomacy: The Cuban Missile Crisis
- Sydney Bruxvoort
- Oskaloosa Christian School (New Sharon)
- Teacher: Renee Van Kooten
Junior Group Exhibit
Orphan Train: Journey of Uncertainty
- Garrett See, Ryan Northup and Tommy Sexton
- St. Benedict School (Ridgeway)
- Teacher: Patty Lien
Strike 3! Baseball's Out! The 1994 MLB Baseball Strike
- William Barquist and Joseph McDermott
- Bettendorf Middle School (Bettendorf)
- Teacher: Deb Temperly
Junior Individual Documentary
Hollywood’s Red Scare: How Diplomacy and Debate Over Communism Impacted Film
- Benjamin Gillette
- Bettendorf Middle School (Bettendorf)
- Teacher: Deb Temperly
Debating Desegregation: Crisis In Little Rock
- Kaia Schleifman
- Gerald W Kirn Middle School (Council Bluffs)
- Teacher: Deb Masker
Junior Group Documentary
Lo, the Rich Indian: How the Lack of Debate and Absence of Diplomacy Impacted the Osage Nation
- Peyton Small, Melissa Fairbanks, Nathan Schoenfelder and Reegan Mckee
- Akron Westfield Middle School (Akron)
- Teacher: Val Philips
Failed Diplomacy in the Black Hills: The Ongoing Debate for the Sioux Nation’s Sacred Land
- Lilah Rasche and Lucy Wolf
- Bettendorf Middle School (Bettendorf)
- Teacher: Deb Temperly
Junior Individual Performance
Dorothea Dix: How debate & diplomacy changed the treatment of mental health patients forever
- Vivian Searcy
- St. Benedict School (Decorah)
- Teacher: Patty Lien
The Lowell Mill Girls: A Revolutionary Step for Women's Activists
- Gabriella Ripslinger
- Bettendorf Middle School (Davenport)
- Teacher: Deb Temperly
Junior Group Performance
Iowa Girls Basketball: A Century of Debate
- Tess Frerichs, Avery Gaswint, Elizabeth Philips and Morgan Knapp
- Akron-Westfield Middle School (Akron)
- Teacher: Val Philips
The Luminous Career of a Radium Girl: Patriotism, Poisoning, and The Occupational Disease Labor Legislation of 1936
- Yllka Islami, Brooke Stangl, Jaia Strong, Leah McFarland and Brianna Kiger
- Carroll Middle School (Carroll)
- Teacher: Kelly Borchers
Junior Individual Website
The International Bill of Human Rights: A Path to Equality
- Abigail Agan
- Sudlow Intermediate (Davenport)
- Teacher: Kimberly Woods
Vietnamese Refugees in Iowa: Ray's Humanitarian and Controversial Relocation
- Lillian Frideres
- Nevada Middle School (Nevada)
- Teacher: Randy Davis
Junior Group Website
Tinker v. Des Moines: Silent Debate at the Schoolhouse Gate Opens the Door for Student Expression
- Christopher Niedert, Lily Jones and Connor Sullivan
- Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School (Nashua)
- Teacher: Suzan Turner
The Abortion Debate: How Roe v. Wade Empowered Women While Polarizing a Nation
- Makenna Miller, Charlotte Nigey and Kelsi Smith
- Bettendorf Middle School (Bettendorf)
- Teacher: Deb Temperly
Junior Alternates
Junior Historical Paper
Standing Bear’s Fight for Justice: How a Ponca Chief Influenced the Debate Over Native Rights in America
- Mila Hansen
- Lewis Central Middle School (Council Bluffs)
- Teacher: Michelle Kavars
Junior Individual Exhibit
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: Tragedy Sparks Safety Debate
- Rachel Paplow
- Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School (Nashua)
- Teacher: Suzan Turner
Junior Group Exhibit
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Controversy
- Willow Blair and Audrey Essa
- St. Benedict School (Decorah)
- Teacher: Patty Lien
Junior Individual Documentary
Dr. Harvey Wiley: Saving a Poisoned America
- Titus Cerwinske
- Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School (Nashua)
- Teacher: Suzan Turner
Junior Group Documentary
Terror, Tragedy, and Teddy Roosevelt: How America’s Leader Saved America’s Game
- Brayden Swearinger and Noah Penn
- Franklin Middle School (Cedar Rapids)
- Teacher: Kristina Dvorak
Junior Individual Performance
The Caning of Charles Sumner: The Breakdown of Debate and Diplomacy
- Lucas Hagen
- B R Miller Middle School (Marshalltown)
- Teacher: Ann Jackson
Junior Group Performance
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire’s Impact on America
- Claudia Dixon, Gracelynn Tangen and Rachel Weis
- St. Benedict (Decorah)
- Teacher: Patty Lien
Junior Individual Website
Stonewall Riots
- Isabella Sailor
- Decorah Middle School (Decorah)
- Teacher: Wes Knaack
Junior Group Website
Jazz Diplomacy: Melting the Iron Curtain
- Spencer Nelson, Elijah Oetken and John Higman
- Akron Westfield Middle School (Akron)
- Teacher: Val Philips
