Connie has focused on the intersections of computing and democratic life, whether dissertating in German history, developing International Space Station software, or working on projects like NewsFrames at Global Voices (newsframes.globalvoices.org), the New Orleans Research Collaborative (nolaresearch.org), ELMO (election, human rights, and health monitoring at getelmo.org) and most recently serving as Research Community Lead of the Credibility Coalition (credibilitycoalition.org). Connie has previously worked for The Carter Center, Emory University, and The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University.