She also oversees the undergraduate curriculum in statistics. She has authored many published articles on binary classification, sampling, and application of statistical methodologies for problem solving, as well as several textbook manuals for Excel, SPSS, SAS and Minitab. Prior to receiving a PhD in decision sciences from Georgia State University in Atlanta, Priestley worked in the financial services industry for 11 years. She held the title of VP of Business Development for both VISA EU in London and for MasterCard International. She also held positions with AT&T Universal Card and Andersen Consulting.