David M. Brodzinsky

David M. Brodzinsky, Ph.D., is a developmental, clinical, and forensic psychologist and Professor Emeritus of Clinical and Developmental Psychology at Rutgers University. His research and professional writing focus on adoption, foster care, child development, family relationships, and the psychological experiences of adopted children. He has also maintained a clinical practice addressing the mental-health needs of adoption kinship members and served as a founding director of the Donaldson Adoption Institute.

Brodzinsky is the author, with Marshall D. Schechter, M.D., and Robin Marantz Henig, of Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self. His scholarly work includes more than 120 journal articles, book chapters, and policy briefs, as well as several books on adoption.