Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, University of Kentucky
M.P.A. in Public Administration, Eastern Kentucky University
B.A. in Sociology, Asbury University

Dr. Haines has been an Associate Professor with tenure since 2015 after joining the Department of Psychology as an Assistant Professor in 2010. He also  the Director of the CRèMe (Culturally Responsive Measurement) Lab and was the Program Director of the Graduate Program in Psychometrics from 2016 until 2024.

Dr. Haines's primary research interest is the development of Video Survey Administration (ViSA) as a way to collect data from culturally diverse groups of people.  ViSA utilizes contemporary film techniques to develop video-based surveys.  Dr. Haines's other research interests include applications of the Rasch model in the development of culturally-responsive measurement techniques for educational and psychosocial research.

Prior to his time at Morgan State University, Dr. Haines served as the Senior Postdoctoral Researcher for the Juvenile Justice Program in the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center's School of Public Health and as an adjunct professor in the School of Nursing. In addition, Dr. Haines has served as an instructor at the University of Kentucky and as an adjunct professor at the University of New Orleans.

Prior to earning his Ph.D., he led a nonprofit organization that served youth who were placed at risk of educational underachievement and involvement in the juvenile justice system.

Areas of Specialization: Rasch measurement models, video survey methods, culturally-responsive measurement, educational psychology, statistics

Graduate Courses Taught: Rasch Measurement, Introduction to Measurement, Item Response Theory, Psychometric Theory, General Linear Models, Categorical Data Analysis, Structural Equation Models, Multivariate Statistics, Assessment Design, Test Construction, Learning and Cognition

Undergraduate Courses Taught: Psychology of Learning, Youth Violence and Delinquency Prevention, Scientific Methods, Psychological Statistics I, Psychological Statistics II, Experimental Psychology, and Freshman Orientation.