Dr. Lassiter is the Senior Director of Lifelong Learning and Doctor of Ministry at Meadville Lombard Theological School. Her book Recognizing Other Subjects: Feminist Pastoral Theology and the Challenge of Identity identifies interpersonal, structural, and theological barriers to advancing care and justice and strategies for personal and social transformation. She holds a Ph.D. in Religion, Psychology, and Culture from Vanderbilt University where she was a fellow in the Program for Theology and Practice. She is also a yoga and meditation instructor and an avid outdoorswoman.