She specializes in U.S. foreign policy history, intellectual history, and science and technology studies. Her first book, Armed with Expertise: The Militarization of American Social Research during the Cold War (Cornell 2013), investigates the Cold War origins and contemporary consequences of military funding for social science and foreign policy research. Her current research examines the impact computer technologies have had on social science and policy analysis in the United States. Rohde earned a PhD in history and sociology of science from the University of Pennsylvania.