David Lapakko, associate professor of communication studies, was interviewed on on January 9. He discussed his competitive success at the Great American Think-Off,聽an annual exhibition of civil disagreement and argumentation.
Lapakko was crowned 鈥淎merica鈥檚 Greatest Thinker鈥 at the 23rd Great American Think-Off held in New York Mills, Minnesota, in June 2015. The debate question was, 鈥淒oes Technology Free Us or Trap Us?鈥 and Lapakko argued for the liberating qualities of technology as he took home the prize.