Ronald F. Levant
Dr. Ronald F. Levant is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Akron and past President of the American Psychological Association. Ranked among the top 2 percent of scientists in the world by the Elsevier-Stanford University database, he is one of the key professionals responsible for creating a whole new field of psychology—the psychology of men and masculinity. He earned his doctorate in Clinical Psychology and Public Practice from Harvard University and has served on the faculties of Boston University, where he directed the nationally prominent Father Project, Rutgers University, Harvard Medical School at The Cambridge Hospital, and the Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University. Dr. Levant has developed 21 psychological scales and measures, including the Male Role Norms Inventory, and published more than 300 peer-reviewed studies and 20 books—one earning the William James Book Award from the American Psychological Association. The proud father of a daughter, Caren, and a doting grandfather to her two sons, he lives in Ohio with his wife, Carol.
