Speaker Profile

Marc A. Brackett, PhD

Founding Director, Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence; Professor, Child Study Center, Yale University; Co-Creator, The RULER Approach to Social and Emotional Learning, Host, “Dealing With Feelings” Podcast; Developer, How We Feel App; Author, Dealing with Feeling: Use Your Emotions to Create the Life You Want (2025), Permission to Feel: Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Help Our Kids, Ourselves, and Our Society Thrive (2019); Co-Author, “Why Emotion Regulation Is the Skill Every School and District Leader Needs Now” (2026, District Management), “The Role of Educators in School-Based Social and Emotional Learning” (2025, Social and Emotional Learning: Research, Practice and Policy), and “Emotionally Intelligent School Leadership Predicts Educator Well-Being Before and During a Crisis” (2024, Frontiers in Psychology)

Marc A.Brackett, PhD

Upcoming Talks

Teaching Social Brains
Applying Brain Science to Improve Social Skills, Belonging, Behavior, Regulation, and Learning
The Fairmont Atop Nob Hill, San Francisco, CA
February 12-14, 2027

Past Talks

Teaching Emotional Brains
Strategies for Student Behavior, Resilience, Regulation, Trauma, and EQ in Challenging Times
Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA or Virtually via Zoom
November 22-24, 2024
Social-Emotional Brains in Schools
Raising Resilience, Restoring Relationships,
and Rebuilding Self-Regulation During COVID-19
Virtual Conference
November 07-08, 2020
Schooling Social Brains
Promoting Social Skills, Interactions,
and Collaborations in a Digital Age
The Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, New York, NY
May 03-05, 2019