Faculty Profile for Dr. Farzan Irani

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Dr. Farzan Irani
Chair - Professor — Communication Disorders
WILW 253
phone: (512) 716-2624
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Biography Section

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

 Stuttering, voice, motor speech disorders, research methods.

Research Interests

 Stuttering, fluency disorders

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • 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
  • Hendrick, R., Irani, F., Schwarz, A. L., & Azios, M. (2023). Personal factors and the overall variability of stuttering. Perspectives of ASHA Special Interest Groups SIG 4 Fluency and Fluency. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_PERSP-22-00178

Selected 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

Selected Grants

  • Fleming, Valarie B (Principal), Domsch, Celeste A (Co-Principal), Wendel, Renee M (Supporting), Irani, Farzan (Co-Principal). 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), Schwarz, Amy Louise (Co-Principal), Wendel, Renee M (Supporting), Stiritz, Lori L (Co-Principal), Fleming, Valarie B (Other), Domsch, Celeste A (Other). 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), Irani, Farzan (Co-Principal). APTitude: Auditory Perceptual Trainer, Faculty Innovation Accelerator Program (FIAP), Texas State University, $1000. (Submitted: August 24, 2023, Funded: October 9, 2023 - Present). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Associate Editor
Journal of Communication Disorders
October 19, 2023-Present
Associate Editor
Journal of Fluency Disorders
September 4, 2023-Present
Co-Chair
Program Expansion Task Force
August 2023-Present
Editorial Review Board Member
Journal of Fluency Disorders
December 28, 2022-Present
Chair
Personnel Committee, CDIS
September 2021-Present