Provost Dr. Rodney Lowman Elected to Serve on Council of Representatives of American Psychological Association

July 7, 2005 - All Campuses - Dr. Rodney L. Lowman has been elected to serve on the prestigious Council of Representatives of the American Psychological Association (APA). Based in Washington, DC, the American Psychological Association (APA) is a nationwide scientific and professional organization that represents psychology in the United States. With 150,000 members, APA is the largest association of psychologists worldwide and is organized into divisions that represent specific branches of the psychology profession.

The APA’s Council of Representatives, which meets twice a year, develops the APA’s policies and has full authority over the affairs and funds of the Association. The Council elects almost all governing positions, including the Board of Directors, the treasurer, the recording secretary and the chief staff officer.

Dr. Lowman will serve the APA as one of two representatives from the Society of Consulting Psychology, Division 13 of APA. He has previously served as president of this Society and is an internationally recognized authority in Consulting Psychology.

Dr. Lowman holds the honor of fellowship status in three APA Divisions: 13 (Consulting), 14 (Industrial-Organizational Psychology) and 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology).

Dr. Lowman’s career has emphasized the interface of clinical and consulting/I-O psychology. Through his scholarship, teaching, training, and service, he and has influenced all of these seemingly disparate areas and brought to the psychological field an understanding of the areas into which they overlap and can be integrated.

Dr. Lowman’s professional service includes stints as President of the Consulting Psychology Division of APA, as chair of APA’s Board of Professional Affairs, and as a member of its Committee on Professional Practice and Standards and the Committee on Psychological Tests and Assessments. He has also served as President of Psychologists in Management (SPIM).

Within the APA, Dr. Lowman has shown leadership in the area of professional ethics and has helped create a greater understanding of how the APA ethics code applies to I-O and consulting psychologists. Of  Ethical Practice of Psychology in Organizations (2006, American Psychological Association; now in its 2nd Edition), a book edited by Dr. Lowman, one of the premiere experts in the field, Marvin Dunnette, of the University of Minnesota, wrote: “Lowman has done a superb job in this book of developing and discussing cases illustrative of a wide range of practices and behaviors that present challenges to professional judgment.”  Dr. Lowman also served on the Ethics Committee of the American Psychological Association during a period of major transition in the expectations about psychologists’ ethical duties and responsibilities, especially concerning sexual relationships with clients.

A revered teacher who has taught graduate, undergraduate and professional students in multiple settings, Dr. Lowman has taught courses in psychopathology, psychological assessment, and career and work dysfunctions assessment as well as more traditional I-O psychology areas. He has taught models of career assessment and counseling, work dysfunctions, and ethics to professional psychologists around the world.

In addition to his election and three APA fellowships, Dr. Lowman serves as Provost/Vice President of Academic Affairs at Alliant International University.