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Washington, DC, USA. Joan Roddy Regnell, 74, an associate professor of speech and hearing at George Washington University for more than 40 years, died of acute renal failure Oct. 27 at Virginia Hospital Center. She lived in North Bethesda.
Mrs. Regnell, a passionate teacher who continued to work five days a week even after retiring, taught "legions" of students over the years, said Geralyn M. Schultz, chairman of the Department of Speech and Hearing Science.
"She had a personality you could not ignore," Schultz said. "She had a very good sense of people. You really couldn't put much past her. . . . She really cared for her students, not just that they learned the material but that they would care for their patients, their clients. Her passion was palpable."
Her specialty was in voice disorders, and she taught a popular undergraduate class on voice and diction, winning the university's excellence in teaching award in 1991. She was a dynamo clinical supervisor of graduate students and presented her research at professional workshops. She won GWU's graduate adviser award this year.
In 1991, Professor Regnell received the Excellence in Teaching Award for The Columbian College of the George Washington University. She received her graduate degrees in Speech Pathology from the George Washington University. She was Clinically Certified by the American Speech/Language & Hearing Association and was a member of the Voice Foundation.
Incidence of supraglottic activity in males and females: a preliminary report. Stager SV, Neubert R, Miller S, Regnell JR, Bielamowicz SA. The journal of Voice. September 2003 (Vol. 17, Issue 3, Pages 395-402).
Quantification of Static and Dynamic Supraglottic Activity. Sheila V. Stager, Steven Bielamowicz, Ashmit Gupta, Shannon Marullo, Joan R. Regnell, and Julie Barkmeier. J Speech Lang Hear Res, Dec 2001; 44: 1245 - 1256.
Supraglottic Activity: Evidence of Vocal Hyperfunction or Laryngeal Articulation? Sheila V. Stager, Steven A. Bielamowicz, Joan R. Regnell, Ashmit Gupta, and Julie M. Barkmeier. J Speech Lang Hear Res, Feb 2000; 43: 229 - 238.
Prof. Regnell was the focus of a May 2003 Washingtonian Magazine article entitled “How to Talk Like a Woman,” about her work with transgender individuals at the GW Speech & Hearing Center.
Joan Roddy Regnell held the title and position of Associate Professor and taught Voice Disorders, Diagnosis and Therapy. 
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