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Devon Brooks

Devon Brooks, M.S.W., Ph.D.

Dr. Brooks's areas of interest include public child welfare safety and policy, adoption, children's mental health, and child welfare innovations. He is currently principal or co-principal investigator of numerous federally and privately funded child welfare studies.

Positions

  • Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
  • Associate Professor, School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

 

Education

  • Ph.D., 2000, University of California, Berkeley, CA
  • M.S.W., 1993, University of California, Berkeley, CA

 

Relevant Publications

  • Wind, L. H., Brooks, D., & Barth, R. P. (under review). Adoption preparation: Differences between families of adoptees with and without special needs. Adoption Quarterly.
  • Marsenich, L., & Brooks, D. (under review). Evidence-based practice in mental health services for foster youth. Research on Social Work Practice.
  • Brooks, D., & James, S. (2003). Willingness to adopt Black foster children: Implications for child welfare policy and recruitment of transracial adoptive families. Children and Youth Services Review, 25, 463-489.
  • Frasch, K. M., & Brooks, D. (2003). Normative development in transracially adoptive families: An integration of the literature and implications for the construction of a theoretical framework. Families in Society, 84, 201-212.
  • Brooks, D., & Wind, L. (2002). Challenges implementing and evaluating child welfare demonstrations. Children and Youth Services Review, 24, 379-384.