Associate Professor and Clinical Supervisor
MGH Institute of Health Professions
A nationally recognized expert in dyslexia, reading disabilities, and language, Dr. Haynes has been on the faculty of the MGH Institute of Health Professions since 1991. He teaches courses and supervises graduate students in the Institute’s Speech–Language and Literacy Center. He is also a research associate at the Institute’s Hanson Initiative for Language and Learning (HILL).
Dr. Haynes' research interests include early detection and intervention for dyslexia, cross-linguistic comparisons of children with reading disabilities, and methods for teaching oral and written expression.
When he joined the Institute in 1991, Dr. Haynes collaborated with Dr. Pamela Hook to design and implement a dual teacher certification program in both Speech–Language and in Reading with a unitary curriculum.
From 1979–1991, Dr. Haynes served as a teacher, Research Coordinator and Director of Speech–Language Services at the Landmark School on Boston's North Shore, where he and colleagues developed the nation's first language-based curriculum for children with expressive language impairments and dyslexia.
Dr. Haynes serves on the Board of Directors of the International Dyslexia Association (IDA). He lectures nationally and has given keynote or invited lectures in Japan, Kuwait, Brazil, the Czech Republic, and Canada.
