Douglas M. Fraleigh is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication at California State University at Fresno. He is also on the faculty of Fresno State’s Smittcamp Family Honors College and has taught public speaking courses for over twenty years. Fraleigh coached intercollegiate speech and debate at CSU Fresno, UC Berkeley, Cornell, and CSU Sacramento, working with hundreds of student competitors. He has held leadership roles in the Western States Communication Association and regional and national forensics associations. His research interests include freedom of speech, argumentation, and legal communication.