University Faculty
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Faculty — Full-time
Douglas Adams
Instructor of Fine Furniture Making • B.S., Nassan College, 1973
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, 1972 • J.D., Boston University School of Law, 1978 • LL.M., New York University School of Law, 1984
Geoffrey Baker
Professor of Art • N.D.D., A.T.D., Cardiff College of Art (Wales), 1951, 1952
Binay Krishna Baral
Artist in Residence, Instructor of Flute • M.A., Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta, 1984 • M.A., Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta, 1987 • B.T. (Bachelor’s Degree in Teaching), University of Kallyani, 1988
Andy Bargerstock
Associate Professor of Management • B.A., Muhlenberg College, 1971 • M.B.A., University of Pittsburgh, 1972 • C.P.A., Pennsylvania, 1973 • Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management, 1995
Matthew Beaufort
Assistant Professor of Art • Associate Chair of the Department of Art and Design • B.A., Yale University, 1969 • M.A., M.A., Maharishi International University, 1978, 1990
Walid Bechara
International Research Professor • M.S., Lebanese University (Lebanon), 1985 • M.S., Institut Francais du Froid, (France) 1987 • M.S., Ph.D., Ecole Centrale Paris, (France), 1989, 1992
Samuel Boothby
Associate Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science and Education • Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences • Director of the Center for Educational Excellence • B.A., Kalamazoo College, 1971 • M.A., Maharishi International University, 1982 • Ed.D., Harvard Graduate School of Education, 1988
Ralph Bunker
Assistant Professor of Computer Science • B.S., M.S., University of Rhode Island, 1979, 1980 • Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1986
Dan Burks
Instructor of Exercise and Sport Science • B.A., Drury College, 1971 • M.A., West Virginia University, 1980
Michael Peter Cain
Artist in Residence • B.A., Harvard College, 1964 • B.F.A., M.F.A., Yale University School of Arts, 1965, 1967
Tom Carlisle
Assistant Professor of Management • B.A. magna cum laude, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 1980 • M.B.A., Maharishi International University, 1985 • M.S., Maharishi International University, 1987 • D.S.C.I., Maharishi European Research University, 1998 • Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management, 2005
Kenneth Cavanaugh
Professor of Applied Statistics • A.B. cum laude, Yale University, 1964 • M.P.A., Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, 1969 • M.A., Stanford University, 1973 • Ph.D., University of Washington, 1983
Paul Corazza
Assistant Professor of Computer Science • B.A., Maharishi International University, 1978 • M.S., Auburn University, 1981 • Ph.D., Auburn University, 1988
Juliette Daley
Assistant Professor of Art and Exercise and Sport Science • B.A., Southern Illinois University, 1972 • M.A., M.F.A., Maharishi University of Management, 1995, 1996
Ken Daley
Associate Professor and of Exercise and Sport Science • Chair of the Department of Exercise and Sport Science• B.P.E., M.Ed., University of New Brunswick (Canada), 1974, 1981
Wally DeVasier
Instructor of Maharishi Vedic Science • B.S.C.I., Maharishi European Research University (Switzerland), 1979
Dale Divoky
Assistant Professor of Art • B.F.A., Alfred University, 1973
Anne Dow
Associate Professor of Mathematics • Chair of the Department of Mathematics • B.A. first class honors, University of British Columbia (Canada), 1964 • M.A., University of Western Ontario (Canada), 1965 • Ph.D., University of Queensland (Australia), 1973
Thomas Egenes
Associate Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science and Sanskrit • B.A., University of Notre Dame, 1973 • M.A., Maharishi International University, 1979 • M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1978, 1985
James Fairchild
Assistant Professor of Literature and Writing • B.A., Brigham Young University, 1967 • M.A., University of Utah, 1983 • Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1991
Terry Fairchild
Associate Professor of Literature • Chair of the Department of Literature and Writing • B.A., University of Nevada, 1975 • M.A., University of Utah, 1983 • Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1990
Evan Finkelstein
Assistant Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science • B.A., Carnegie-Mellon University, 1971 • M.S.W., Yeshiva University, 1984 • M.S.C.I., Maharishi International University, 1993 • Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management, 2005
David Fisher
Associate Professor of Botany • Chair of the Department of Sustainable Living • B.S., North Carolina State University at Raleigh, 1971 • M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1975, 1981
Peter Freund
Director of the Tape Library • Director of Vedic Literature Computerization Project • B.A., Antioch College, 1974 • M.S., Pennsylvania State University, 1980 • M.S., Maharishi European Research University, 1981 • Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management, 2006
Lawrence (Lonnie) A. Gamble, P.E.
Assistant Professor of Sustainable Living • B.S., North Carolina State University, 1980
William Goldstein
University Legal Counsel • Assistant Professor of Law and Government • B.A., Colby College, 1972 • J.D., University of San Diego School of Law, 1978
David Goodman
Assistant Professor of Management • Associate Chair of the Department of Management, Director of M.B.A. program • B.A., McGill University (Canada), 1976 • M.B.A., Maharishi International University, 1990 • Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management, 1996
Rachel Goodman
Associate Professor of Management, Director of Minor in World Peace • Director of Career Planning • M.A., M.S., Maharishi International University, 1986, 1991 • Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management, 1997
Catherine Gorini
Professor of Mathematics • Dean of Faculty • A.B., Cornell University, 1971 • M.S., Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1977, 1982 • D.W.P., Maharishi European Research University, 2005
William Graff
Assistant Professor of Accounting • B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1975 • M.A., M.B.A., Maharishi International University, 1979, 1985 • C.M.A., 1990 • C.P.A., 1997
Gregory Guthrie
Professor of Computer Science • Dean of the College of Computer Science and Mathematics • B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Purdue University, 1972, 1975, 1978
John Hagelin
Director of the Institute of Science, Technology and Public Policy, Professor of Physics • A.B. summa cum laude, Dartmouth College, 1975 • A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University, 1976, 1981
Dennis Heaton
Professor of Management • Dean of Distance Education and International Programs • B.A., University of Notre Dame, 1969 • M.A., West Georgia College, 1971 • Ed.D., Boston University, 1984
Scott Herriott
Professor of Management • B.A. summa cum laude, Dartmouth College, 1975 • M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University, 1979, 1984
Christopher Jones
Professor of Education • Chair of the Department of Education • B.A., Oberlin College, 1969 • M.A., Temple University, 1972 • Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University, 1979
James Karpen
Associate Professor of Professional Writing • B.S., Augustana College, 1972 • B.A. cum laude, Maharishi International University, 1979 • M.A., Ph.D., Bowling Green State University, 1981, 1984
Jean-Marie Karst
Instructor of Maharishi Vedic Science • Teacher Certification (CAPES) France, 1972 • M.A., Maharishi University of Management, 2004
Gurdon Leete
Assistant Professor of Art • B.F.A., M.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute, 1972, 1977
Michael Lerom
Assistant Professor of Chemistry • B.S., University of Washington, 1963 • M.S., University of Oregon, 1966
Bruce Lester
Assistant Professor of Computer Science • B.S., M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1971 • Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974
Keith Levi
Associate Professor of Computer Science • Chair of the Department of Computer Science • B.A. summa cum laude, Maharishi International University, 1979 • M.A., M.S., Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1981, 1981, 1985
Bruce McCollum
Assistant Professor of Management • B.A., M.B.A., Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management, 1981, 1987, 2000
Steven McLaskey
Assistant Professor of Biology and Agriculture • B.S.C.I., Maharishi European Research University, 1978 • B.S., Maharishi International University, 1989 • M.S., Ph.D., Cornell University, 1994, 1997
Mikaila Maidment
Assistant Professor of Art • B.F.A., M.F.A., Maharishi University of Management, 2002, 2005
Liis Mattik
First-Year Curriculum Coordinator • B.A., Physiology, Maharishi Vedic University, Tatarstan, Russia, 1996 • M.S.C.I., Maharishi University of Management, 2000 • B.A., M.S., Maharishi University of Management, 2004
Isabelle Matzkin
Assistant Professor of Music and Maharishi Vedic Science • B.M. summa cum laude and special honors, University of Iowa, 1988 • M.A., University of Iowa, 1988
Paul Morehead
Associate Chairman of the Department of Physiology and Health • B.S.C.I., Maharishi European Research University (Switzerland), 1977 • M.A., Maharishi International University, 1988 • M.S., Maharishi University of Management, 2004
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, 1986 • M.A., San Francisco State University, 1992
Craig Pearson
Executive Vice President • Associate Professor of Professional Writing • B.A., Duke University, 1971 • M.S.C.I., Maharishi European Research University, 1978 • M.A., Maharishi International University, 1979 • M.A.W., University of Iowa, 1983 • Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management, 2002
Ron Pleasant
Assistant Professor of Management • B.S.C.I., Maharishi European Research University, 1978 • M.B.A., Maharishi University of Management, 1985
David Pohlman
Assistant Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science, Dean of Men • B.A., Miami University, 1994 • M.A., Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management, 1996, 2004
Mark Rainbow
Assistant Professor of Computer Science • B.A., Maharishi International University, 1977 • B.S., University of Iowa, 1980 • M.S.E.E., University of Texas, 1984
Clyde Ruby
Assistant Professor of Computer Science • B.A., Pepperdine University, 1968 • M.A., M.S., Maharishi International University, 1987, 1991 • Ph.D., Iowa State University, 2006
Susan Runkle
Dean of Students • Assistant Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science • B.A., Queens University, Ontario, 1975 • M.A., Maharishi University of Management, 1995
Jane Schmidt-Wilk
Associate Professor of Management, Director of the Ph.D. Program • B.A., Oberlin College, 1972 • M.B.A., Maharishi International University, 1988 • Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management, 1996
James Shrosbree
Associate Professor of Art • Chair of the Department of Art and Design • B.F.A., Boise State University, 1971 • M.F.A., University of Montana, 1973
James Sinton
Instructor of Management • B.Sc., University of Stellenbosch (South Africa), 1969 • M.S., University of Witwatersrand (South Africa), 1971
David Streid
Associate Professor of Mathematics • Chief Administrative Officer • B.A. summa cum laude, Maharishi International University, 1980 • M.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana, 1982, 1990
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, 1976 • M.S., Ph.D., Maharishi International University, 1986, 1988
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, 1967, 1970 • Doctorate of World Peace
Kenneth West
Assistant Professor of Management • B.A., M.B.A., Maharishi International University, 1975, 1988 • M.S.C.I., Maharishi European Research University, 1977
Zhu Yunxiang
Assistant Professor of Management • B.A., Fuyang Teacher’s College, China, 1981 • B.S., Maharishi International University, 1991 • M.B.A., Maharishi University of Management, 2002 • Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management, 2006
Library
Martin Schmidt
Librarian • Dip. Ing., Hochschule der Künste, Berlin, 1985 • M.B.A., Maharishi International University, 1988 • M.A., University of Iowa, 1993
Suzanne Vesely
Senior Librarian I • B.A., Trinity College, 1968 • M.S., University of Wyoming, 1973 • Ph.D., University of Iowa 1996 • MLIS, University of Iowa 1999
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, 1973, 1974, 1975
Maxwell Rainforth
Assistant Professor of Physiology and Health, and Statistics • B.Sc. (Honors), University of Canterbury (New Zealand), 1977 • M.A., M.S., Maharishi International University, 1986, 1989 • Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management, 2000
John Salerno
Research Assistant Professor • Assistant Director of the Institute for Natural Medicine and Prevention • B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1976 • M.A.,Ph.D, Maharishi International University, 1988, 1991
Robert Schneider
Professor of Physiology and Health, Director of the Institute for Natural Medicine and Prevention • B.A., Antioch College, 1977 • M.D., New Jersey Medical School, 1981
Adjunct Faculty
Alarik Arenander
Director, Brain Research Institute under the Institute of Science, Technology and Public Policy • B.S., M.S., University of Wisconsin, 1967, 1971 • Ph.D., UCLA, 1980
Paula Armstrong
Assistant Professor of Education • B.A., Tulane University, 1976 • M.A., University of Michigan, 1977
Ali Arsanjani
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Science • B.A., M.S., Azad University (Iran), 1991, 1994 • Ph.D., DeMontefort University (U.K.), 2004
Gillian Brown
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art • B.A., Brown University, 1973 • M.E.A., Rhode Island School of Design, 1977 • M.F.A., University of California at Los Angeles, 1980
Ellen Finkelstein
Adjunct Instructor of Management • B.A., State University of New York at Albany, 1973 • M.A., Maharishi University of Management, 2003
Gerald Geer
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Literature and Writing • A.B. magna cum laude, Harvard College, 1972
Denise Denniston Gerace
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science and Education • B.A., University of Arizona, 1969 • M.S.C.I., Maharishi European Research University, 1976 • M.A., Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1984, 1988
Eric Hart
Adjunct Associate Professor of Mathematics and Mathematics Education • B.S., Boise State University, 1977 • M.A., University of Washington, 1980 • Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1986
Brian Horsfield
Adjunct Professor of Geology • B.S., University of East Anglia, 1978 • Ph.D., University of East Anglia, 1984
Patricia Innis
Adjunct Instructor of Fine Arts • Artist-in-Residence • B.F.A., Bowling Green State University, 1971 • M.F.A., Maharishi University of Management, 1990
Jonathan Lipman
Director of the Institute of Maharishi Sthapatya Veda • B.A., Cornell University, 1977
Tina McQuiston
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science • B.A.E., University of Kansas, 1975 • M.A., Maharishi International University, 1991 • Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management, 2004
William Sands
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science and Sanskrit • B.S.B.A., Georgetown University, 1973 • M.S.C.I., Maharishi European Research University, 1981 • M.A., Ph.D., Maharishi International University, 1989, 1993
Ken Sewall
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Economics • B.S., Union College, 1972 • M.Ed., Springfield College, 1974 • M.S., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, 1981, 1986
Brian Smith
Adjunct Instructor of Art • B.A., University of Denver, 1975
Kenneth Walton
Adjunct Associate Research Professor, Institute for Natural Medicine and Prevention • B.S., University of Georgia, 1962 • Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1970
Clinical Faculty
Veronica Butler
Clinical Assistant Professor of Physiology and Health • B.S., M.D., University of Michigan, 1972, 1976
Stuart Rothenberg
Clinical Associate Professor of Physiology and Health • B.A., Columbia College, 1968 • M.D., New York University School of Medicine, 1974
Hari Sharma
Clinical Professor of Physiology and Health • M.B.B.S., M.D., Lucknow University (India), 1961, 1965 • M.Sc., Ohio State University, 1969
Visiting Faculty
John Cleary
Visiting Associate Professor of Computer Science • B.S. with honors, M.S., Ph.D., University of Canterbury, 1971, 1974, 1980
John Price
Visiting Professor of Mathematics • B.Sc., M.Sc. with honors, University of Melbourne (Australia) 1964, 1966 • Ph.D., Australian National University, 1970
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, 1976 • M.A., Maharishi International University, 1987 • D.W.P., Maharishi European Research University, 2005
Michael Dillbeck
Trustee and International Professor • B.A. summa cum laude, Benedictine College, 1972 • M.S., Ph.D., Purdue University, 1973, 1976
Susan Levin Dillbeck
Trustee and International Professor of Education • B.A., University of Illinois, 1964 • M.A., Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1972, 1976
John Fagan
Professor of Biochemistry and Physiology, • B.S. cum laude, University of Washington, 1971 • Ph.D., Cornell University, 1977
Christy Kleinschnitz
Assistant Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science • Administrator, Institute of Science, Technology and Public Policy • B.A., St John’s College, 1972 • M.S.C.I., Maharishi European Research University, 1977 • M.A., M.A., Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management, 1982, 1989, 1996
Dennis Rowe
International Coordinator and Faculty, Maharishi Open University • B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 1972 • M.S.C.I., Maharishi European Research University, 1980 • M.B.A., University of Iowa, 1983