Research statement

My program of research involves the intersection of personal characteristics with environmental demands, especially as it relates to career development, multicultural counseling, and counseling gifted and talented populations. I identify as an applied personality researcher. Within that area, I primarily study of the Big Five Personality Factors and select narrow personality traits (most notably Self-Directed Learning, Sense of Identity, and Work Drive) in relation to career and educational satisfaction and performance. I also have a keen interest in the sub-culture of the gifted and talented. Within the gifted and talented domain, I have a special passion for studying issues related to the health and well-being of athletes and performing artists.

• 2004 Recipient of the Mensa Educational & Research Foundation Award for Excellence in Research

• American Psychological Association CEMRRAT Grant for Minority Recruitment, Retention and Training (2004). [co-PI]

• Levy, J.J.,  & Spurgeon, S. (in press). Addressing client diversity throughout the diagnostic process. In B. Flamez & J.C. Watson (Eds.), A counselor’s guide to diagnosing and treating children and adolescents with DSM 5 disorders.
• Mallinckrodt, B., Miles, J.R., & Levy, J.J. (in press). The scientist practitioner advocate model: Addressing contemporary training needs for social justice advocacy. Training and Education in Professional Psychology.
• Cannon, R.L., Baldwin, D.R., Diloreto, D.J., Philips, S.T., Shaw, T.L., & Levy, J.J. (in press). LORETA neurofeedback in the precuneus: Operant conditioning in basic mechanisms of self-regulation. Clinical EEG and Neuroscience.
• Lounsbury, J.W., Sundstrom, E., Levy, J.J., & Gibson, L.W. (2014). Distinctive personality traits of information technology professionals. Computer and Information Science, 7, 17-27.
• Lounsbury, J.W., Loveland, J.L., Gibson, L.W., & Levy, J.J. (2014). Distinct personality traits of quality control personnel. The TQM Journal, 26, 510-521.
• Lounsbury, J.W., Foster, N.A., Levy, J.J., & Gibson, L.W. (2014). Key personality traits of sales managers. Work, 48, 239-253.
• Levy, J.J., Statham, W.J., & VanDoren, L. (2013). BMI changes among marching artists: A longitudinal study. Medical Problems of Performing Artists, 28, 236-241.
• Owens, K.S., Kirwan, J.R., Lounsbury, J.W., Levy, J.J., & Gibson, L.W. (2013). Personality correlates of self-employed small business owners’ success. Work, 45, 73-85.
• López, R.L., & Levy, J.J. (2013). Student-athletes’ perceived barriers to and preferences for seeking counseling. Journal of College Counseling, 16, 19-31.
• Neydenova, I.N., Lounsbury, J.W., Levy, J.J., & Kim, J.Y. (2012). Distinctive big five and narrow personality traits of psychology majors. Individual Differences Research, 10, 129-140
• Mollen, D., Smith, N.G., Levy, J.J., & Magyar-Moe, J.L. (2012). Privilege and belonging: The quest to make the Society of Counseling Psychology more welcoming. The Counseling Psychologist, 40, 856-867.
• mith, N.G., Keller, B.K., Mollen, D., Bledsoe, M. Buhin, L., Edwards, L.M., Levy, J.J., Magyar-Moe, J.L., & Yakushko, O. (2012). Voices of early career psychologists in Division 17, the Society of Counseling Psychology. The Counseling Psychologist [Major Contribution], 40, 794-825.
• ones, T., Moore, T., Levy, J.J., Daffron, S., Browder, J.H., Allen, L., Passik, S.D. (2012). A comparison of various risk screening methods in predicting discharge from opioid treatment. The Clinical Journal of Pain, 28, 93-100.
• Levy, J.J., Richardson, J.D., Lounsbury, J.W., Stewart, D., Gibson, L.W., & Drost, A.W. (2011). Personality and career satisfaction of accounting professionals. Individual Differences Research, 9, 238-249.
• Levy, J.J., & Lounsbury, J.W. (2011). Big Five personality traits and performance anxiety in relation to marching arts satisfaction. Work, 40, 297-302.
• Levy, J.J., Castille, C.M., & Farley, J.A. (2011). An investigation of musical performance anxiety in the marching arts. Medical Problems of Performing Artists, 26, 9-13.
• Levy, J.J., Lounsbury, J.W., & Kent, K.N. (2009). Big five personality traits and marching music injuries. Medical Problems of Performing Artists, 24, 135-140.
• , J. W., Fisher, L. A., Levy, J. J., & Welsh, D. A. (2009). An investigation of character strengths in relation to life satisfaction and academic performance of college students. Individual Differences Research, 7, 52-69.
• ry, J. W., Levy, J. J., Park, S., Gibson, L. W., & Smith, R. (2009). An investigation of the construct validity of the personality trait of self-directed learning. Learning and Individual Differences, 19, 411-418.
• Lounsbury, J.W., Smith, R. J.W., Levy, J.J., Leong, F.T., & Gibson, L.W. (2009). Personality characteristics of business majors as defined by the Big Five and narrow personality traits. Journal of Education for Business, 84, 200-205.
• Nash, M. R., Perez, N., Tasso, A., & Levy, J. J. (2009).  Clinical research on the utility of hypnosis in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of medical and psychiatric disorders. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 57, 443-450.
• Ferguson, T.M., Leach, M.M., Levy, J.J., Nicholson, B.C., & Johnson, J.D. (2008). Influences on counselor race preferences: Distinguishing black racial attitudes from black racial identity. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 36, 66-76.
• Levy, J.J., & Plucker, J.A. (2008). A multicultural competence model for counseling gifted and talented children. Journal of School Counseling, 6 (4), 1-47.
• Lounsbury, J.W., Richardson, J.D., Saudargus, R.A., & Levy, J.J. (2008). An investigation of extracurricular activities in relation to sense of identity of college freshmen. Journal of College Orientation and Transition, 15, 47-55.
• Nash, M. R., Levy, J. J., Tasso, A., & Perez, N. (2008). Neurophysiological attributes of the hypnotic state and the utility of hypnosis in pediatric medicine and burn care. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 56, 463-469.
• Pseekos, A.C., Dahlen, E.R., & Levy, J.J. (2008). Development of the Academic Stereotype Threat Inventory. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 41, 2-12.
• Leach, M.M., Levy, J.J., & Denton, L.C.(2007). Variant uses of religious beliefs to justify social attitudes. Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, 17, 197-220.
• J., Gee, C., & Johnson, J. (2007). Clinical assessment of ethnic minority children and adolescents. In S.R. Smith, & L. Handler (Eds.) The clinical assessment of children and adolescents: A practitioner’s handbook. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, Inc.
• Lounsbury, J.W., Levy, J.J., Leong, F.T.L., & Gibson, L.W. (2007). Identity and personality: The Big Five and narrow traits in relation to sense of identity. Identity, 7, 51-70.
• Lounsbury, J.W., Levy, J.J., Saudargus, R.A., & Gibson, L.W. (2006). Big Five personality traits and outcomes for first-year college students. Journal of College Orientation and Transition, 14, 62-70.
• vy, J.J., Thompson-Leonardelli, K., Smith, N.G., Coleman, M.N. (2005). Attrition after intake at a university counseling center: Relationship among client race, presenting concern, and time on a waiting list. Journal of College Counseling, 8, 106-115.
• Levy, J.J., & Plucker, J.A. (2003). Assessing the psychological presentation of gifted and talented clients: A multicultural perspective. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 16, 229-247.
• Plucker, J.A., & Levy, J.J. (2001). The downside to being talented. American Psychologist, 56, 75-76.