- Michael E. Lamb is a professor and former Head of the then Department of Social and Developmental Psychology
- In 2003 Lamb was the recipient of the 2003–2004 James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science
- Lamb graduated in 1972 with a B.A. degree from the University of Natal
- He subsequently obtained a masters degree at Johns Hopkins University followed by a Ph.D. in 1976 from Yale University
- Michael wrote his dissertation on The relationships between infants and their mothers and fathers
- Lamb researches early family relationships, child care, developmental science and related public policy
- This work has focused on divorce, child custody, child maltreatment, and the effects of child care on children’s sociological emotional development
- In 2010 Michael Lamb was to testify in the Perry v. Schwarzenegger trial which challenged the constitutionality of California Proposition 8 against same-sex marriage
- Lamb has done extensive research on shared parenting after divorce
- He has stated that hundreds of papers show a higher risk of maladjustment in children when parents have separated and that maintaining a relationship with both parents minimizes the risk and the bad effects of parental separation
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