Dayle Towarnicky (she/her) is an Assistant Professor with the FSU School of Theatre in Tallahassee, Florida, where she teaches and coaches voice, speech, and accent. Dayle researches intersections between voice and speech practice and linguistics. Her article “Reexamining Glottalization..” won the 2024 Rocco Dal Vera Graduate Research Award by VASTA and is published in Volume 18 of the Voice and Speech Review. Particular linguistic interests include linguistic ideologies, metadiscourse, sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, phonetics, and phonology.
She is a certified teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork ® and a certified practitioner of the Feldenkrais Method ® of somatic education. Previous teaching with The Stella Adler Studio of Acting, Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers, and the University of Central Florida School of Performing Arts. Member of VASTA’s HealthCore interest group. Masters degrees awarded by the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and the CUNY Graduate Center. BFA awarded by NYU Tisch / Stella Adler.
Upcoming Short Courses
Thursday 6th November 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
(London Time)
"Throaty Sounds": Cross-linguistics, Health, & Pedagogy!
Dayle Towarnicky
Glottal stops, vocal fry, creaky voice, and more! There are many types of “throaty sounds” that we make in spoken languages and simply in vocal expression. Many practitioners have historically expressed strong views about the health or use of throaty sounds: considering them risky or unhealthy, as well as displeasing. Join Dayle Towarnicky as she reconsiders the narrative around glottals and vocal fry to support our students' use of speech!