Consciousness-Based Education - Maharishi University of ...

consciousness-based education and governmentabout the authorsSanford I. Nidich, Ed.D., is professor of education, and physiology andhealth, at Maharishi University Management. Dr. Nidich received hisdoctoral degree from the University of Cincinnati in 1975 and taughtpsychology at Rogers Williams College in RI. Dr. Nidich is a pioneeringresearcher in Consciousness-Based education, having conductedstudies over the past 40 years in schools and colleges in the U.S. andaround the world. Dr. Nidich conducted the first psychological researchon Transcendental Meditation in 1972 in the area of self-actualization,published in the Journal of Counseling Psychology. Since that initial studyhe has conducted numerous studies on student personal developmentand academic achievement. Dr. Nidich has been a principal investigatoror co-investigator on over 20 privately funded and federally fundedgrants in the fields of education and health.Randi Jeanne Nidich, Ed.D., is adjunct associate professor of educationat Maharishi University of Management. She received her doctoratein foundations of education from the University of Cincinnati in 1985and taught full-time at Maharishi University of Management for 10years. She has published key research in the areas of school climate andstudent moral development in the U.S. and the Philippines. Dr. Nidichis the co-author of studies on teacher burnout, academic achievement,intelligence, and student psychosocial stress. She and her husband,Sanford Nidich, are co-authors of the book, Growing Up Enlightened.Ronald L. Zigler, Ed.D., is associate professor of educational psychologyat Penn State University, Abington. Dr. Zigler received his doctoratefrom the University of Cincinnati in foundations of education. Hehas published extensively in the field of philosophy of education andeducational psychology, especially in the area of moral education. PreviouslyDr. Zigler taught courses at Maharishi University of Managementand Grand View College.296