[1] Lowman's training in both Industrial-Organizational (I-O) and clinical psychology resulted in an interest in ethics.
Richard Kilburg and Stewart Cooper) have conducted a large number of professional training programs for psychologists on the application of ethics in consulting and I-O psychology.
He spearheaded and helped obtain the APA's approval for a set of guidelines for the training of professional consulting psychologists at the doctoral and post-doctoral levels.
His areas of specialization include: career assessment [6] and counseling,[7] managed care in mental health,[8] ethics[9] and consulting psychology.
[15] Lowman trained in Industrial-Organizational and Clinical Psychology at Michigan State University, (PhD, 1979) completing his clinical psychology internship at the Texas Research Institute of Mental Sciences (now housed in the University of Texas at Houston Medical School) in 1977–78.
His postdoctoral work was done at the University of Rochester (New York) Medical School's Marriage and Family Clinic and at Washtenaw County Community Mental Health Center in Ann Arbor.
He serves on the board of Leadership Worth Following, a management consulting firm based in Dallas.
Lowman has been actively involved in leadership roles in professional associations throughout his career, particularly in the APA, SCP and SPIM.
In APA, he has served two terms on its governing board (APA Council), as chair of its Board of Professional Affairs (BPA) and Board of Convention Affairs (BCA), as a member of its Committee on Professional Practice and Standards (COPPS), and on its prestigious Ethics Committee and Committee on Psychological Tests and Assessments.
He headed a committee advising Norman Anderson, the APA's chief executive officer.
about strategic planning and an ad hoc committee on creating a values statement for the APA.
Currently he serves as research domain leader, an elected position in the Society of Consulting Psychology and as editor of its flagship journal.
Lowman also currently serves as Distinguished Professor at Alliant International University in San Diego, CA USA and heads up its I-MERIT (multicultural/international) initiative there.
He also served as a Distinguished Visiting Consultant at Profiles Asia International.
Internationalizing multiculturalism: Expanding professional competencies for a globalized world.
The clinical practice of career assessment: Interests, abilities & personality.
Essential papers in consulting psychology for a world of change (pp. 73–78).
History of I-O psychology educational programs in the United States In L. L. Koppes (Ed.)