Parapsychology PhDs in the UK (list)

In recent decades, a significant number of people in Britain have gained doctorates in the field of parapsychology. This table lists them, along with those who are currently studying for a doctorate (italicized).  The table can be viewed as a family tree of academic 'progeny', with currently three generations of PhDs. The progeny of Professor Robert Morris occupy an entire page, testimony to his particular contribution to academic parapsychology.

Their first supervisors are indicated in the column to the left. The second supervisor (for those that had one) is indicated by initials in parenthesis after their name. The number of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation students are 48, 39 and 12 respectively, giving a total of 99.

An underline indicates that the person has obtained a permanent academic appointment. There are 37 of these and currently 17 departments in the UK where parapsychological research is pursued. The raised capitals identify the current university afiliation (see list below for key). An asterisk indicates that the person no longer does parapsychology research.

Generation One

Generation Two

Generation Three

John Beloff EDIN

Richard Broughton NH

Deborah Delanoy NH

Julie Milton* EDIN

David Luke (SS) GREEN

Paul Atkinson

Erica Brostoff

Goran Brusewitz (AP)

Ross Friday

Adrian Parker GOTH

Anneli Goulding GOTH

Michael Thalbourne ADEL

James Houran

Lance Storm ADEL

Monika Goretzki (MT)

Chris French GOLD

Susan Crawley

Karen Hatton

Itai Ivtzan

Louie Savva

Krissy Wilson MACQ

Duncan Colvin

Craig Murray* LANC

David Wilde* NOTT

Neil Dagnall MAN

Ken Drinkwater

Other

Susan Blackmore* WEST

Jennifer Parker WEST

Anita Gregory

Celia Green

Keith Hearne

Julian Isaacs

Charles McCreery

Serena RoneyDougal

Carl Sargent

Ernesto Spinelli

Robin Wooffitt YORK

Isaac Hughes

Tamlyn Ryan

Madeleine Castro

Francis Clixby

Hannah Gilbert

Germaine Gunther

Rachel Hayward

Generation One

Generation Two

Generation Three

Robert Morris EDIN

Carlos Alvarado VIRG

Claudia Coehlo (PL)

Shari Cohn

Emily Cook  VIRG

Kathy Dalton

Ricardo Eppinger

Loftur Gissurarson

Richard Harrison

Daniel Shiah KAOH

Marios Kittenis EDIN

Peter Lamont EDIN

Tony Lawrence* COV

James Lumsden-Cook

Ian Hume COV

Jose Navarro GREEN

Helen Prudhoe

Ben Roberts

Rebecca Smith

Konrad Morgan

Chris Roe NH

Simon Sherwood COV

Paul Stevens DERBY

Niko Tiliopoulos SYD

Robin Taylor

Louise Farrell (SS)

Nicola Holt WEST

Glenn Hitchman* UCFB

Elizabeth Roxburgh (DD) NH

Christine Simmonds-Moore GEORG

Cal Cooper

Sophie Drennan

Louise King (ER)

Chetak Nangare

David Saunders

Kim Sheffield

Charmaine Sonnex (ER)

Jacqueline Stone

Ian Baker (RM) DERBY

Steve Parsons

Caroline Watt EDIN

Mary Jane Anderson (RM)

Alison Easter

Thomas Rabeyron NANTES

Peter Ramakers

David Smith

Milan Valášek

Ana Flores

Carl Williams* COV

Melvyn Willin

Stuart Wilson MARG

Richard Wiseman HERT

Nancy Zingrone (PL)

Emma Greening

Ciaran O'Keeffe BUCK

Paul Rogers WINCH

Matthew Smith BUCK

Emma Lowrie

Ann Winsper

EDIN: University of Edinburgh, UK

NH: University of Northampton, UK

MANCH: Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

YORK: University of York, UK

WEST: University of the West of England, UK

GOLD: Goldsmiths, University of London, UK

DERBY: University of Derby, UK

GOTH: University of Gothenburg, Sweden

ADEL: University of Adelaide, Australia

VIRG: University of Virginia, USA

COV: Coventry University, UK

GREEN: University of Greenwich, UK

LANC: University of Lancaster, UK

MARG: Queen Margaret University, UK

HERT: University of Hertfordshire, UK

UCFB: UCFB Wembley, UK

NOTT: Nottingham Trent University, UK

BUCK: Buckinghamshire New University

WINCH: University of Winchester

OPEN: Open University, UK

SYD: University of Sydney, Australia

GEORG: University of West Georgia, USA

MACQ: Macquarrie University, Australia

NANTES: University of Nantes, France

KAOH: National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan

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