Academic Ancestry

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Richard E. Ladner

American computer scientist

Wikidata names Robert William Robinson as doctoral advisor, lists 31 doctoral students, and lists 5 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, OpenAlex, and 7 other registers.

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Two steps up and one down. Solid lines from Wikidata. The full sheet opens at four up and two down.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata31

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Taught5

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Catherine M. Baker

  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Danielle Bragg

  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Kyle Rector

  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Lauren Milne

  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Shiri Azenkot

The line above and below4 steps

The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 57 people: 57 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career3

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records. Each place opens its Wikidata item.