Laura Lincoln Maitland received a BA in Biological Sciences from Douglass College, an
MA in Psychology from Stony Brook University, an MS in Education from CUNY–Queens
College, and a Professional Diploma from Long Island University.
Retired from the Bellmore-Merrick Central H.S. District where she was lead science
chairperson and taught Living Environment, AP Psychology, and Science Research for many
years, she is currently an adjunct instructor at Hofstra University. She is also an education
consultant at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories, Long Island BOCES, and a variety of other
venues. Laura has been a workshop presenter for the College Board, the New York State
Biology-Chemistry Professional Development Network, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s
Dolan DNA Learning Center, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, the
New York City Board of Education, and the New York State Education Department.
One of the founders and early chairs of Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools,
she chaired the committee that created National Standards for High School Psychology
Curricula. She also served on the AP Psychology Development Committee for the College
Board/ETS. She received the first American Psychological Association Presidential Citation
presented to a high school teacher and the American Psychological Association Division
Two Excellence in Teaching Award.Rochelle Solomon-Battersby studied biology at Wilkes College and received a BS in
Psychology from Hofstra University, an MS in Education from Hofstra University, and a
Professional Diploma from Long Island University–C.W. Post.
Having spent the majority of her teaching career at Jamaica High School in Queens,
New York, she is recently retired from the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District
where she was lead science chairperson and district chairperson for science and taught
AP Psychology and Introduction to Science Research for 13 years. She has served as the
STANYS Nassau County subject area representative for biology, president of the Long
Island Science Educational Leadership Association, and has presented at a number of local,
state, and national conferences on science and learning. Much of Rochelle’s current focus
is on studying mindfulness and its applications in the classroom. Her plans are to pursue a
degree in social work and continue to study psychology.about the authors
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