Students know Professor Mary Kate Cary from her ‘Election 2020’ and ‘Political Speechwriting’ courses, but she is now adding to her long list of UVa contributions as the founder of the upcoming oratory competition. In this interview, Professor Cary speaks to us about the Inaugural Oratory Competition coming to UVa in the spring of 2022. The Politics Department’s Inaugural Oratory Competition will be sponsored by the Jefferson Literary Debating Society, University Democrats, and the College Republicans.