NELSON ROY, PhD portrait
  • Professor, Communication Sciences & Disorders
  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Otolaryngology

Professional Service

  • American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA). Role: Topic Chair. ASHA 2014 Annual Convention: Voice and Alaryngeal Communication Topic Chair. 07/2013 - present
  • Syracuse University. Role: External Reviewer for RPT. External Reviewer for Retention/Promotion/Tenure, Associate Professor (promotion/tenure). Syracuse University, New York, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. 07/2013 - 10/2013
  • Miami University, Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, Oxford, OH. Role: External Reviewer for Miami University, Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, Oxford, OH. External Reviewer for RPT . 07/2013 - 10/2013
  • American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA). Role: Working Group Member. Working Group: Voice Assessment Standards Committee. 04/2013 - 08/2013
  • Journal of Speech Language Hearing Research (JSLHR). Guest Associate Editor (2010, 2011). Journal of Speech Language Hearing Research (JSLHR), Speech Section. 07/2010 - 07/2011
  • Laryngoscope. Role: Reviewer. Editorial Board Member. 01/01/2010 - present
  • Annals of Otology, Rhinology, Laryngology. Role: Reviewer. Reviewer. 01/01/2008 - present
  • ASHA Sponsored Committee. invited member of 4-person panel of the ASHA Voice Working Group to appraise the evidence supporting assessment practices in Voice Disorders, and to develop national clinical practice guidelines/standards for clinical voice assessment. 07/2007 - 08/2013
  • American Speech Language Hearing Association. Role: Reviewer. Editorial Board- American Journal of Clinical Speech-Language Pathology. 01/01/2003 - present
  • Journal of Voice. Role: Reviewer. Editorial Board Member. 01/01/2001 - present
  • American Speech Hearing Association. Role: Reviewer. Editorial Board- Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research. 01/01/2000 - present

Internal Service

  • Academy of Health Sciences Educators. Committee Member, 10/2013 - present. University service.
  • Full Professor RPT Review: Parks, Recreation, and Tourism. Department RPT Review (2 PRT Faculty Members), 08/2013 - 10/2013. College service.
  • College Advisory Committee-Full Professor RPT review. Reviewer, 10/01/2012 - present. College service.
  • Ad Hoc Reviewer pre promotion to full professor review. Reviewer, 09/01/2012 - 10/01/2012. College service.
  • COH Student Scholarship and Awards Committee (2012 to present). Commitee Member, 01/2012 - present. College service.
  • Personnel and Elections Committee. College of Health Representative, 08/01/2011 - present. University service.
  • Health Sciences Faculty Representative: Search Committee for VP Health Sciences. 07/2010 - 01/2012. College service.
  • CSD Department RPT Committee Chair . 07/2009 - present. Department service.
  • Student Scholarships/Awards Committee r . Committee member, 07/2007 - 04/2013. Department service.
  • Undergraduate Curriculum Committee . 07/2007 - 07/2010. Department service.

Honors & Awards

  • 2018 U of Utah NSSLHA Student Award for Best Teacher in CSD. Utah Student Chapter of NSSLHA, 04/02/2018
  • 2013 ASHA Convention “Meritorious Poster Award” (Voice, Resonance, and Alaryngeal Speech Section) for "Effects of Nebulized Isotonic Saline vs. Water After Laryngeal Desiccation in Primary Sjogren's Syndrome". Kristine Tanner, Nelson Roy, Ray Merrill, Katherine Kendall, Karla Miller, Daniel Clegg, Amanda Heller, Daniel Houtz, Mark Elstad, Shawn Nissen. American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA), 11/2013
  • 2011 Editor’s Award “Best Paper” in Journal of Voice 2010-Speech-Language Pathology/Vocal Pedagogy- (Maryn, Y., De Bodt, M., Van Cauwenberge, P., Roy, N., Corthals, P. Toward improved ecological validity in acoustic and perceptual measurement of overall voice quality: Combining sustained vowels and connected speech. Journal of Voice, 2010). Journal of Voice Editor's Award, 06/10/2011