Diana Lynn Hayes (born 1947[1]) is an African-American Catholic theologian specializing in womanism and Black theology.
[2] Hayes did undergraduate study at the University at Buffalo before gaining a Juris Doctor degree at George Washington University National Law Center.
She gained a baccalaureate degree and a licentiate in sacred theology from the Catholic University of America,[2] writing a dissertation on the theology of James H.
[3] She went on to gain a doctoral degree in religious studies, and a pontifical doctorate at KU Leuven,[2] where she wrote a dissertation on liberation theology.
[4] In addition to teaching at Georgetown University, Hayes has also served on the faculty of the Oblate School of Theology and Xavier University of Louisiana's Institute for Black Catholic Studies.