People (Births)

• 1955 – Sharon Lamb, American psychologist and academic.

Sharon Lamb

Sharon Lamb (born 11 September 1955), is an American professor in the Department of Counselling 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 journals Feminism & Psychology, and Sexualisation, Media, and Society.

Lamb is one of the authors of the APA’s report into the sexualisation of girls, which according to an article on Women and Hollywood is “the most downloaded document in the history of the APA’s website”. 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.