Sharon Lamb (born September 11, 1955),[1] is an American professor in the Department of Counseling and School Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Boston's, College of Education and Human Development,[2] and a fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA).[3] She also sits on the editorial board of the academic journals Feminism & Psychology, and Sexualization, Media, and Society.[4]
Lamb is one of the authors of the APA's report into the sexualization of girls,[5] which according to an article on Women and Hollywood is "the most downloaded document in the history of the APA’s website".[6] She is also a co-author for the APA's Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Girls and Women.
Sharon Lamb also practices psychology in Shelburne Vermont where she performs evaluations for the courts, attachment evaluations and custody evaluations, and sees private therapy clients.
Education
Lamb gained both her EdD in Human Development, and her EdM in Counseling and Consulting Psychology from Harvard Graduate School of Education.[2] She also obtained her PhD at the Free University (Vrije Universiteit) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, under the supervision of philosophers Doret de Ruyter and Jan Steutel.[citation needed]
Personal life
She is married to the pianist Paul Orgel and has/had two sons.[7] Her younger son died on July 6, 2018, at the age of 26. Her older son lives with his family in Austin, Texas.
