Haas var en av grundarna av och chef för Survey of California Indian Languages, i denna egenskap var hon rådgivare till nästan femtio avhandlingar, däribland till många lingvister som skulle bli inflytelserika inom området, såsom William Bright (karok), William Shipley (maidu), Robert Oswalt (kashaya), Karl Teeter (wiyot), Margaret Langdon (diegueño), Sally McLendon (eastern pomo), Victor Golla (hupa), Marc Okrand (mutsun), Kenneth Whistler (proto-wintun) William Jacobsen (washo) m. fl.
As a founder and director of the Survey of California Indian Languages, she advised nearly fifty dissertations, including those of many linguists who would go on to be influential in the field, including William Bright (Karok), William Shipley (Maidu), Robert Oswalt (Kashaya), Karl Teeter (Wiyot), Catherine Callahan (Penutian), Margaret Langdon (Diegueño), Sally McLendon (Eastern Pomo), Victor Golla (Hupa), Marc Okrand (Mutsun), Kenneth Whistler (Proto-Wintun), Douglas Parks (Pawnee and Arikara), William Jacobsen (Washo), and others.WikiMatrix WikiMatrix