I am doing a study on mentors. What would be the best website for me to bet my information? I am beginning with Dr. Raymond L. Jackson.

-- Sabrina Tvedten (sltvedten@hotmail.com), March 27, 2001

Answers

You might start with Dr. Jackson's own website. Perhaps it gives you a hint as to where he did his Ph.D., and who his supervisor was.

-- Christopher Green (christo@yorku.ca), March 28, 2001.

As a general methodology, I'd go to Dissertation Abstracts International, which can be searched through most library databases. It will give the title of the dissertation and the year it was completed, and often the name of the advisor. You can then verify a graduation date in a biographical directory (Who'w Who, or the APA directory). More on the method can be found in:

Benjamin, L. T. Jr. (1990). Involving students and faculty in preparing a departmental history. Teaching of Psychology, 17, 97-100.

Lubek, I., Innis, N. K., Kroger, R. O., McGuire, G. R., et al. (1995). Faculty genealogies in five Canadian universities: Historiographical and pedagogical concerns. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 31, 52-72.

Terry, W. S. (1980). Tracing psychologist's 'roots': A project for history and systems course. Teaching of Psychology, 7, 176-177.

Weigel, R. G., & Gottfurch, J. W. (1972). Faculty genealogies: A stimulus for student involvement in history and systems. American Psychologist, 27, 981-983.

-- Hendrika Vande Kemp (hendrika@earthlink.net), September 24, 2001.