Pooja Ichplani

Visiting Research Faculty (Special Projects) - Florida Institute for Child Welfare, Adjunct Professor - Center for Global Engagement
Pooja Ichplani

Pooja Ichplani works alongside the Florida Institute for Child Welfare's (FICW) Research and Evaluation team toward FICW's vision, focusing on the research and evaluation efforts to respond to key legislative mandates for the institute. A key priority for her work is navigating the intersection of domestic violence and child welfare. She aims to build on her passion to develop a community-based, culturally appropriate prevention program against intimate partner violence to strengthen the workforce. Dr. Ichplani hopes her work can contribute to a reduction of intimate partner violence incidents and better experiences for survivors as well as their children in the aftermath of violence.

Before pursuing her doctoral studies, Dr. Ichplani worked with Kantar Public (social program evaluation), Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (public health research and evaluation), WomenPowerConnect (women's legislative policy analysis), Praxis Institute for Participatory Sciences (CSR policy analysis) and with Public Health Foundation of India and Project HOPE (in health promotion) in India.

Areas of Focus

  • Community-based participatory research
  • Health and well-being
  • Intimate partner violence
  • Prevention and Implementation Science

Education

  • PhD, 2024, Florida State University Communication, Theory and Research
  • Program Evaluation Certificate, 2023, Florida State University, Anne Spence Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences
  • MSc, 2017, University of Delhi, Development Communication and Extension
  • BSc, 2015, University of Delhi, Home Science

Select peer Review Articles and Publications.

Ichplani, P. (forthcoming, 2025). Seeking the "self" in relation to "others": Negotiating with multiple selves of an IPV researcher. In K. Acosta, M. Cowan, B. Rickly, N. Small & E. Stone (Eds.), The Storied Practices: Positionality in Writing Studies.

Ichplani, P., & Bailey, R.L. (June 22, 2024). Communicating abuse with interpersonal network ties (INTs): An exploratory network analysis of willingness for disclosure among adult women. 74th Annual Convention of International Communication Association. Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.

Ichplani, P. (2022). Agroenvironmental narratives of transformative resistance: How participatory videos frame climate change in India. Journal of Environmental Media, 3(1), 33-63. https://doi.org/10.1386/jem_00071_1

Wendorf Muhamad, J., Yang, F., Ichplani, P., & Huse, L.K. (2022). Gendered spaces: Examining women's online wellwell-being relationship maintenance patterns. The Journal of Development Communication, 33(1), 24-31.

Kumar, A., Seth, M., Ichplani, P., & Anand, S. (2020). Relevance of stories: Stories of relevance. Emerging Evaluation Experiences: Way Forward for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals. Astral International: New Delhi, India.

Ichplani, P., Kumar, A., Upadhyay, R., & Mayberry, J. (July 10, 2019). Communication processes, community mobilization, and normative shifts: Case analysis of Video Volunteers' IndiaUnheard program. International Association for Media and Communication Research, Madrid, Spain. (Herbert I. Schiller Awardee at IAMCR 2019)

Pooja Ichplani