Anne L. Rothstein
Founding Director of Center for School/College Collaboratives

Anne L. Rothstein, EdD, is the Founding Director of Center for School/College Collaboratives and a retired Professor in the Department of Early Childhood and Childhood Education at Lehman College. During her 50+ years at Lehman, she has served as Department Chair, Associate Dean of Professional Studies, and Associate Provost for Sponsored Program Research. Since 1985, Dr. Rothstein has written over 400 grant proposals and received more than 300 grant awards., successfully garnering Lehman College more than $400M in 37 years. She has also directed many grant-funded programs for K–12 students and teachers and for college students. Dr. Rothstein is the author of "Creating Winning Grant Proposals: A Step-by-Step Guide".

Harriet (Niki) Fayne

Acting Director of the Center for School/College Collaboratives (2023-24)

Dr. Fayne has spent close to four decades in higher education, most of them in an administrative capacity. She has served as a department chair, dean, and interim provost. Throughout her career, she has been interested in instructional design and performance assessment in K-12 and teacher education. She has authored or co-authored over 25 journal articles and book chapters and is a regular presenter at regional and national education conferences. Currently, Dr. Fayne is a full-time faculty member in the Department of Counseling, Leadership, Literacy and Special Education and the principal investigator on LUTE-STEM, Lehman’s second Teacher Quality Partnership project sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. Dr. Fayne holds an undergraduate degree from Barnard College, a master’s degree from Harvard University, and a Ph.D. from Columbia University.

Tiffany DeJaynes

Director of the Center for School-College Collaboratives
Associate Professor of English Education

Dr. Tiffany DeJaynes is an Associate Professor of English Education and the Director of the Center for School-College Collaboratives at Lehman College. Her research focuses on youth inquiry, civic engagement, and multimodal literacy practices. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, English Teaching and Practice & Critique, and English Journal, where she edits a column called “Reimagining Research.” She holds an Ed.D. from Teachers College, Columbia University, an M.A. from the University of Kansas, and a B.A. from William Jewell College.

Wesley Pitts

Chair/Professor and Co-Coordinator, Graduate Program in Science Education
Coordinator TOPS Program in Science Education

Dr. Wesley Pitts is a Professor of Science Education in the Department of Middle and High School Education (MHSE), School of Education, Lehman College, CUNY. Dr. Pitts earned his Ph.D. in Urban Education specializing in science education at the CUNY Graduate Center. Dr. Pitts is also a graduate of the Association of American College and Universities Project Kaleidoscope STEM Leadership Institute. Dr. Pitts currently serves as Chair of MHSE and Co-coordinator of the Secondary Science Education Program. Dr. Pitts also holds a second appointment in the Ph.D. Program in the Urban Education Department - at the CUNY Graduate Center. He is currently serving as PI as the NSF Noyce-Framework on the Continuum that Unifies and Strengthens STEM (Focus-On -STEM), a Lehman project lead on CUNY’s Computer Integrated Teacher Education (CITE). His research uses frameworks from cultural sociology to investigate how encounters in urban secondary and post-secondary science classrooms and science teacher preparation programs create success in science education. Prior to working in higher education, Dr. Pitts taught chemistry at the secondary level in NYC.

Yasmin Morales-Alexander

Assistant Professor

Dr. Yasmin Morales-Alexander is a proud Black Puerto Rican Scholar born and bred in the Bronx, NY who believes that family engagement is a cultural practice that shapes our identity(ies) and is fundamental to who we become as learners. As an Assistant Professor in Early Childhood/Childhood Education, she works closely with students to engage in critical and reflective dialogue around family engagement/child development, and teacher identity within sociocultural contexts, equity, and social justice. She is the co-Director/co-PI of the NYS-funded Teacher Opportunity Corps II/My Brother’s Keeper initiative.