Forensics has been the most important activity in my intellectual and professional life as an educational scholar and professor. It is what taught me how to conduct scholarly research, use evidence to support claims, engage in reasoned argument, see multiple sides to complex issues, pay attention to nuance in language, and to organize my thoughts so they are clear, coherent, and persuasive. Everyday as a college professor I draw on my forensics background, as a teacher, as a department chair, and as a scholar.