Maharishi Vedic Science (Ph.D.)
Faculty
William Sands
Dr. Sands is Associate Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science and Sanskrit and Dean of the College of Maharishi Vedic Science. He earned an M.A. and Ph.D. from Maharishi University of Management; an MSCI from Maharishi European Research University; and a B.S.B.A. from Georgetown University. He has published Natural Law in the Valmiki Ramayan in the Light of Maharishi Vedic Science and Technology and Maharishi’s Program of Reading the Vedic Literature: Unfolding the total potential of Natural Law.
Fred Travis
Dr. Travis is Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science, Chair of the Department of Maharishi Vedic Science, Dean of the Graduate School, and Director of the Center for Brain, Consciousness, and Cognition. He earned an M.S. and Ph.D. in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, and a B.S. in Design and Environmental Analysis from Cornell University.
Thomas Egenes
Dr. Egenes is Associate Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science and Sanskrit. He earned an M.A. and Ph.D. in Religious Studies from the University of Virginia; an M.A. in Higher Education Administration from Maharishi University of Management; B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame. He has created a home-study sanskrit course.
Evan Finkelstein
Dr. Finkelstein is Assistant Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science. He earned a B.A. from Carnegie-Mellon University; an M.S.W. from Yeshiva University; and an M.S.C.I. and Ph.D. from Maharishi University of Management. Included in courses taught by Prof. Finkelstein are themes such as universal principles of life expressed by Maharishi Vedic Science and the religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Rod Eason
Dr. Eason is Assistant Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science and Chair of the Department for the Development of Consciousness. He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in Maharishi Vedic Science from MUM. His dissertation connected objective and subjective methods of gaining knowledge, Maharishi Vedic Science and consciousness, and the unified field of physics with pure consciousness. He also explored the nature of time and the influence of impulses of creative intelligence active on different days. Dr. Eason has been a teacher of Transcendental Meditation for more than 30 years.
Patricia Oates
Dr. Oates is Assistant Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science. She earned an M.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies and a Ph.D. in Maharishi Vedic Science from Maharishi University of Management and a B.S. in Education / English and History from Ohio State University.
David Pohlman
David Pohlman is Assistant Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Miami University (Ohio), then his Master’s degree and Ph.D. in Maharishi Vedic Science from Maharishi University of Management. Dr. Pohlman recently served as Dean of Students.
Sue Brown
Assistant Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science
B.A., University of Melbourne
M.A., Maharishi International University
DWP, Maharishi European Research University
Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management
Sam Boothby
Dr. Boothby is Adjunct Associate Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science and Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. He earned a B.A. in Literature from Kalamazoo College; an M.A. in Education, Maharishi University of Management; and an Ed.D. in Teaching, Curriculum and Learning Environment from Harvard 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