Biography and education
I earned my Bachelor's degree in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology at the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences in Mumbai, India. I earned my MS and PhD in Communication Sciences and disorders at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, OH.
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Featured grants
- Fleming, Valarie B (Principal), Percent Contribution: %25, Domsch, Celeste A (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %25, Wendel, Renee M (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %25, Irani, Farzan (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %15. Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students in Communication Disorders, Health Resources and Services Administration, Federal, $1576750. (Submitted: March 3, 2020, Funded: July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2025). Grant.
- Irani, Farzan (Principal), Percent Contribution: %25, Schwarz, Amy Louise (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %25, Wendel, Renee M (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %25, Stiritz, Lori L (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %15, Fleming, Valarie B (Other), Percent Contribution: %0, Domsch, Celeste A (Other), Percent Contribution: %0. Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students in Communication Disorders, Health Resources and Services Administration, Federal, $1576750. (Submitted: March 3, 2020, Funded: July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2025). Grant.
- Rojas, Raul (Co-Principal), Irani, Farzan (Co-Principal). Characterizing Speech Disfluencies in Bilingual (Spanish-English) Children, American Speech Language Hearing Association Multicultural Activities Grant, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $15000. (Funded: August 2019 - November 2020). Grant.
- Golob, Edward (Principal), Mock, Jeffery (Co-Principal), Robbins, Kay (Co-Principal), Irani, Farzan (Co-Principal), Jones, Mark (Other). Development of brain-computer interface methods to influence brain dynamics in stuttering, NIH/NIDCD, Federal, $387172. (Submitted: July 17, 2017, Funded: March 2, 2018 - March 2, 2020). Grant.
- Johnson, Jennifer L (Principal), Percent Contribution: %60, Irani, Farzan (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %40. APTitude: Auditory Perceptual Trainer, Faculty Innovation Accelerator Program (FIAP), Texas State University, $1000. (Submitted: August 24, 2023, Funded: October 9, 2023 - Present). Grant.

Featured scholarly/creative works
- Azios, M., Irani, F., Watson-Love, T., & Williams, A. (2025). Let’s read: Building allies through a bibliotherapy stuttering intervention. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 85, 106143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfludis.2025.106143
- Irani, F., Azios, M., Boyle, M., Coalson, G. A., Palasik, S., Rodriguez, J., & Swartz, E. (2025). Reimagining stuttering therapy and outcomes through an acceptance and collaborative lens. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 83, 106105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfludis.2025.106105
- Irani, F., & Rojas, R. (2021). Treatment Outcomes of a Behavioral Stuttering Therapy Program. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica. https://doi.org/10.1159/000519866
- Rojas, R., & Irani, F. (2020). Classifying Disfluencies in Preschool and School Age Spanish-English Bilinguals Who Do Not Stutter: An Exploratory Study. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 1–12. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1044/2019_PERSP-19-00164
- Tichenor, S. E., Yaruss, J. S., Constantino, C., Gerlach-Houck, H., Gore, K., Irani, F., … Wray, A. H. (2024). Pseudostuttering Assignments Support Clinical Training and Develop Strong Stuttering Therapists: A Letter to the Editor Regarding Bortz (2024). Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_persp-24-00237
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: ASHA ACE Award, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. December 2024
- Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction for Excellence in Teaching. August 2024
- Award / Honor Recipient: Research Mentoring-Pair Travel Award, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. November 15, 2023 - February 2024
- Award / Honor Recipient: College of Health Professions Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching at the Professor level, College of Health Professions. January 1, 2023
- Award / Honor Recipient: ASHA ACE Award, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. 2022

Featured service activities
- Other
Journal of Communication Disorders
- Other
Journal of Fluency Disorders
- Co-Chair
Program Expansion Task Force
- Editorial Review Board Member
Journal of Fluency Disorders
- Chair
Personnel Committee, CDIS
- Member
Faculty Development and Research