Business and Management
Faculty
Vicki Alexander
Associate Professor of Law and Government
B.A., Wellesley College, 1972
J.D., Boston University School of Law, 1978
Vicki Alexander began her career working as an associate in a large Boston law firm. Her work extended to include 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. She also holds the Charles N. Alexander Chair of Psychology established in her husband’s honor. More >
David Goodman
Assistant Professor of Management
B.A., McGill University (Canada), 1976
M.B.A., Ph.D., Maharishi International University, 1989, 1996
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. More >
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
Andrew Bargerstock earned his C.P.A. as an auditor with a major C.P.A. firm in Pittsburgh, PA. He has worked as an executive with a Fortune 500 company, established two successful businesses, consulted with many companies across the USA. More >
Kenneth Cavanaugh
Professor of Applied Statistics
A.B. cum laude, Yale University, 1964
M.P.A., Princeton University, 1969
M.A., Stanford University, 1973
Ph.D., University of Washington, 1983
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. More >
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
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. More >
Scott Herriott
Professor of Management
B.A. summa cum laude, Dartmouth College, 1975
M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University, 1979, 1984
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. More >
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
Jane Schmidt-Wilk is director of the University’s Center for Management Research and is currently serving a two-year term as editor of the Journal of Management Education. Her dissertation topic was The Maharishi Corporate Development Program: Growth of Experience and Understanding in International Top Management Teams. More >
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
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. More >
William W. 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
William Graff consulted with the World Bank for two years on finance and acounting systems for the government of Uganda. He has extensive experience in international education and administration, particularly in Africa and China. More >
Bruce McCollum
Assistant Professor of Management
B.A., M.B.A., Ph.D., Maharishi University of Management, 1981, 1987, 2000
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. More >
Kenneth West
Assistant Professor of Management
M.B.A., Maharishi International University, 1988
B.A., Maharishi International University, 1975
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. More >
Ron Pleasant
Assistant Professor of Management
B.S.C.I., Maharishi European Research University, 1978
M.B.A., Maharishi University of Management, 1985
Ron Pleasant has served several organizations as payroll manager and senior accountant; accounts receivable manager; and director of student accounts. He has also been a business consultant to an international investment publisher and managed daily operations for a residential health facility. More >
James Sinton
Instructor of Management
B.Sc., University of Stellenbosch (South Africa), 1969
M.S., University of Witwatersrand (South Africa), 1971
James Sinton has been founded several businesses and supported others as an account manager, a software development manager, and a product and sales co-ordinator. He has successfully integrated business and ecology as a management consultant, entrepreneur, public speaker, and a faculty member. More >
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
Professor Sewall is author of the book, The Trade-off between Cost and Risk in Hazardous Waste Management. He is President of Kenneth Sewall and Co., an economic and investment consulting firm specializing in the analysis of government regulations on business. More >