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 CookVIRG | |||
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 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