Dr Rodman received her Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Florida, and her B.A. and M.A. at the University of Miami. She is an expert on Latin American immigrant communities, transnational migration, gender and ethnic relations, and Eastern Guatemala. She is a former Fulbright Scholar and has received support from the Andrew W. Mellon foundation. Dr Rodman serves as an expert witness for U.S. Federal immigration courts providing affidavits and testimony for Guatemalan migrants seeking political asylum. Dr Rodman has served as an expert witness on domestic violence, homosexual and transgender individuals (for all Central America), land tenure conflicts, and general political and social conditions. She serves as the immigration and refugee liaison for the Guatemalan Scholars Network.