Bio
Dave Levy is a professor of management at the United States Air Force Academy. He graduated from USAFA in 1988 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and served ten years on active-duty. After leaving the military, he worked as a Senior Marketing Manager for America Online and as an organizational change consultant for Grant-Thornton and KPMG. Dr. Levy received his doctorate in organizational behavior from Cornell University applying principles from cognitive psychology to organizational theory. His current research involves developing cognitive maps of effective leadership. Dr. Levy is a co-author of four books The 52nd Floor: Thinking Deeply About Leadership, Attitudes Aren’t Free: Thinking Deeply About Diversity in the US Armed Forces, Echoes of Mind: Thinking Deeply About Humanship, Evolution of Government Policy Towards Homosexuality in the US Military, and The Line: A Very Short, Short Story.
Education
PhD, Organizational Behavior, Cornell University (2003)
Bachelor of Science, Psychology, U.S. Air Force Academy (1988)
Professional Experience
Air Force Security Forces
Organizational Change Consultant
Honors & Awards
'Attitudes Aren’t Free', made the Air Force Chief of Staff Reading List
Research and Scholarly Interests
Leadership as a system
Publications
Parco, J.E. and Levy, D.A. (2014). Evolution of Government Policy Towards Homosexuality in the U.S. Military: The Rise and Fall of DADT. Routledge. (ISBN: 978-04158160-3-8)
Levy, D.A. and Parco, J.E. (2011). Echoes of Mind: Thinking Deeply about Humanship. Enso Books (ISBN: 978-09820185-7-6).
Parco, J.E. and Levy, D.A. (2010). Attitudes Aren’t Free: Thinking Deeply About Diversity
in the U.S. Armed Forces. Air University Press. (ISBN: 978-1585662043).
Levy, D.A., Parco, J.E., Blass, F.R. (2009). The 52nd Floor: Thinking Deeply About Leadership. Enso Books (ISBN: 978-0982018507).
Levy, D.A. (2016) The Qualitative Research Experience. In Perspectives of Qualitative Research Methods. Chicago, IL. WOW Publishing.
Parco, J.E., Levy, D.A., and Spears, S.R. (2016) Beyond DADT Repeal: Transgender Evolution within the U.S. Military. International Journal of Transgenderism, 17:1, 4-13.
Levy, D.A., Parco, J.E., and Spears, S.R. (2015). Purple in a Black and White World: Transgender in the U.S. Military. Journal of Basic & Applied Sciences, 11, 359-369.
Parco, J.E., Levy, D.A., and Spears, S. (2015) Transgender Military Service in the Post-DADT Repeal Era: A Phenomenological Study. Armed Forces & Society, 41(2), 221-242.
Davis, K.J., Levy, D.A., and Parco, J.E. (2014) Leadership Development as Identity Change: An Analysis of a Deliberate Leadership Development Program. European Journal of Management. 14(3), 147-159.
Ferrante, C. J., Heflin, P.E., and Levy, D.A. (2013) Giving Voice to Values Across the Curriculum at the U.S. Air Force Academy. In M. Gentile (Ed.), Educating for Values-Driven Leadership: Giving Voice To Values Across the Curriculum. New York, New York. Business Expert Press.
Parco, J.E. and Levy, D.A. (2013) Policy and Paradox: Grounded Theory at the Moment of DADT Repeal. In J. Parco & D. Levy (Eds.), Evolution of Government Policy Toward Homosexuality in the U.S. Military: The Rise and Fall of DADT. Philadelphia, PA. Taylor & Francis.
Parco, J.E. and Levy, D.A. (2013) Policy and Paradox: Grounded Theory at the Moment of DADT Repeal. Journal of Homosexuality. 60 (2), 356-380.
Davis, K.J., Levy, D.A., and Parco, J.E. (2013) Comparing Leadership at the Institutional Level with the Technical Core: How Personality and Organization Roles Affect Leadership Choices. International Journal of Strategic Management, 13(3), 5-13.
Parco, J.E. and Levy, D.A. (2012) DADT, R.I.P.: Why the Anti-Gay Policy Vanished Without Ill Effects. Armed Forces Journal, September, 2012
Allsep, L.M., Parco, J.E. and Levy, D.A. (2011). E pluribus unum: Integration of open
homosexuality in the United States armed services. Air and Space Power Journal (Chinese
language edition), 5(1), 68-76.
Allsep, L.M., Levy, D.A. and Parco, J.E. (2011). The Culture War Within: Reconciling policy change and military culture after DADT. Armed Forces Journal, February, 28-31.
Valle, M. and Levy, D.A. (2011). Abusive Supervision in the Armed Forces. Journal of Character & Leadership Integration. Vol 2, Issue 1, Fall 2011.