... in parapsychology aren't offered occasionally, even at major universities, or that you cannot work on an accredited PhD with emphasis in parapsychology -- because you can. The point is that you cannot get an accredited degree in this topic. The "Bigelow Chair of Consciousness Studies" at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) was launched with great fanfare a few years ago, but just as the positions at Harvard and Stanford quickly faded away, the UNLV program quietly went defunct. In contrast, perhaps the best-known, actively endowed chair specifically on parapsychology is the Koestler Chair of Parapsychology, within the Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland. This permanent teaching and research Chair, currently held by Professor Robert Morris, has supported over a dozen graduate students into earning their doctorates with emphasis on parapsychological topics. Most of these graduates now hold teaching and research posts at accredited universities in Great Britain. If your ...

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