University Faculty
Douglas Adams
Instructor of Fine Furniture Making • B.S., Nassan College
Victoria Kurth Alexander
Associate Professor of Law and Government • Chair of the School of Business and Public Administration • Director of the Institute for Research on Higher States of Consciousness • B.A., Wellesley College • J.D., Boston University School of Law • LL.M., New York University School of Law
Geoffrey Baker
Professor of Art • N.D.D., A.T.D., Cardiff College of Art (Wales)
Andy Bargerstock
Associate Professor of Management • B.A., Muhlenberg College • M.B.A., University of Pittsburgh • C.P.A., Pennsylvania • Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management
Matthew Beaufort
Assistant Professor of Art • Associate Chair of the Department of Art and Design • B.A., Yale University • M.A., M.A., Maharishi International University
Walid Bechara
International Research Professor • M.S., Lebanese University (Lebanon) • M.S., Institut Francais du Froid, (France) • M.S., Ph.D., Ecole Centrale Paris, (France)
Samuel Boothby
Adjunct Associate Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science and Education • B.A., Kalamazoo College • M.A., Maharishi International University • Ed.D., Harvard Graduate School of Education
Ralph Bunker
Assistant Professor of Computer Science • B.S., M.S., University of Rhode Island • Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Dan Burks
Instructor of Exercise and Sport Science • B.A., Drury College • M.A., West Virginia University
Michael Peter Cain
Artist in Residence • B.A., Harvard College • B.F.A., M.F.A., Yale University School of Arts
Raul Calderon
Assistant Professor of Exercise and Sport Science • Director of Evaluation • B.A., Maharishi International University • M.A., University of Iowa • M.S., Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management
Tom Carlisle
Assistant Professor of Management • B.A. magna cum laude, University of Arkansas at Little Rock • M.B.A., Maharishi International University • M.S., Maharishi International University • D.S.C.I., Maharishi European Research University • Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management
Kenneth Cavanaugh
Professor of Applied Statistics • A.B. cum laude, Yale University • M.P.A., Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University • M.A., Stanford University • Ph.D., University of Washington
Paul Corazza
Assistant Professor of Computer Science • B.A., Maharishi International University • M.S., Auburn University • Ph.D., Auburn University
Ken Daley
Associate Professor of Exercise and Sport Science • Chair of the Department of Exercise and Sport Science • B.P.E., M.Ed., University of New Brunswick (Canada)
Wally DeVasier
Instructor of Maharishi Vedic Science • B.S.C.I., Maharishi European Research University (Switzerland)
Dale Divoky
Assistant Professor of Art • B.F.A., Alfred University
Anne Dow
Associate Professor of Mathematics • Chair of the Department of Mathematics • B.A. first class honors, University of British Columbia (Canada) • M.A., University of Western Ontario (Canada) • Ph.D., University of Queensland (Australia)
Thomas Egenes
Associate Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science and Sanskrit • B.A., University of Notre Dame • M.A., Maharishi International University • M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia
James Fairchild
Assistant Professor of Literature and Writing • B.A., Brigham Young University • M.A., University of Utah • Ph.D., University of Iowa
Terry Fairchild
Associate Professor of Literature • Chair of the Department of Literature and Writing • B.A., University of Nevada • M.A., University of Utah • Ph.D., University of Iowa
Evan Finkelstein
Assistant Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science • B.A., Carnegie-Mellon University • M.S.W., Yeshiva University • M.S.C.I., Maharishi International University • Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management
David Fisher
Associate Professor of Botany • Chair of the Department of Sustainable Living • B.S., North Carolina State University at Raleigh • M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Peter Freund
Director of the Tape Library • Director of Vedic Literature Computerization Project • B.A., Antioch College • M.S., Pennsylvania State University • M.S., Maharishi European Research University • Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management
Lawrence (Lonnie) A. Gamble, P.E.
Assistant Professor of Sustainable Living • B.S., North Carolina State University
William Goldstein
University Legal Counsel • Assistant Professor of Law and Government • B.A., Colby College • J.D., University of San Diego School of Law
David Goodman
Assistant Professor of Management • Associate Chair of the Department of Management, Director of M.B.A. program • B.A., McGill University (Canada) • M.B.A., Maharishi International University • Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management
Rachel Goodman
Associate Professor of Management, Director of Minor in World Peace • Director of Career Planning • M.A., M.S., Maharishi International University • Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management
Catherine Gorini
Professor of Mathematics • Dean of Faculty • A.B., Cornell University • M.S., Ph.D., University of Virginia • D.W.P., Maharishi European Research University
William Graff
Assistant Professor of Accounting • B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute • M.A., M.B.A., Maharishi International University • C.M.A. • C.P.A.
Gregory Guthrie
Professor of Computer Science • Dean of the College of Computer Science and Mathematics • B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Purdue University
John Hagelin
Director of the Institute of Science, Technology and Public Policy, Professor of Physics • A.B. summa cum laude, Dartmouth College • A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University
Dennis Heaton
Professor of Management • Dean of Distance Education and International Programs • B.A., University of Notre Dame • M.A., West Georgia College • Ed.D., Boston University
Scott Herriott
Professor of Management • B.A. summa cum laude, Dartmouth College • M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University
Christopher Jones
Professor of Education • Chair of the Department of Education • B.A., Oberlin College • M.A., Temple University • Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University
Alex Kachan
Instructor of Sustainable Living • B.A., Maharishi University of Management
James Karpen
Associate Professor of Professional Writing • B.S., Augustana College • B.A. cum laude, Maharishi International University • M.A., Ph.D., Bowling Green State University
J. Lynwood King
Associate Dean of Students • B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management
Gurdon Leete
Assistant Professor of Art • B.F.A., M.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute
Michael Lerom
Assistant Professor of Chemistry • B.S., University of Washington • M.S., University of Oregon
Bruce Lester
Assistant Professor of Computer Science • B.S., M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Keith Levi
Associate Professor of Computer Science • Chair of the Department of Computer Science • B.A. summa cum laude, Maharishi International University • M.A., M.S., Ph.D., University of Michigan
Bruce McCollum
Assistant Professor of Management • B.A., M.B.A., Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management
Steven McLaskey
Assistant Professor of Biology and Agriculture • B.S.C.I., Maharishi European Research University • B.S., Maharishi International University • M.S., Ph.D., Cornell University
Mikaila Maidment
Assistant Professor of Art • B.F.A., M.F.A., Maharishi University of Management
Liis Mattik
First-Year Curriculum Coordinator • B.A., Physiology, Maharishi Vedic University, Tatarstan, Russia • M.S.C.I., Maharishi University of Management • B.A., M.S., Maharishi University of Management
Isabelle Matzkin
Assistant Professor of Music and Maharishi Vedic Science • B.M. summa cum laude and special honors, University of Iowa • M.A., University of Iowa
Paul Morehead
Associate Chairman of the Department of Physiology and Health • B.S.C.I., Maharishi European Research University (Switzerland) • M.A., Maharishi International University • M.S., Maharishi University of Management
Bevan Morris
International President of Maharishi Vedic Universities • President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Maharishi University of Management, U.S.A. • President of the Maharishi Global Development Fund • President of the Maharishi World Peace Fund • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment • B.A., M.A., Psychology and Philosophy, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University (England) • M.S.C.I., D.S.C.I., Maharishi European Research University • Doctorate of World Peace, Maharishi University of World Peace
Patricia Oates
Assistant Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science • B.S., Ohio State University • M.A. and Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management
Nynke Passi
Instructor of Literature and Writing • B.A., Maharishi International University • M.A., San Francisco State University
Craig Pearson
Executive Vice President • Associate Professor of Professional Writing • B.A., Duke University • M.S.C.I., Maharishi European Research University • M.A., Maharishi International University • M.A.W., University of Iowa • Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management
Snjezana Petrovski
Associate Dean of Students • B.A., University of Zagreb (Croatia) • M.A., Maharishi University of Management
Ron Pleasant
Assistant Professor of Management • B.S.C.I., Maharishi European Research University • M.B.A., Maharishi University of Management
David Pohlman
Assistant Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science • B.A., Miami University • M.A., Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management
Mark Rainbow
Assistant Professor of Computer Science • B.A., Maharishi International University • B.S., University of Iowa • M.S.E.E., University of Texas
Clyde Ruby
Assistant Professor of Computer Science • B.A., Pepperdine University • M.A., M.S., Maharishi International University • Ph.D., Iowa State University
Jane Schmidt-Wilk
Associate Professor of Management, Director of the Ph.D. Program • B.A., Oberlin College • M.B.A., Maharishi International University • Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management
James Shrosbree
Associate Professor of Art • Chair of the Department of Art and Design • B.F.A., Boise State University • M.F.A., University of Montana
James Sinton
Instructor of Management • B.Sc., University of Stellenbosch (South Africa) • M.S., University of Witwatersrand (South Africa)
David Streid
Associate Professor of Mathematics • Chief Administrative Officer • B.A. summa cum laude, Maharishi International University • M.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana
Sun Liang
Assistant Professor of Finance • B.A. magna cum laude, M.B.A., Maharishi University of Management, 2005, 2006 • FRM, 2008 • CFA Charter-pending
Frederick Travis
Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science • Chair of the Department of Maharishi Vedic Science • Dean of the Graduate School • Director of the Center for Brain, Consciousness, and Cognition • B.S., Cornell University • M.S., Ph.D., Maharishi International University
Keith Wallace
Director of Research (International), and Trustee, Maharishi University of Management • Professor of Physiology • Chair of the Department of Physiology and Health • B.S., Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles • Doctorate of World Peace
Kenneth West
Assistant Professor of Management • B.A., M.B.A., Maharishi International University • M.S.C.I., Maharishi European Research University
Zhu Yunxiang
Assistant Professor of Management • B.A., Fuyang Teacher’s College, China • B.S., Maharishi International University • M.B.A., Maharishi University of Management • Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management
Library
Martin Schmidt
Librarian • Dip. Ing., Hochschule der Künste, Berlin • M.B.A., Maharishi International University • M.A., University of Iowa
Suzanne Vesely
Senior Librarian I • B.A., Trinity College • M.S., University of Wyoming • Ph.D., University of Iowa • MLIS, University of Iowa
Research
Sanford Nidich
Professor of Physiology and Health, and Education • Associate Director of the Institute for Natural Medicine and Prevention • B.A. summa cum laude, M.A., Ed.D., University of Cincinnati
Maxwell Rainforth
Assistant Professor of Physiology and Health, and Statistics • B.Sc. (Honors), University of Canterbury (New Zealand) • M.A., M.S., Maharishi International University • Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management
John Salerno
Research Assistant Professor • Assistant Director of the Institute for Natural Medicine and Prevention • B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania • M.A.,Ph.D, Maharishi International University
Robert Schneider
Professor of Physiology and Health, Director of the Institute for Natural Medicine and Prevention • B.A., Antioch College • M.D., New Jersey Medical School
Adjunct Faculty
Alarik Arenander
Director, Brain Research Institute under the Institute of Science, Technology and Public Policy • B.S., M.S., University of Wisconsin • Ph.D., UCLA
Paula Armstrong
Assistant Professor of Education • B.A., Tulane University • M.A., University of Michigan
Ali Arsanjani
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Science • B.A., M.S., Azad University (Iran) • Ph.D., DeMontefort University (U.K.)
Gillian Brown
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art • B.A., Brown University • M.E.A., Rhode Island School of Design • M.F.A., University of California at Los Angeles
Kenneth Chandler
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science • B.A., cum laude, University of Houston • Ph.D., University of Texas
Ellen Finkelstein
Adjunct Instructor of Management • B.A., State University of New York at Albany • M.A., Maharishi University of Management
Gerald Geer
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Literature and Writing • A.B. magna cum laude, Harvard College
Denise Denniston Gerace
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science and Education • B.A., University of Arizona • M.S.C.I., Maharishi European Research University • M.A., Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
Eric Hart
Adjunct Associate Professor of Mathematics and Mathematics Education • B.S., Boise State University • M.A., University of Washington • Ph.D., University of Iowa
Brian Horsfield
Adjunct Professor of Geology • B.S., University of East Anglia • Ph.D., University of East Anglia
Patricia Innis
Adjunct Instructor of Fine Arts • Artist-in-Residence • B.F.A., Bowling Green State University • M.F.A., Maharishi University of Management
Peter Just
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Science • B.S., Technische Fachhochschule, Berlin • M.S., Maharishi International University
Jonathan Lipman
Director of the Institute of Maharishi Sthapatya Veda • B.A., Cornell University
Tina McQuiston
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science • B.A.E., University of Kansas • M.A., Maharishi International University • Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management
William Sands
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science and Sanskrit • B.S.B.A., Georgetown University • M.S.C.I., Maharishi European Research University • M.A., Ph.D., Maharishi International University
Ken Sewall
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Economics • B.S., Union College • M.Ed., Springfield College • M.S., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts
Brian Smith
Adjunct Instructor of Art • B.A., University of Denver
Kenneth Walton
Adjunct Associate Research Professor, Institute for Natural Medicine and Prevention • B.S., University of Georgia • Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Clinical Faculty
Veronica Butler
Clinical Assistant Professor of Physiology and Health • B.S., M.D., University of Michigan
Stuart Rothenberg
Clinical Associate Professor of Physiology and Health • B.A., Columbia College • M.D., New York University School of Medicine
Hari Sharma
Clinical Professor of Physiology and Health • M.B.B.S., M.D., Lucknow University (India) • M.Sc., Ohio State University
Visiting Faculty
John Cleary
Visiting Associate Professor of Computer Science • B.S. with honors, M.S., Ph.D., University of Canterbury
John Price
Visiting Professor of Mathematics • B.Sc., M.Sc. with honors, University of Melbourne (Australia) • Ph.D., Australian National University
Helmuth Trefftz
Visiting Associate Professor of Computer Science • B.S., EAFIT University • M.S., Maharishi University of Management • Ph.D., Rutgers University
Special Faculty
Christopher Crowell
International Program Development • B.A. with honors, University of California • M.A., Maharishi International University • D.W.P., Maharishi European Research University
Michael Dillbeck
Trustee and International Professor • B.A. summa cum laude, Benedictine College • M.S., Ph.D., Purdue University
Susan Levin Dillbeck
Trustee and International Professor of Education • B.A., University of Illinois • M.A., Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
John Fagan
Professor of Biochemistry and Physiology, • B.S. cum laude, University of Washington • Ph.D., Cornell University
Christy Kleinschnitz
Assistant Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science • Administrator, Institute of Science, Technology and Public Policy • B.A., St John’s College • M.S.C.I., Maharishi European Research University • M.A., M.A., Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management
Dennis Rowe
International Coordinator and Faculty, Maharishi Open University • B.A., University of California, Los Angeles • M.S.C.I., Maharishi European Research University • M.B.A., University of Iowa