Marc Brackett

Marc Brackett, Ph.D., is the founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and a professor in the Child Study Center at Yale University.

He is the author of two bestselling books—Permission to Feel, which has been translated into 32 languages, and, most recently, Dealing with Feeling, which also serves as the title of his podcast featuring conversations with leading scientists, authors, musicians, and cultural influencers. Marc is the lead developer of RULER, an evidence-based framework for cultivating emotional intelligence that has been adopted by more than 5,000 schools worldwide. He has authored over 200 scholarly publications, and his research has been featured in The New York Times, Good Morning America, TIME, and TODAY. Marchas headlined more than 700 conferences, advises Fortune 500 companies on building emotionally intelligent workplace cultures, and is the co-creator of the award-winning How We Feel app, a tool helping millions improve their well-being. Marc also the producer of the acclaimed documentary film, America Unfiltered: Portraits and Voices of a Nation.