Dr. Matt McGarrity
Teaching Professor
Bio
Dr. Matt McGarrity is a Teaching Professor in the Communication Department at the University of Washington. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in public speaking, argumentation, classical rhetoric, rhetorical criticism, and communication pedagogy. He founded and continues to direct the University of Washington Center for Speech & Debate (https://csd.com.uw.edu/), which offers speech coaching to students. He has published academic articles and teaching materials on communication education and public speaking and has won multiple top paper awards for public speaking research at academic conferences. He has won a number of teaching awards, including UW鈥檚 Distinguished Teaching Award, Toastmaster鈥檚 Communications & Leadership Award, and the National Speakers鈥� Association鈥檚 Outstanding Professor Award.
