Ronald F. Levant
American psychologist
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Ronald F. Levant is an American psychologist, professor emeritus at the University of Akron, and a former president of the American Psychological Associations (APA). [1] [2]
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Education
Levant earned an undergraduate degree from the University of California Berkeley. He subsequently completed a Doctor of Education (EdD) at Harvard University and Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Boston University. [1]
Career
Much of Levant's research and clinical work focuses on men and fatherhood. In the 1980s, while at Boston University, he taught parenting courses for fathers and co-authored the guide "Between Father and Child".[3][4] He later served as the editor of the peer-reviewed journal "Psychology of Men and Masculinity" from 2007 to 2015.[2]
Levant has held faculty positions at Harvard Medical School, Rutgers University, and Nova Southeastern University. [2][5].
Within the APA, Levant served as president in 2005 and is a former president of two divisions: Family Psychology and the Psychology of Men and Masculinities. He is also a past president of the Massachusetts Psychological Association. [2] [4]. In 2011, he received the APA Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research. [6] His 2020 co-authored book, "The Tough Standard", won the William James Book Award from the APA's General Psychology division in 2021.[7]
Selected publications
- Between Father and Child: How to Become the Kind of Father You Want to Be, Penguin Books, 1991 (with John Kelly). ISBN 978-0-14-015261-6.
- Family Therapy: A Comprehensive Overview, Prentice-Hall, 1987. ISBN 978-0-13-302885-0
- Masculinity Reconstructed. Dutton, 1995. (With Gini Kopecky). ISBN 0-525-93846-X
- Men and Sex: New Psychological Perspectives, J. Wiley, 1997 (editor, with Gary R. Brooks). ISBN 978-0-47-116903-1.
- The Psychology of Men and Masculinities, American Psychological Association, 2017 (with Y. Joel Wong). ISBN 978-1-43-382690-0.
- The Tough Standard: The Hard Truths About Masculinity and Violence, Oxford University Press, 2020 (with Shana Pryor). ISBN 978-0-19-007587-3.
- Assessing and Treating Emotionally Inexpressive Men, Routledge, 2024 (with Shana Pryor). ISBN 978-1-03-244469-7
- The Problem with Men: Insights on Overcoming a Traumatic Childhood from a World-Renowned Psychologist, Koehler Books, 2024 (with Alisa Bowman). ISBN 979-8-88-824432-6