Business (B.A.)
Faculty
Scott Herriott
Co-Chair of the Department of Business Administration
Professor of Management
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
Expansion Council Chair
B.A. summa cum laude, Dartmouth College
M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University
Professor Herriott’s research interests include issues of cooperative strategy in business policy. Specific projects include studies of electric utility power pools, cooperative advertising, risk pooling, partial acquisitions, information channels in markets, and the implications of Maharishi Vedic Science for theories of motivation, job design, and management decisions.
Vicki Alexander Herriott
Co-Chair of the Department of Business Administration
Associate Professor of Law and Government
B.A., Wellesley College
J.D., Boston University School of Law
Vicki Herriott’s work includes research on crime reduction, health and conflict resolution, including a groundbreaking study on reducing collective tensions at the basis of the Middle East conflict. She is now director of the University’s Institute for Research on Higher States of Consciousness and acts as advisor to the Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy.
Kenneth Cavanaugh
Professor of Applied Statistics
A.B. cum laude, Yale University
M.P.A., Princeton University
M.A., Stanford University
Ph.D., University of Washington
Kenneth L. Cavanaugh, Ph.D. is Professor of Applied Statistics and Senior Research Scientist, Institute of Science, Technology and Public Policy. He has authored or co-authored numerous scientific papers, in publications such as Social Indicators Research; Proceedings of the American Statistical Association; Psychology, Crime, and Law; The Journal of Mind and Behavior; Journal of International Money and Finance.
Dennis Heaton
Professor of Management
Co-Director of the Ph.D. Program
Dean of Distance Education and International Programs
B.A., University of Notre Dame
M.A., West Georgia College
Ed.D., Boston University
Dennis Heaton earned his Ed.D. in educational leadership. His areas of research interest include consciousness, holistic health, peak performance, and higher stages of human development and their implications for leadership.
Andrew Bargerstock
CPA, Associate Professor of Management,
Director of the MBA with Accounting Specialization
B.A. Economics, Muhlenberg College
M.B.A., University of Pittsburgh
C.P.A., Pennsylvania
Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management
Andrew Bargerstock worked as an executive with a Fortune 500 company, established two successful businesses, and consulted with many companies including Allstate Insurance, BJC Health System, W.L. Gore & Associates, US Patent and Trademark Office, and Virginia Department of Social Services. He was one of two professors in the USA to be awarded the Lean Enterprise Institute's (LEI) 2009 Excellence in Lean Accounting Professor Award.
Rachel Goodman
Associate Professor of Management
Director of Career Strategies
M.A., M.S., Maharishi International University
Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management
Rachel Goodman teaches courses in world peace, including “Collective Consciousness”, and “The Individual is the Unit of World Peace” as well as many workshops in Career Strategies. She is co-editor of Transcendental Meditation in Criminal Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention and has a chapter in the book Human Security published by the Canadian Peace Research and Education Association.
Jane Schmidt-Wilk
Associate Professor of Management
Co-Director of the Ph.D. Program
B.A., Oberlin College
M.B.A., Maharishi International University
Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management
Jane Schmidt-Wilk is director of the University’s Center for Management Research and editor of the Journal of Management Education. Her publications explore the role of development of consciousness in business and management education.
Zhu Yunxiang
Professor of Management
Vice-President of Asia Expansion
B.A., Fuyang Teachers College, China
B.S., Maharishi International University
M.B.A., Maharishi University of Management
DWP Honoris Causa, Maharishi University of Management
The Chinese Consulate General in San Francisco awarded Zhu the gold medal of World Culture Development for his contribution in facilitating the culture exchanges and educational exchanges between China and USA.
David Goodman
Associate Professor of Management
B.A., McGill University (Canada)
M.B.A., Ph.D., Maharishi International University
David Goodman is a board member of the Fairfield Entrepreneurs Association and is a consultant to firms helping them write business plans and raise capital. He is currently involved in several green entrepreneurship projects, including a company that manufactures and promotes ceramic tiles with a photovoltaic overlay that allows buildings to utilize solar energy. His research is involved with how sustainable wealth can be created in tune with natural law.
William Graff
Assistant Professor of Accounting
B.A., Virginia Polytechnic Institute
M.A., M.B.A., Maharishi International University
C.M.A. • C.P.A.
William Graff has extensive experience in teaching internationally. He has been teaching at the University’s partner institution in China and has previously been director of the Maharishi School of Management in Limuru, Kenya. Professor Graff has consulted with the World Bank on finance and accounting systems for the government of Uganda.
Bruce McCollum
Assistant Professor of Management
B.A., M.B.A., Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management
Bruce McCollum has taught courses in management information systems, communications skills, operations management, statistics, and introduction to business courses. He served as director of administration for a branch campus of a university. His dissertation topic was leadership development through self-development.
Sabita Sawhney
Instructor of Management
B.A., Delhi University, (India)
B. B., M. B. A., Western Illinois University
Richard Thompson
Assistant Professor of Management, Associate Dean of Distance Education and International Programs
Director of the MBA in Sustainable Business
B.A., M.B.A., Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management
Richard Thompson’s primary areas for research and teaching/consulting activities include international business and distance education. He has developed collaborative programs between MUM and institutional partners in Asia and the Caribbean.
Kenneth West
Assistant Professor of Management
M.B.A., Maharishi International University
B.A., Maharishi International University
Professor West has previously been director of the University Press and also served as treasurer. He provided on-site administrative planning and faculty development to the Rajapark College in Bangkok, Thailand. He has also introduced the University’s Consciousness-Based educational system to high schools in the Philippines and to college and governmental representatives in Nicaragua.
John Revolinski
B.A., University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
MPA, University of Pittsburgh
John Revolinski has been an elected member of the Fairfield City Council since 1997 and has been involved with a variety of community activities including economic development, environmental protection, and public wellness. He consults with several corporations in the field of health promotion and enjoys facilitating student initiatives that inform local policy decisions.
Ravi Subramaniam
Instructor of Accounting
B.B.A., University of Madras, (India)
M.com., University of Madras, (India)
M.phil (commerce)., University of Madras (India)
Ravi teaches courses in accounting, finance and business practicum on campus as well as online. He has extensive experience teaching internationally. His area of research interest includes ethical behavior of accountants, ethical behavior and brain, consciousness based education for brain integration. He is also interested in exploring Maharishi Vedic knowledge and classical literatures (Sanskrit & Tamil) to that of contemporary management.
Sun Liang
Instructor of Business Administration and Director of the
International Site at Beijing, China
B.A., magna cum laude, Maharishi University of Management
M.B.A., Maharishi University of Management
Sun Liang has taught courses in business economics, corporate finance, and data analysis and has extensive training experience in global financial exams. His research interests include capital markets and financial economics. He earned his Financial Risk Manager (FRM) certification in 2008. He has passed all three levels of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) exams and is now CFA Charter-pending.
Steve Totino
Instructor of Management
B.S., Oglethorpe University
M.B.A., Maharishi University of Management
C.P.A., Iowa
Steven Totino is a pioneer of distance education for the MBA Accounting Professionals program at MUM. He is the creator and instructor of four online CPA Review Courses. He is a licensed CPA in the state of Iowa and has experience working in public accounting and the not-for-profit sector. He actively contributes to the course capture and creation of new distance education courses. He is co-creator of the Science and Technology of Consciousness course for the MBA Accounting Professionals program and the Computer Professionals program.