Paul Richard Abramson was born on December 24, 1949 in Norwalk, Connecticut. He has been a Professor of Psychology at UCLA since 1976 where he teaches the classes on Human Sexuality and Sex & the Law. He was the editor of the Journal of Sex Research from 1988 to 1992, was a technical adviser to the World Health Organization's Global Program on AIDS, and has served as an expert witness in criminal, civil and constitutionally relevant litigation related to sex for over three decades.