Robert Rodman

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Robert Rodman
Robert Rodman

Robert Rodman is a notable writer and professor of computer science at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. He was born in Boston and educated in Los Angeles at UCLA where he worked closely with famed linguist Victoria Fromkin. He is perhaps best known for authoring the bestselling linguistics textbook An Introduction to Language, a text that has undergone eight editions and been translated into seven languages.

Rodman -- inspired in part by Paul Theroux's observation that "Fiction gives us a second chance that life denies us" -- has recently authored two well-received mystery novels. The protagonist of each, Dagny Taggart Jamison, is endowed with the strengths and sensibilities of Ayn Rand's original Dagny Taggart of Atlas Shrugged fame, but is colored to reflect the author's experiences as a rescuer of greyhounds, a lover of classical music and a drinker of fine wine.

Dr. Rodman is married to the former Helen Mary Krauss of St. Petersburg, Florida. He has two grown children -- Zachary and Emily -- two grand pianos, two dogs and four college degrees.

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