Celia Stewart

Associate Professor Celia Stewart specializes in Communicative Sciences and Disorders at NYU's Steinhardt School. Her expertise spans voice disorders, transgender voice modification, and neurogenic communication disorders. She maintains a private practice focusing on professional voice care and has authored influential publications in laryngology and speech pathology. Dr. Stewart teaches advanced courses including Voice Disorders, Motor Speech Disorders, and Therapeutic Procedures in Speech Pathology. Her research emphasizes vocal biomechanics in performing arts, motor learning in voice therapy, and botulinum toxin efficacy in treating spasmodic dysphonia.

Her academic contributions include over a decade of clinical research on vocal dosimetry in musical theatre and cross-disciplinary studies on gender-affirming voice interventions. She has presented internationally on voice rehabilitation strategies and collaborated on clinical trials involving over 900 patients with laryngeal dystonia. Dr. Stewart's teaching integrates evidence-based practice with multicultural considerations in speech therapy.

Notable areas of focus include the intersection of vocal fry production with speech perception, the physiological demands of contemporary musical theatre roles, and the development of patient-centered treatment protocols for neurogenic voice disorders.