Masse teaches government, global studies, and francophone studies in the upper school at Isidore Newman School in New Orleans. He also served as a lecturer in comparative politics, international relations and African studies at Tulane University, LSU and UNO. He has served as a WACNO board member since 2023.

Masse holds a Ph.D. in political science from Boston University, and MA in political science from Northern Illinois University and an MA in English and African studies from Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, Senegal. Originally from Senegal, Masse is fluent in Wolof and French.