Ronald F. Levant is a psychologist, a professor, and a former president of the American Psychological Association (APA).

At Boston University in the 1980s, Levant taught eight-week parenting courses for fathers.

[4] He is widely considered one of the key people responsible for creating the new field of the psychology of men and masculinities.

He was included in the Elsevier-Stanford University data base listing the top 2% of scientists in the world.

[7] His coauthored book, The Tough Standard: The Hard Truths About Masculinity and Violence (2020, Oxford University Press, with Shana Pryor) won the William James Book Award from Division 1 (General Psychology) of APA in 2021.