Priscilla Hayner has received degrees from Earlham College and the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.
[2] Hayner has worked as a consultant at the Ford Foundation and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
She also served as a program officer for the Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation, where she focused on international human rights and global security.
She directed this organization’s work on Sierra Leone, Peru, Ghana, and a number of other countries.
She has further shared her expertise on multiple broadcasts, including BBC Northern Ireland Radio, BBC World Service, NPR, SABC in South Africa, and STAR Radio and UNMIL Radio in Liberia.