Sue's interests lie in economic and political geography although they spill over into many other areas, including development studies. Her research and writing address issues arising from contemporary economic and political restructuring. She has examined aspects of the changing geography of the international financial system and its regulation. Sue's research in this area is informed by political economy and has an empirical focus on offshore financial centers. Sue has also sought to contribute to critical geographical analyses of globalization dynamics and discourses, for example through considering how certain social groups are understood as being 'global'. Bringing feminist theoretical and conceptual approaches to bear on globalization has also been a concern for Sue. More explicitly connected to development studies, her current research includes a project on non- governmental organizations (NGOs) in transnational networks being conducted with colleagues John Paul Jones III (University of Arizona) and Oliver Frohling (Universidad de la Tierra, Oaxaca, Mexico) and funded by a $150,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (see the Research link and the Recent Publications links for more details).  

Sue teaches a range of courses from the introductory undergraduate level to graduate seminars and she enjoys advising students who share some of her intellectual interests (see the Teaching and Advising link for more details). Sue values interdisciplinary scholarship and is actively involved in the University of Kentucky Committee on Social Theory and the Women's Studies Program.

Based at the University of Kentucky since 1991, Sue has previously taught at what is now Anglia Polytechnic University in Great Britain. Her Ph.D. is from Syracuse University.