Leah Brookner Expert in Adoption and Attachment Theory Social Work Office Phone 503-725-5067 Email brookner@pdx.edu Professor of Practice, School of Social Work Dr. Leah Brookner has expertise in working with adoptive families and their children, with a special interest in transracial adoptees, children impacted by trauma, and special needs adoption. Education Ph.D., Social Work and Social Research, Portland State University, 2018 M.S.W., Portland State University, 2006 M.A., Clinical Psychology, Columbia University, 2003