Ronald F. Levant

Ronald F. Levant is an American psychologist, professor emeritus at the University of Akron, and a former president of the American Psychological Associations (APA).

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. He later served as the editor of the peer-reviewed journal "Psychology of Men and Masculinity" from 2007 to 2015. .

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. His 2020 co-authored book, "The Tough Standard", won the William James Book Award from the APA's General Psychology division in 2021.

Selected publications (with John Kelly). . . Masculinity Reconstructed. Dutton, 1995. (With Gini Kopecky). ISBN 0-525-93846-X (editor, with Gary R. Brooks). . (with Y. Joel Wong). . (with Shana Pryor). . (with Shana Pryor). (with Alisa Bowman).