Before Sewanee, Cassie worked on diversity, dialogue, and interfaith engagement in higher education. Cassie served in various roles at Interfaith Youth Core. She launched a national interfaith training program, led strategic planning consultations for campuses focused on religious diversity, directed multiple national conferences exploring interfaith topics in the college curriculum, and traveled the country and world speaking and training on religious diversity and interfaith engagement. Cassie has an MA in American Religious History from the University of Chicago and a BA in Religious Studies from Lawrence University. She has taught at Northwestern University, Princeton Theological Seminary, and the University of Chicago. She is a past contributing editor for the Journal of College and Character. Her recent writings include chapters in The Oxford Handbook on Religion and Peacebuilding, Teaching Interreligious Encounters, and Educating About Religious Diversity and Interfaith Engagement: A Handbook for Student Affairs.