Dr. Haynes is the co-founder and director of the Resilient Families Project (RFP). Since 2011, RFP has provided educational and community-building experiences to strengthen families and promote resilience and mindfulness in families experiencing homelessness, and women in drug and alcohol recovery. Dr. Haynes’ teaching, service, and research interests center on family risk, resilience, mindfulness and happiness. Her broad area of specialization is applied developmental and social/cognitive psychology. Dr. Haynes joined the faculty at the University of Louisville in 2004. For 9 years prior, she taught in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Northern Colorado.