During these uncertain times, psychology is increasingly called upon for its scientific knowledge and professional skills. Psychology needs an experienced leader who has a history of working with all of psychology’s constituencies, and who can bring us together to effectively respond to these challenges.

Dr. Levant has served as professor, research investigator, clinical and academic administrator, clinical supervisor, public and private practitioner, author, political advocate, and public communicator. Through this experience, he has developed a broad perspective on the discipline and profession of psychology. He knows that psychology’s strength derives from its rich scientific and professional traditions, that the students in APAGS are our future, that our future will be affected in unexpected ways by technological change as the 21st century evolves, and that APA, despite all of our differences, is one family.

He has a vision for psychology’s future in which the growing integration of the science and practice of psychology will expand opportunities for knowledge generation and service delivery aimed at addressing society’s most pressing problems, and thus make psychology a household word.

He is committed to

• advocating for a prominent place for psychologists in the healthcare arena and expanding the scope of psychological practice.
  
  
• positioning psychology to emerge as a top-tier health profession/discipline in the coming integration of behavioral health with physical health in the healthcare system.
  
  
• enhancing the inclusiveness and diversity (in all of its dimensions, including race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, and age) not only of the profession but also of its leadership and its students, and to promoting the multicultural competence of the membership.
  
  
• addressing the problems with Institutional Review Boards, enhancing the public perception of psychological science, increasing psychological research funding, and bringing scientists back to APA.
  
  
• creating a voice for education in APA and addressing the need for reliable and valid tools to measure student learning outcomes, at all levels of psychology education.

Ron Levant’s Experience

Proven Leader: Ron Levant is currently serving a second term as the APA Recording Secretary, and is Associate Editor of Professional Psychology: Research and Practice. He has previously served a term on the APA Board of Directors, two terms on the APA Council of Representatives, as member and chair (each for two terms) of the APA Committee for the Advancement of Professional Practice (CAPP), President of the Massachusetts Psychological Association and of Division 43 (Family Psychology), former Editor of the Journal of Family Psychology, and co-founder and first President of Division 51 – the Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity. He represented APA at the White House Summit Meeting and the Surgeon General’s Conference on Children’s Mental Health.

Recent Accomplishments: As a member of the Board of Directors he chaired the Task Force that resolved the long-standing issue of representation of small state psychological associations and divisions on the APA Council of Representatives through the creation of the "Wildcard Plan." Most recently he co-chaired the “Wildcard 2” effort that now seats all State, Provincial and Territorial Psychological Associations. He co-chaired the APA Commission on Education and Training Leading to Licensure, and is currently chairing the APA and American Psychological Foundation Task Force on Promoting Resilience in Response to Terrorism.

Academic Experience: Dr. Levant has served on the faculties of Boston, Rutgers, and Harvard Universities. He is currently Dean and Professor, Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University. He has authored, co-authored, edited or co-edited 13 books and over 120 refereed journal articles and book chapters in family and gender psychology and in advancing professional psychology. One of Dr. Levant’s contributions is in pioneering the new psychology of boys and men. He has developed theory and conducted a 15 year research program investigating masculinity ideology in multicultural perspective. In addition to his writing, Dr. Levant has served as guest editor for special issues of several journals (The Counseling Psychologist, Psychotherapy, Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, and The Journal of African American Men), and serves on the Editorial Boards of eleven journals. He has also received many awards for his work, including the Jack Krasner Memorial Award from APA Division 29 (Psychotherapy), the Heiser APA Presidential Award for Advocacy, the Ezra Saul Psychological Service Award from the Massachusetts Psychological Association, and the Harold Hildreth Award from APA Division 18 (Psychologists in Public Service). He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, a Diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology in both Clinical and Family Psychology, and a Distinguished Practitioner of the National Academies of Practice.

Presented by the Committee to Elect Ron Levant for APA President.

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