Connie Anthony's expertise is in international relations and comparative development with a focus on the developing world. She has written on the politics of international aid, technology transfer, refugees, intervention, and resource development. She has worked in social constructivist and political economy literatures. She teaches courses and the Political Economy of Africa, North-South Relations, American Foreign Policy, and the Politics of Development. Her writing and research has focused on comparative history and analysis of development in Africa so that failed states and human rights violations are seen as part of a larger global picture.