Susan Hayward

Susan Hayward joined USIP in August 2007 as a program officer in the Religion and Peacemaking Center of Innovation. She specializes in psychosocial religious dynamics in conflict; the role of religious leaders and communities in motivating violence and peace processes; and the development of conflict prevention, resolution and reconciliation programs specifically targeting the religious sector.

Prior to joining the Institute, Hayward worked as a short-term religious peacemaking program development consultant for the Academy of Educational Development in Colombo, Sri Lanka, as a fellow of the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. She has experience consulting on religious peacemaking in the Conflict Resolution Program at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Hayward has also conducted political asylum, refugee policy and human rights work in Minneapolis and Washington, D.C.

Hayward studied Buddhism in Nepal and is currently pursuing ministerial ordination in the United Church of Christ. At USIP, she works on projects in Colombia, Iraq and Sri Lanka.

Hayward holds a B.A. in comparative religions from Tufts University, a master’s degree in law and diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts and a master of divinity from Harvard Divinity School.

Publications:

• Engaging the Darfur Diaspora for Peace
  USIPeace Briefing, February 2008
• God Speaking: The Prophetic Imperative in Context (Harvard Divinity School, May 2007).

Available on usip.org:

• On the Issues: Burma