"If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."– Sir Isaac Newton
The training and mentorship we receive in graduate school shapes us as scholars and clinicians in ways that are hard to overstate. This page honors all those who trained Dr. Nadorff, and the mentors who trained them , a lineage that traces directly to the founding of modern psychology.
8th Generation: You Are Here
Michael R. Nadorff, Ph.D.
B.A., University of Notre Dame, 2007
M.S., West Virginia University, 2009
Ph.D., West Virginia University, 2012
Professor of Psychology • Mississippi State University
Doctoral Mentor
7th Generation
A.B., Stanford University, 1980
M.A., San Francisco State University, 1993
Ph.D., University of Southern California, 2002
Professor of Psychology • West Virginia University
Doctoral Mentor
6th Generation
Ph.D., Duke University, 1972
Professor of Psychology, Gerontology, and Preventive Medicine • University of Southern California
Doctoral Mentor
5th Generation
Michael Wallach, Ph.D.
B.A., Swarthmore College, 1954
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1958
Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Neuroscience • Duke University
Doctoral Mentor
4th Generation
B.A., Duke University, 1933
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1941
Research Professor of Psychology • New York University
Doctoral Mentor
3rd Generation
A.B., Harvard University, 1919
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1921
Longtime Faculty Member • Harvard University • Father of Personality Psychology
Doctoral Mentor
2nd Generation
Ph.D., University of Leipzig, 1883
Former Professor of Psychology • Harvard University • Pioneer in Applied Psychology
Doctoral Mentor
1st Generation: The Origin
M.D., University of Heidelberg, 1856
Former Professor at the University of Leipzig • Father of Experimental Psychology