Professor Cashin teaches and writes about politics, government and the urban poor. She is currently writing a book about race and class segregation in America. Prior to joining the faculty, Professor Cashin was the Staff Director for the Community Empowerment Board in the Office of the Vice President at the White House. She developed and oversaw policies to support comprehensive community-based revitalization strategies in distressed urban and rural communities. Previously, Professor Cashin was the Director of Community Development for the National Economic Council at the White House, where she managed interagency policy development processes for urban policy and community development initiatives. Professor Cashin also worked as an Associate Counsel for the Office of Transition Counsel and as an associate at Sirote & Permutt, P.C. Professor Cashin was law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and Judge Abner Mikva of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.