Carole M. Cusack kawm tiav hauv University of Sydney nrog rau Bachelor of Arts (ob chav Honors nyob rau hauv kev cai dab qhuas Studies thiab lus Askiv Literature) nyob rau hauv 1986. Nws kawm tiav ib tug kws kho mob nyob rau hauv lub Kws qhia ntawv ntawm Arts, nrog ib tug thesis muaj npe 'Ib qho kev ntsuam xyuas ntawm tus txheej txheem ntawm hloov dua siab tshiab ntawm cov Germanic neeg nyob rau hauv lig Antiquity thiab lub Early Middle Ages' ( luam tawm raws li Kev Hloov Pauv Ntawm Cov Neeg Germanic, Cassell, 1998) ntawm University of Sydney, kawm tiav xyoo 1996. Nyob rau tib lub xyoo nws tau raug xaiv los ua ib tug neeg ua haujlwm puv sijhawm ntawm Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ntseeg hauv Kev Ntseeg. Nws kawm tiav hauv 2001 nrog Master of Education (Educational Psychology) degree. Nws tau txais ib tug Kws Qhia Ntawv Zoo Tshaj Plaws hauv Kev Qhia Ntawv (2004), Tsev Kawm Qib Siab ntawm Tib Neeg thiab Kev Tshawb Fawb Txog Kev Tshawb Fawb Zoo Tshaj Plaws hauv Kev Tshawb Fawb Kev Tshawb Fawb (2006), thiab Tus Lwm Thawj Saib Xyuas Kev Kawm Txuj Ci rau Kev Tshawb Fawb Kev Tshawb Fawb Qib Siab (2010).
Nws tau ua haujlwm rau Kws qhia ntawv ntawm Arts thiab Social Sciences (FASS hauv ntau lub luag haujlwm laus, suav nrog Degree Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Bachelor of Arts, Associate Dean (Undergraduate), Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Kev Txhawb Kev Kawm thiab Kev Txhim Kho, thiab Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Kawm hauv Nyob rau hauv 2013-2014 nws yog Pro-Dean (Kev Qhia thiab Kev Kawm) hauv FASS. Nws yog Editor (nrog Dr. Christopher Hartney, University of Sydney) ntawm Phau Tsom Faj Keeb Kwm Kev Ntseeg (Wiley) los ntawm 2007-2015, thiab tau tsim Editor (nrog rau Xib Fwb Liselotte Frisk, Dalarna University, Sweden) ntawm International Journal for the Study of New Religions (Equinox) los ntawm 2010-2013. Nws ua hauj lwm nyob rau hauv Editorial Boards ntawm cov phau ntawv Journal International rau Kev Kawm ntawm Kev Ntseeg Tshiab (cov phau ntawv journal ntawm Lub Koom Haum Thoob Ntiaj Teb rau Kev Kawm Txog Kev Ntseeg Tshiab), Phau ntawv Journal rau Kev Kawm Kev Ntseeg (cov ntawv xov xwm ntawm Lub Koom Haum rau Kev Kawm Kev Ntseeg nyob rau yav qab teb Africa), Atlantis (cov ntawv xov xwm ntawm Spanish Association of Anglo-American Stud ies), Pomegranate: Phau Ntawv Xov Xwm Thoob Ntiaj Teb ntawm Pagan Studies (Equinox), Lwm Txoj Kev Ntseeg thiab Kev Ntseeg Kev Ntsuam Xyuas (Kev Tshaj Tawm Kev Kawm), thiab ob peb lwm phau ntawv xov xwm.
Los ntawm 1 Lub Ib Hlis 2016 nws yog Tus Kws Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij & Kev Zoo Nkauj (cov ntawv xov xwm ntawm Sydney Society of Literature thiab Aesthetics) thiab Co-Editor (nrog Rachelle Scott, University of Tennessee ntawm Knoxville) ntawm Fieldwork in Religion (tshaj tawm los ntawm Equinox). Nws yog Co-Series Editor (nrog James R. Lewis) ntawm Brill Handbooks of Contemporary Religions series thiab ua haujlwm rau ntawm Cov Thawj Coj ntawm Sophia Monograph Series (Springer), Phau Ntawv Teev Npe Dawb Huv thiab Secular (Palgrave Macmillan), Oxford Studies hauv Western Esotericism (Oxford University Press), thiab ISSNR Txoj Haujlwm rau Kev Ntseeg Tshiab (Palgrave Macmillan).
Nws yog xibfwb ntawm Kev Ntseeg Kev Ntseeg ntawm University of Sydney, tus Thawj Coj Tus Kheej uas nws tau raug xaiv tsa thaum Lub Ib Hlis 2013. Nws qhov kev tshawb fawb muaj xws li kev ntseeg medieval, New Age studies, European mythology, kev ntseeg hloov dua siab tshiab, kev ntseeg thiab xov xwm tshiab, Pagan Studies, pilgrimage thiab tourism, kev ua khawv koob thiab khawv koob, kev cai dab qhuas tshiab, niaj hnub Christianity thiab pej xeem kev ntseeg.