David Levy (psychologist)

David Levy
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Psychologist, professor, author, stage director, actor

David Levy is an American psychologist, professor, author, stage director, and actor. He is a professor of psychology at the Graduate School of Education and Psychology of Pepperdine University, near Malibu, California.^[1] He has co-authored a textbook on cross-cultural psychology and critical thinking, and has appeared on radio and television.

Levy has a BA from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he won a Hugh O'Brian Acting Award.^[2][3] He has an MA from Pepperdine University, and a second MA and a PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles.^[1]

Levy holds professional licenses both in psychology^[4] and in marriage and family therapy.^[5]

Levy has appeared on television^{[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]} and radio programs^[14] to provide psychological perspectives on current events, examine issues and trends in the mental health field, and provide sport psychology analyses of the Los Angeles Lakers for the Los Angeles Times.^{[15][16][17][18]}

Levy has written numerous books including Life Is a 4-Letter Word: Laughing and Learning Through 40 Life Lessons, Tools of Critical Thinking: Metathoughts for Psychology,^[19][20][21] and Cross-Cultural Psychology: Critical Thinking and Contemporary Applications, which was coauthored with Eric Shiraev.^[22]

He is also the author of numerous satirical articles, including "The Emperor’s Postmodern Clothes: A Brief Guide to Deconstructing Academically Fashionable Phrases for the Uninitiated".^[23]

Levy co-created and directed the world premiere of Let's Call the Whole Thing Gershwin,^[24][25] which marked the first theatrical revue of the music and lyrics of George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin. Levy also directed the West Coast premiere of William Gibson’s Golda: A Partial Portrait,^[26] starring Liz Sheridan. He assisted Steve Allen in directing Seymour Glick is Alive But Sick^[27] (with Bill Maher), a satirical musical revue produced and written by Allen.

Levy had a starring role in the children’s television series Wonderbug,^[28][29] for which he received an Emmy nomination^[30] in 1977. In 1992 Levy was a guest star on the series Cheers,^[31] where he portrayed the leader of Frasier’s “low self-esteem” therapy group. He accrued numerous other professional acting credits, including: The World's Greatest Lover^[32] (directed by Gene Wilder), Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women,^[33] and Little Vic.^[34]

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• David Levy faculty homepage via Pepperdine University
• Official website
• Research publications
• Life Is a 4-Letter Word: Laughing and Learning Through 40 Life Lessons information and distribution
• Tools of Critical Thinking: Metathoughts for Psychology publisher, information and distribution
• “Fighting Truthiness with Critical Thinking”
• “Pervasive Labeling Disorder”
• “The Emperor’s Postmodern Clothes”
• Cross-Cultural Psychology: Critical Thinking and Contemporary Applications publisher, information and distribution
• Los Angeles Times: Levy analyzes L.A. Lakers, part 1
• Los Angeles Times: Levy analyzes L.A. Lakers, part 2
• Los Angeles Times: Levy analyzes L.A. Lakers, part 3
• Los Angeles Times: Levy analyzes L.A. Lakers, part 4
• David Levy at IMDb
• Wonderbug theme and opening credits on YouTube