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
4) EMPOWERING MINDS & VALUES
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
Promoting Play ghj_amp Early Self-Regulation
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
Reducing Stress for Success
Virtual Conference
November 07-08, 2020
Schooling Social Brains
Promoting Social Skills, Interactions,
and Collaborations in a Digital Age
Keynote III (Option B):
The Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, New York, NY
May 03-05, 2019