Ronald F. Levant

Ronald F. Levant is a psychologist and a former president of the American Psychological Association (APA). After earning an undergraduate degree at the University of California, Berkeley, Levant completed a Doctor of Education (EdD) at Harvard University. He also holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Boston University.^[1]

Much of Levant's work has focused on men and fatherhood. At Boston University in the 1980s, Levant taught eight-week parenting courses for fathers.^[2] He authored the parenting guide Between Father and Child in the 1980s.^[3] From 2007 to 2015, he served as the editor of the journal Psychology of Men and Masculinity.^[4]

Levant is a psychology professor emeritus at the University of Akron.^[1] He has also held faculty appointments at Boston University, Rutgers University and Nova Southeastern University.^[4][5] He was the APA president in 2005.^[4] He is also a former president of the Massachusetts Psychological Association.^[3] He was awarded the APA Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research in 2011.^[6]

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
• 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 9780190075873.^[7]

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