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 joined the MSU Department of Psychology faculty as an Assistant Professor in 2010 and has been an Associate Professor with tenure since 2015. He serves as the Program Director for the Graduate Program in Psychometrics and is the Director of the CRèMe Lab.  Dr. Haines currently serves a two-year term as the Chair of the American Educational Research Association Rasch Measurement SIG which will end in 2024.

Dr. Haines' research interests include applying the Rasch model to the development of culturally-responsive measurement techniques for educational and psychosocial research. Some of his current projects include the validation of tests and measures for use in different cultures, constructing culturally-appropriate rating scales, and using technology to better capture data in culturally-relevant ways.

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, 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.