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