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Portrait of Dr. Farzan Irani

Dr. Farzan Irani

  • Chair - Professor at Communication Disorders, College of Health Professions

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • 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.
  • Member, Faculty Development and Research. September 2018 - Present.
  • Member, Alumni Outreach Committee. September 2016 - Present.
  • Organizer, Comprehensive Stuttering Therapy Program (CSTP). July 2011 - Present.
  • Coordinator, Fluency Concentration. January 2011 - Present.

2026

  • Member, American Speech Language Hearing Association Special Interest Group 4 Professional Development Committee. February 2024 - December 31, 2026.
  • Member, University Research Enhancement Committee. September 2020 - August 2026.
  • Chair, College Research Enhancement Committee. September 2020 - August 2026.
  • Member, Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology. June 2022 - June 2026.

2025

  • Faculty Senator, Faculty Senate. May 4, 2022 - 2025.
  • Member, College Review Group. January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2025.

2024

  • Editorial Review Board Member, American Jounral of Speech Language Pathology. January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2024.
  • Member, School of Nursing Personnel Committee. January 2019 - January 2024.

2023

  • Member, Stuttering/Fluency Track Topic Committee for ASHA. January 2023 - December 2023.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, American Speech Language Hearing Association Special Interest Group 4: Fluency and Fluency Disorders. January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2023.
  • Member, SB 18 Post Tenure Review Task Force. October 2023 - November 2023.
  • Member, Faculty Search Committee, Physical Therapy. October 2022 - May 2023.
  • Mace Bearer, Spring Commencement Ceremony. May 11, 2023.
  • Member, Search Committee, CHP Dean. October 2022 - April 2023.
  • Member, Faculty Search Committee, CDIS. September 2022 - March 2023.

2022

  • Chair, CDIS Program Quality Enhancement Taskforce. March 2021 - 2022.
  • Member, Texas Speech Language Hearing Association, Telepractice Committee. April 2017 - 2022.
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Fluency Disorders. May 2016 - 2022.
  • Member, College Review Group, College of Liberal Arts. November 2021 - December 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation Graduate Student Scholarship Review Committee. August 2022 - September 2022.
  • Member, Graduate Admissions Committee. September 2020 - August 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, The Joint World Congress on Stuttering and Cluttering. January 12, 2022 - March 14, 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Joint World Congress on Stuttering and Cluttering. January 12, 2022 - February 14, 2022.

2021

  • Member, College of Health Professions Grade Appeals Committee. September 2011 - August 2021.

2020

  • Chair, Program Standards Committee. September 2015 - 2020.

2019

  • Reviewer / Referee, International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. 2014 - 2019.
  • Member, Research Enhancement Program Committee Member: College of Health Professions. September 2019 - October 2019.
  • Chair, Faculty Search Committee. September 2018 - March 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, American Speech Language Hearing Association Convention Program Committee: Fluency. January 2019 - February 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Pearson Education. January 10, 2019 - February 12, 2019.
  • Chair, Faculty Search Committee. September 2018 - January 2019.

2018

  • Member, University Budget Committee, Texas State University. September 2011 - 2018.
  • Member, College Research Enhancement Program Committee. September 2018 - December 2018.
  • Associate Co-ordinator, ASHA Special Interest Group 4, Fluency and Fluency Disorders. January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018.
  • Department Representative, Faculty Senate Liaison. September 2015 - September 2018.
  • Member, College of Health Professions Faculty/Student Research Forum. September 2013 - August 2018.

2017

  • Member, Stuttering/Fluency Track Topic Committee for ASHA. January 2017 - December 2017.
  • Editor, ASHA SIG 4 Perspectives in Fluency and Fluency Disorders. January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2017.
  • Member, Graduate Admissions Committee. September 2015 - August 2017.

2016

  • Facebook Manager, Facebook Manager. September 2012 - December 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Plural Publishing. December 27, 2016.
  • Expert Panel Member, International Stuttering Awareness Day Online Conference. October 2016.
  • Chair, Alumni Outreach Committee. September 2015 - August 2016.
  • Member, CHP Task Force on the Review of Student Evaluation of Instructor Form. September 2015 - August 2016.
  • Associate Editor, ASHA SIG 4 Perspectives on Fluency and Fluency Disorders. January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2016.

2015

  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal Of Fluency Disorders. November 1, 2015.
  • Expert Panel Member, International Stuttering Awareness Day Online Conference. October 1, 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal Of Fluency Disorders. September 1, 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Speech Language and Hearing. September 1, 2015.
  • Member, Faculty Search Committee. September 2014 - August 2015.
  • Member, Needs Assessment Taskforce. September 2014 - August 2015.
  • Member, Revision of Tenure and Promotion Committee. September 2014 - August 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, SIG 4 Perspectives on Fluency and Fluency Disorders. July 1, 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Speech Language and Hearing. April 1, 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal Of Communication Disorders. February 2015.

2014

  • Reviewer / Referee, Perspectives on Global Issues in Communication Sciences and Related Disorders (SIG 17). 2014.
  • Editorial Consultant, Contemporary Issues in Communication Sciences and Disorders. January 1, 2014 - December 1, 2014.
  • Editorial Consultant, International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. January 1, 2014 - December 1, 2014.
  • Editorial Consultant, Journal of Fluency Disorders. January 1, 2014 - December 1, 2014.
  • Editorial Consultant, SIG 17 Perspectives on Global Issues in Communication Sciences and Disorders. January 1, 2014 - December 1, 2014.
  • Undergraduate Marshal, Undergraduate Marshal at Summer 2014 Commencement, Texas State University. August 2014.
  • Chair, Faculty Search Committee. September 2013 - August 2014.
  • Member, CDIS Teambuilding and Alumni Outreach Committee. September 2013 - August 2014.
  • Department Representative, Faculty Senate Liaison. September 2011 - August 2014.
  • Member, Graduate Admissions Committee. September 2010 - August 2014.
  • Member, Search Committee for the Assistant VP for International Affairs, Texas State University. January 1, 2014 - May 1, 2014.

2013

  • Reviewer / Referee, eHearsay, Online Journal of the Ohio Speech-Language-Hearing Association. January 1, 2012 - December 1, 2013.
  • Member, CDIS Diversity Recruitment Steering Committee. September 2012 - August 2013.
  • Department Representative, College of Health Professions Research Enhancement Committee: Attended in lieu of Dr. Celeste Domsch. September 2011 - August 2013.

2012

  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Speech-Language and Hearing Research. January 1, 2012 - December 1, 2012.

2011

  • Reviewer / Referee, Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. 2011.
  • Reviewer / Referee, International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders. 2011.

2010

  • Member, Academic Honesty Committee. September 1, 2009 - May 1, 2010.
  • Representative, Graduate Student Senate. September 1, 2009 - May 1, 2010.

2009

  • Development Leader, Graduate Student Enhancement Program, Bowling Green State University. July 2009 - August 2009.