Curriculum Vitae

Experience Rooted in People, Place,and Public Purpose

Dr. DaVonti’ DeAngelo Haynes is an educator, researcher, strategist, evaluator, and community-centered leader whose work bridges higher education, social work, workforce development, public systems, and community-based engagement.

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At a Glance

Dr. Haynes’ work helps institutions and organizations better understand the people and communities they aim to serve. His scholarship and practice focus on youth opportunity, community dynamics, educational access and success, institutional trust, and strategies that move research into action.

4degress across three academic disciplines
4academic institutions served
15+states and regions of community-engaged work, spanning over 250 communities
Emmy®award for research focused on public storytelling and community-centered media

Community-Centered Research and Evaluation

Dr. Haynes has designed and led research, evaluation, and learning projects that help organizations understand community experience, program impact, and the conditions shaping people’s lives. His work blends evidence, context, and community voice to support stronger decisions and more meaningful action.

Youth Opportunity and Disconnection

Through research, public scholarship, and community-based projects, Dr. Haynes has examined how young people navigate education, work, public systems, and community life. His work focuses on the points where opportunity and support break down and what institutions can do to build stronger pathways forward.

Educational and Workforce Access and Success

Dr. Haynes has led numerous projects focused on curriculum development, mentoring, student engagement, community partnerships, and institutional strategy. His work helps educational and community institutions strengthen academic and workforce supports while staying connected to their broader public purpose.

Public Systems and Community Engagement

Dr. Haynes has worked with universities, foundations, nonprofits, public agencies, and community-serving organizations to better understand people, place, and public need.

Education
PhD: Doctorate of Philosophy in Agricultural Communication, Education, and Leadership
    The Ohio State University
    College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences

    Emphasis: Community & Extension Education
    Specialization: Educational Administration
    Minor and Interdisciplinary Specialization: Public Policy and Management
    Dissertation Title: The Miseducation of Our Youth: A Qualitative Study Ascertaining the Lived Experiences of Urban and Appalachian Students
MS: Master of Science in Agricultural Communication, Education, and Leadership
    The Ohio State University
    College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences

    Emphasis: Community & Extension Education
MSW: Master of Social Work
    The Ohio State University
    College of Social Work

    Emphasis: Children and Youth Services
BA: Bachelor of Arts in Public Affairs
    The Ohio State University
    John Glenn College of Public Affairs

    Specialization: Education Policy
    Minor: Political Science
Academic
Appointments
Wayne State University
    Associate Professor
    School of Social Work

Wayne State University is a public, research one institution located in Detroit, Michigan, it is Michigan’s premier urban research institution. With a student enrollment of over 23,000, it is the third largest university in Michigan and the state’s largest urban university.

Temple University
    Assistant Professor
    College of Public Health and School of Social Work

Temple University is a state-related, research one institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, it is one of the largest providers for professional education. With a student enrollment of over 30,000, it is the second largest university in Pennsylvania.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Assistant Extension Educator
    Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources (IANR)
    Nebraska Extension

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is a public, research one, land-grant university located in Lincoln, Nebraska, it is the flagship institution of the University of Nebraska system. With a student enrollment of over 26,000, it is the largest university in Nebraska.
Administrative and Professional Experience

Principal Strategist and Founder

Re/val Strategies

Managing Associate

Community Science
Bethesda, Maryland

Graduate Studies Program Director

Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Assistant Director of Operations

iBELIEVE Foundation
Columbus, Ohio

Assistant Extension Educator for College & Career Readiness

University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska

Strategic Initiatives Coordinator

iBELIEVE Foundation
Columbus, Ohio

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Community Engagement & Social Action Faculty Coordinator

Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan

Administrative Associate

The Ohio State University
Office of the Senior Vice President for Student Life
Columbus, Ohio

Research Associate

The Ohio State University
Ohio State University Extension Strategic Initiatives and Urban Engagement
Columbus, Ohio

Selected
Scholarship and Contributions

Connecticut’s Unspoken Crisis

Elevating the voices of young people through community-centered qualitative research.

A Hope That Lights The Way

Emmy® Award-winning documentary and community engagement project focused on healing, safety, and community leadership.

Matanuska-Susitna (Mat-Su) Valley Food Access Assessment

Elevating community experience and local context through applied assessment and public-facing research.

Motivational Interviewing Teaching Training Modules for Diabetes Prevention

Developing learning tools that support public health practice, training, and implementation.

Adult-Youth Mentoring Training Modules for University-Community Engagement Partnerships

Creating resources to strengthen mentoring, youth engagement, and university-community partnerships.

Ohio Extension Urban Counties Case Study

Studying how Extension systems operate in urban communities and respond to local needs.

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Regional Campuses Collaborative Initiative

Supporting institutional learning and strategy across regional campus contexts.

Ohio Extension Crowdsourcing Report: Community Development

Translating stakeholder input into insight for community development practice and planning.

A Program Evaluation of Mentoring Programs and Initiatives

Assessing mentoring models and student support strategies to inform program improvement.

An Analysis of the Cleveland Plan

Examining education policy, public systems, and local reform efforts in Cleveland.

A Program Evaluation of a College Wraparound Support Service

Evaluating student support services designed to strengthen access, persistence, and success.

The Miseducation of Our Youth

Qualitative study of the lived experiences of urban and Appalachian students.


Selected Publications and Presentations
  • Gilmore, D.R., Haynes, D.D., Cowans, D., Gilbert, B. (2025). Relational Responsibilities in Action: A Case Study of Intergenerational Collaboration and Lived Experience in Youth-Centered Research. Presentation at Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment (CREA). Chicago, IL.
  • Haynes, D.D., Gilbert, B., Gilmore, D., Cowans, D. (2025). Youth Disconnection an Unspoken Crisis: Elevating the Voices of Young People. Poster presentation at the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR). Seattle, WA.
  • Gilbert, B., Haynes, D.D., Rennekamp, R., & Childs, J. (2024). Bringing Youth Voices to the Forefront: Using Research to Inform Responsive Practice and Policies. Panel presentation. Bethesda, MD.
  • Haynes, D.D., (2024). From Research to Practice: Uplifting People and Strengthening Communities through Data and Intentional Engagement. Lecture given during the Robert J. O’Leary SPARK Series at The Ohio State University College of Social Work. Columbus, Ohio.
  • Gilbert, B., Haynes, D.D., Gilmore, D., & Cowans, D. (2023). Designing Research with Intention: Culturally Responsive, Trauma-Informed, and Humanizing Strategies to Engage Youth. Panel presentation. Bethesda, MD.
  • Haynes, D.D. (2023). In Pursuit of Consequential Truths: BlackCrit Interrogations of Postsecondary Education and the Black Student Experience – An Investigative of Black Urban and Appalachian Students’ Academic and Social Integration Into Higher Education. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting. Chicago, IL.
  • Haynes, D.D., & Lynch, R. (2023). They Succeeded, but How? An Examination of Appalachian Students Adjustment to Higher Education Academics. Presented at the Appalachian Studies Association (ASA) Conference. Athens, OH.
  • Fox, J., Debose, N., Haynes, D.D., Barrett, E., & Wilkins, J. (2022). Reimagining the Future of Urban Extension in Ohio. Panel presentation presented at the National Urban Extension Conference (NUEC). Camden, NJ.
  • Haynes, D.D. (2022). Humanizing and Liberatory: Imperatives for Equitable Postsecondary Education Systems in the 21st Century – An Investigative Inquiry into the Academic and Social Integration of Urban and Appalachian Students. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting. San Diego, CA.
  • Savage, S.S., Johnson, R.M., Kenney, A.J., & Haynes, D.D. (2021). Perspectives of Conducting Humanizing and Liberatory Educational Research with Systemically Marginalized Youth. Healthcare, 9, 1317.
  • Haynes, D.D., Michaels, A., & Fox, J. (2021). OSU Extension in Urban Communities: A Case Study. The Journal of Extension, 59(3), 17.
  • Fletcher Jr, E. C., & Haynes, D. D. (2020). Traditional Students as Second Class Citizens through Modern Day Tracking. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk (JESPAR), 1-20.
  • Haynes, D., & Michaels, A. (2020). “OSU Extension in Ohio’s Most Populated Counties”. Presented at Summit on Extension in Ohio’s Urban Communities. Columbus, Ohio.
  • Cunningham, P., Haynes, D., Calvin, R., & Morris, K. (2015). “BuckeyeREACH: Working with Incarcerated Black Boys”, Presented at University of Illinois Black & Latino Male Summit. Champaign, Illinois.
Grants & Funded
Projects and Initiatives

A New Foundation: Advancing Adolescent Neglect Science through Measurement Development

Funder: National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Motivational Interviewing Teaching Training Modules for National Diabetes Prevention Program

Funder: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Matanuska-Susitna (Mat-Su) Valley Food Access Assessment

Funder: Mat-Su Health Foundation

Hope Lights the Way Research

Funder: City of Philadelphia

Project Reonnect

Funder: Dalio Education

Opportunity Youth Initiatives

Funder: Hilton Foundation

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The GroupChat: A Safe Philadelphia

Funders: City of Philadelphia and Temple University

Temple Experience

Funder: Temple University

Buckeye REACH

Funders: Ohio Department of Youth Services, Central Ohio Youth Center, and The Ohio State University

Mentor-A-Buckeye

Funder: The Ohio State University

A Day in the Life of a Buckeye

Funder: The Ohio State University

Adult-Youth Mentoring Community Program

Funder: MV Community Fund Grant

Response and Resilience Fund Grant

Funder: Athens Foundation

Youth Service and Outreach Initiative

Funder: Serve Ohio

Honors

Emmy® Award

Excellence in Community Service and Advocacy Award

Distinguished Recent Alumnus Hall of Fame Award

BSW Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award

Outstanding Graduate/Professional Student Award

Distinguished Diversity Enhancement Award

Community and Organizational
Service
Governance Boards and Commissions
  • Glen Foerd Board of Directors
  • Millennial Advisory Committee, City of Philadelphia, Office of the Mayor
  • College of Social Work Alumni Society Board (President; President-Elect; Board Member; Student Representative)
  • Undergraduate Student Government Alumni Society Board (First Vice President)
Wayne State University
  • Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute Giant Step Teen Conference Advisory Committee
Temple University
  • College of Public Health and School of Social Work Budget and Finance Committee
  • Part-Time Faculty Excellence in Teaching and Instruction Awards Committee
  • Faculty and Student-Athlete Mentoring Committee
  • Associate Vice President for Student Affairs Search Committee
  • College of Public Health Strategic Planning Committee
  • Vice President for Student Affairs Search Committee
  • Center for Anti-Racism Faculty Advisory Council
  • Black Student Union (Faculty Advisor)
  • School of Social Work Curriculum Committee (Chair)
  • School of Social Work Community Engagement (Faculty Lead)
  • School of Social Work Student Engagement Support (Faculty Lead)
  • School of Social Work Awards Committee
  • Practice, Research, Instructional, and Clinical Faculty Merit Advisory Committee
  • College of Public Health Merit Advisory Committee
  • First-Generation Student Resources Group (Chair)
  • CARE (Crisis Assessment Response and Education) Team
  • First-Generation College Access Community of Practice Committee (Co-Chair)
The Ohio State University
  • Community Safety and Well-Being Task Force: Outreach and Engagement
  • Mentorship Working Group
  • Student Life Commitment and Action Planning Team
  • University Shared Values Initiative: Principles and Behaviors Subcommittee
  • Urban Extension Strategy Group Committee
  • Extension Student Engagement Committee
  • COVID-19 Transition to Campus Planning Committee
  • Football Programming and Harm Reduction Committee
  • Graduate Council
  • Preparing Future Professionals Committee
  • Athletic Council
  • Committee for Evaluation of Central Administrators
  • Council on Student Affairs
  • Buck-I-Experience Selection Committee
  • General Education Implementation Committee
  • Ohio Union Council (Chair)
  • Urban Mission Initiative Taskforce
  • State Authorization Advisory Committee
  • Buck-I-SERV Alternative Break Trips (Advisor)
  • Buckeye Student Leadership Academy Committee
  • Student Activity Fee Review Committee
  • Student Retention Committee
  • University Conduct Board
  • University Senate
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • Nebraska 4-H Foundation Search Committee
Teaching
Experience
Graduate-Level Courses
  • Theories and Practices of Community Building and Development
  • Human Rights, Social Justice, and Diversity in an Urban Context
  • Supervision, Staff Management and Staff Development in Human Service Organizations
  • Macro Practice in Organizational, Community, and Policy Arenas
  • Social Welfare Policies and Services II
Undergraduate
  • Social Welfare in the United States: Current Programs
  • Social Welfare in the U.S.
High School
  • PATHWAYS:
    Fairfield Local High School
    Leesburg, Ohio
Guest Teaching and Lectures
  • Extension and Community Communication
    The Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute
  • From Research to Practice: Uplifting People and Strengthening Communities through Data and Intentional Engagement
    Robert J. O’Leary SPARK Series at The Ohio State University
  • Engaging with Urban Youth & Communities: Canton, Cleveland, Columbus, and Oberlin
    AmeriCorps Vista
  • Myth Busting the Rural/Urban Divide in Ohio
    PBS & NPR: American Portrait
  • Engaging with Economically Diverse Communities
    The Ohio State University College of Social Work
  • Introduction to Social Work in Contemporary Society
    The Ohio State University

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