Media and Communications (B.A.)
Faculty
Stuart Tanner
Co-chair of the Department of Media and Communications
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Media and Communications
M.A., Balliol College, Oxford
Professor Tanner is an acclaimed producer and director of documentary films for the BBC, National Geographic, the Discovery Channel, and others. More
Gurdon Leete
Co-chair of the Department of Media and Communications
Assistant Professor of Art
B.F.A., M.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute
Professor Leete has worked as a freelance artist in Web design, graphic design, and 3-D animation. He is also an award-winning graphics software engineer. More
Isabelle Matzkin
Assistant Professor of Music and Maharishi Vedic Science
B.M. summa cum laude & special honors, University of Iowa M.A., University of Iowa
Isabelle Matzkin has extensively studied the connections between sound, music, and consciousness. More
Terry Fairchild, Ph.D.
Professor of Literature
B.A., University of Nevada
M.A., University of Utah
Ph.D., University of Iowa
Dr. Fairchild teaches courses in the art and history of film. In addition to film history, his research interests include modern drama, twentieth-century literature, and media studies.
James Fairchild, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Literature and Writing
B.A., Brigham Young University
M.A., University of Utah
Ph.D., University of Iowa
Dr. Fairchild has extensive experience as a journalist, photographer, writer, and publications editor, and teaches courses in photojournalism and screenwriting.
Nynke Passi, M. A.
Assistant Professor of Literature and Writing
B.A., Maharishi International University
M.A., San Francisco State University
Nynke Passi is a distinguished writer and poet whose work has been published in numerous anthologies and literary magazines, including The Gulf Coast Review, The Anthology of New England Writers, Ink, and The Dryland Fish. More
Kenneth West
Assistant Professor of Management
B.A., Maharishi International University
M.B.A., Maharishi International University
Professor West has extensive knowledge and experience of almost every aspect of commercial photography and printing. He worked for many years for Hallmark Cards, has previously been Director of the MUM Press, and is the photographer for many of the University's projects.
Jessica Keen
Instructor of Media and Communications
B.A., Queen’s University
M.A., Saint Mary’s University
Jessica Keen is passionate about socially-engaged media creation, especially narratives from the African continent, documentary film, social entrepreneurship and the innovative use of Information and Communication Technologies within the social sector. She teaches courses in video editing, as well as social entrepreneurship for media and communication.
Susan McGuire Romero
Instructor of Media and Communications
BFA, Virginia Commonwealth University
TESOL certificate, ITT Online
Susan Romero has over 15 years of visual communications experience specializing in print design. She has won multiple design awards for her magazine work. More
Gabriel Romero
Instructor of Media and Communications
A.A., A.S., Santa Barbara City College
Gabriel Romero has worked as a graphic designer, product development manager, and marketing creative manager for a variety of publishing companies for the past 10 years. He has extensive experience developing effective marketing campaigns and producing visual communication designs for marketing teams. More
Cullen Thomas
Instructor of Media and Communications
B.A., Maharishi University of Management
Cullen Thomas has worked as a producer for David Lynch Foundation Television for more than two years, where he helped produce several documentaries, including Saving the Disposable Ones and Paul McCartney at Radio City. He has also worked on a variety of feature film productions for several production houses.
James Moore
Adjunct Instructor of Media and Communications
MBA, Maharishi University of Management
James Moore teaches radio production. He is general manager of KRUU-LP 100.1 FM, an independent, grassroots, solar-powered radio station. He has been music editor of the Iowa Source since 2002, is an accomplished musician, published poet, and former co-host of the Film for Thought Series.
Geoff Boothby
Adjunct Instructor of Media and Communications
B.F.A., Maharishi University of Management
Geoff Boothby received his B.F.A. in Film and Video. His films have received awards at film festivals across Iowa. He currently works for David Lynch foundation Television and his documentaries have been featured on Pitchfork.com, IFC.com, and NotCot.org among others.
Donald Sosin
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music
Donald Sosin has played on Broadway, taught songwriting nationwide, and lectured on film music. His work as a silent film composer/pianist includes major film archives and film festivals in NY, Seattle, San Francisco, Houston, Germany, Italy and China. More
Jane Pitt
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music
B.A., Oakland University
M.A., Eastern Michigan University
Ph.D., Maharishi University of Enlightenment
As a singer-songwriter Jane Roman Pitt has recorded and co-produced four albums, working with top folk, jazz, and country musicians. More
Patricia Saunders
Adjunct Instructor of Music
Licenciate of the Royal Academy of Music
Licenciate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Associate of the London College of Music
Patricia Saunders won a scholarship to study the piano in London, won several local piano competitions, and was a finalist in the piano section of the Croydon National Music Festival. More