Maharishi University of Management

Degree programs in the arts, sciences, business, and humanities

Administration

Faculty

Douglas Adams

Instructor of Fine Furniture Making • B.S., Nassan College

Antoinette Frances Alazraki

Instructor, Academic Excellence • B.A., Douglas College • M.A., Education, M.A., Maharishi Vedic Science, Maharishi University of Management

Paula Armstrong

Assistant Professor of Education • B.A., Tulane University • M.A., University of Michigan

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 • B.A., Yale University • M.A., M.A., Maharishi International University

Susan Brown

Assistant Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science • B.A., University of Melbourne • M.A., Maharishi International University • DWP, Maharishi European Research University

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

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

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

John Collins

Instructor of Sustainable Living • B.Sc., Bristol University (England)

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)

Ashley Deans

Professor of Education and Physics • B.Sc. (Honors), Imperial College, London University, U.K. • M.Sc., The University of Aston • Ph.D., Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science, York University

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

Associate Professor of Literature and Writing • B.A., Brigham Young University • M.A., University of Utah • Ph.D., University of Iowa

Terry Fairchild

Professor of Literature and Writing • 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

Paul Handelman

Director, Student TM Program Office • B.A., MBA, University of Michigan • M.A., Maharishi University of Management

Shepley Hansen

Director of Design for Maharishi University of Management Press • Associate Professor of Art • BFA, University of Kansas • MSCI, Maharishi European Research 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 • Expansion Council Chair • B.A. summa cum laude, Dartmouth College • M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University

Victoria Kurth Alexander Herriott

Associate Professor of Law and Government • Chair of the Department of Business 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

Christopher Jones

Professor of Education • Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences • Chair of the Department of Education • B.A., Oberlin College • M.A., Temple University • Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University

Ellen Jones

Dean of Student Affairs • Associate Professor of Law and Government • B.A., J.D., University of Pennsylvania

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

Ceyrena Kay

Assistant Professor of Fine Arts • BFA, Maharishi University of Management • M.L.A., Rhode Island School of Design

J. Lynwood King

Associate Dean of Students • B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management

Diana Krystofiak

Instructor of Sustainable Living B.A., Maharishi International University

Gurdon Leete

Assistant Professor of Art • B.F.A., M.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute

Joe Lerman

Instructor of Computer Science • B.S., Boston University • M.S., Maharishi University of Management

Michael Lerom

Assistant Professor of Chemistry • B.S., University of Washington • M.S., University of Oregon

Bruce Lester

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

Debra Levitsky

Assistant Professor of Mathematics • B.S., M.S., Maharishi International University • Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management

Dara Llewellyn

Assistant Professor of Literature • B.A., M.A., University of North Carolina • Ph.D., University of Iowa

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

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

Paul Morehead

Assistant Professor of Physiology and Health • 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., Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management

Bevan Morris

President of Maharishi University of Management • International President of Maharishi Vedic Universities • President of the Maharishi World Peace Fund • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment • President of the Maharishi Global Development Fund • B.A., M.A., 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

Najeeb Waleed Najeb

Instructor of Computer Science • B.Sc., University of Baghdad

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

Patricia Oates

Assistant Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science • B.S., Ohio State University • M.A. and Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management

Nynke Doetjes Passi

Assistant Professor 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

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

Anna Shul'ga Rivero

Instructor in Mathematics • B.S., Dnepropetrovsk National University (Ukraine) • M.S., Dnepropetrovsk National University (Ukraine)

Gabriel Romero

Instructor of Media and Communications • A.A., Santa Barbara City College • A.S., Santa Barbara City College

Susan McGuire Romero

Instructor of Media and Communications • BFA, Virginia Commonwealth University • TESOL certificate, ITTT Online

Tom Rowe

Registrar • B.A., Haverford College

Clyde Ruby

Assistant Professor of Computer Science • B.A., Pepperdine University • M.A., M.S., Maharishi International University • Ph.D., Iowa State University

Susan Runkle

Assistant Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science • B.A., Queens University, Ontario • M.A., Maharishi University of Management

Payman Salek

Instructor of Computer Science • B.A., Tehran Polytechnic • M.S., Maharishi University of Management

Sabita Sawhney

Instructor of Management • B.A., Delhi University • B.B., M.B.A., Maharishi University of Management

Martin Schmidt

Reference Librarian, Library • Dip. Ing., Hochschule der Künste, Berlin • M.B.A., Maharishi International University • M.A., University of Iowa

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

Solomon Seifu

Instructor of Computer Science • B.Eng., Anna University, Madras (India) • M.Eng., McGill University, Montreal (Canada) • MBA, University of Phoenix • M.S., Maharishi University of Management

Sunil Sharma

Assistant Professor of Computer Science • B.Sc., University of Durham • Ph.D., Aberdeen University

James Shrosbree

Associate Professor of Art • Chair of the Department of Art • B.F.A., Boise State University • M.F.A., University of Montana

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

Stuart Tanner

Assistant Professor of Media and Communications • Co-Director of the Media and Communications Program • M.A., Balliol College, Oxford (England)

Deborah Thompson

Assistant Professor of English as a Second Language • B.A., University of the West Indies • Foreign Language Education Diploma, Ministry of Education of Trinidad • Graduate Diploma in Teaching Second Languages, University of Southern Queensland, (Australia) • M.A., Maharishi University of Management

Richard Thompson

Assistant Professor of Management • B.A., Dip.Ed., University of West Indies • MBA, Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management

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

Suzanne Vesely

Director, Library • B.A., Trinity College • M.S., University of Wyoming •  Ph.D., University of Iowa • MLIS, University of Iowa

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

Wang Zhanpo

Assistant Professor of Business Administration • B. A., Wuhan University of Technology (China) • M. E., Beijing University (China) • M. B. A., Maharishi University of Management

Kenneth West

Assistant Professor of Management • B.A., M.B.A., Maharishi International University • M.S.C.I., Maharishi European Research University

Judith Ann White

Instructor of English as a Second Language • B.A., University of Illinois (Chicago) • M.A., Governor’s State University

Kristine Wood

Director, Student TM Program Office • B.S., University of Iowa

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

Research

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)

Sarina Grosswald

A.B., M. Ed., University of North Carolina • Ed. D, George Washington University • DWP, Maharishi European Research 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

Carolyn Gaylord King

Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science and Education • Trustee of Maharishi University of Management • B.A., Southern Arkansas University • M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan

John Salerno

Assistant Research 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

Ali Arsanjani

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Science • B.A., M.S., Azad University (Iran) • Ph.D., DeMontefort University (U.K.)

Julie Beaufort

Lecturer of Maharishi Vedic Science and Education • B.A., University of Saskatchewan (Canada) • M.A., Maharishi International University

Michael Blitz

Adjunct Instructor of Management and Professional Development • B.A., Webster College

Samuel Boothby

Adjunct Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science and Education • B.A., Kalamazoo College • M.A., Maharishi International University • Ed.D., Harvard Graduate School of Education

Robert W. Boyer

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science • B.A., University of California at Los Angeles • M.S.C.I., Maharishi European Research University • M.A., California State University at Northridge • Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

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

Wendy Cavanaugh

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Writing • B.A., University of Washington • M.A., Maharishi International University • DWP, Maharishi European Research University

Kenneth Chandler

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science • B.A., cum laude, University of Houston • Ph.D., University of Texas

Gerald Custard

Adjunct Instructor of Maharishi Vedic Science • B.A., San Francisco State University • M.A., Maharishi University of Management • DWP, Maharishi European Research University

Cary Davis

Lecturer of Maharishi Vedic Science • B.A., Marshall University • D.W. P., Maharishi European Research University

John Dinkel

Lecturer of Computer Science • B.S.E.E., University of Colorado • M.S., University of Iowa

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

Vernon Katz

Adjunct Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science and Philosophy • Trustee of Maharishi University of Management • B.A., Ph.D., Oxford University (England)

Eileen Leahy

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Physiology and Health • B.D.S., University College Cork (Ireland)

Sun Liang

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Business Administration • B. A. magna cum laude, M. B. A., Maharishi University of Management

Jonathan Lipman

Director of the Institute of Maharishi Sthapatya Veda • B.A., Cornell University

Linda Mainquist

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science • M.A., University of Iowa • M.A., Naropa University

John McDermott

Adjunct Instructor of Maharishi Vedic Science • B.S.C.I., Maharishi European Research 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

Ken Ross

Adjunct Instructor of Management • B.A., University of Wisconsin at Madison • M.B.A., New York University

Soumen Sen

Adjunct Instructor of Computer Science • B.S., Bengal Engineering College (India) • M.S., Maharishi University of Management

Jonathan Shapiro

Adjunct Associate Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science • B.Sc., McGill University (Canada) • M.S., Ph.D., University of Southern California

James Sinton

Adjunct Instructor of Management • B.Sc., University of Stellenbosch (South Africa) • M.S., University of Witwatersrand (South Africa)

Brian Smith

Adjunct Instructor of Media and Communications • B.A., University of Denver

Douglas Stewart

Adjunct Instructor of Management • B.S. Ed., University of Idaho • M. B. A., Maharishi International University • M. A., University of Iowa

Johan Svenson

Adjunct Instructor of Mathematics and Physics • B.A., B.S., M.A., Maharishi University of Management

James R. Tompkins, III

Visiting Associate Professor of Theater • B.A. Lake Forest College • M.A., University of Washington • Diplome, École Jacques Lecoq

Kenneth Walton

Adjunct Associate Research Professor, Institute for Natural Medicine and Prevention • B.S., University of Georgia • Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Tristan Webb

Adjunct Instructor of Computer Science • B.S., M.S., Maharishi University of Management

Clinical Faculty

Veronica Butler

Clinical Assistant Professor of Physiology and Health • B.S., M.D., University of Michigan

Nancy Lonsdorf

Adjunct Professor of Research, Medical Director of The Raj Health Resort • B.A., Johns Hopkins University • M.D., Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine

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 Thomas Boncheff

Visiting Assistant Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science • B. A., University of California at Los Angeles • M. S., Ph. D., Maharishi European Research University (Switzerland)

John Cleary

Visiting Associate Professor of Computer Science • B.S. with honors, M.S., Ph.D., University of Canterbury

Laurel Farrin

Visiting Assistant Professor of Art • BFA, Ohio University • MFA, University of Maryland

Saroj Kaushik

Visiting Professor of Computer Science • B.Sc., M.Sc., Delhi University • Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology • M.Sc., Director of Computer Science Program, I.I.T., India

Nabin Khanal

Visiting Instructor of Computer Science • M.S., Maharishi University of Management • B.E.C.E., Bangalore University (India)

Sukhumay Kundu

Visiting Professor of Computer Science

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

Yi Tong

Visiting Professor of Computer Science

Special Faculty

Michael Dillbeck

Trustee and International Research 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

John Konhaus

Fellow in Maharishi Vedic Science • B.S., Franklin and Marshall • M.A., Maharishi European Research University • M.A., Maharishi International University

Sara Konhaus

Fellow in Maharishi Vedic Science • B.A., Mills College • M.S.C.I., Maharishi European Research University • M.A., Maharishi International University

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

Margaret Sands

Fellow in Maharishi Vedic Science • B.A., State University of New York at Oneonta

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

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