Introduction
Sharon Lamb (born September 11, 1955), 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, and a fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA). She also sits on the editorial board of the academic journal Sexualization, Media, and Society.
Lamb was one of the authors of the APA's report into the sexualization of girls, which according to an article on Women and Hollywood is "the most downloaded document in the history of the APA’s website".
Education
Lamb gained both her EdD in Human Development, and her EdM in Counseling and Consulting Psychology from Harvard Graduate School of Education. 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.
Personal life
She is married to the pianist Paul Orgel and has two sons.
Grants and awards
- 2006 Books for a Better Life Award (Childcare/Parenting) for "Packaging Girlhood"
- 2008 Society for Sex Therapy and Research (SSTAR) Health Professional Book Award for "Sex, Therapy, and Kids"
- 2013 The Spencer Foundation, New Civics Initiative Grants for research into Sex Education as Ethics Education in the New Civics
- "2006 Books For A Better Life Awards Winners". Book reporter. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- Lamb, Sharon; Brown, Lyn Mikel (2007). Packaging Girlhood: rescuing our daughters from marketers' schemes. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 9780312370053.
- "2008 SSTAR Health Professional Book Award" (PDF). Society for Sex Therapy and Research. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- Lamb, Sharon (2006). Sex, therapy, and kids: addressing their concerns through talk and play. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. ISBN 9780393704792.
- "New Civics Initiative Grants". The Spencer Foundation. Retrieved 10 July 2014.