Marc+Brackett-+bio

[|Resources for Teachers](Mood Meter, Powerpoints) Marc Brackett, Ph.D., is a Research Scientist in the Department of Psychology at Yale University. He also is Deputy Director of Yale’s Health, Emotion, and Behavior Laboratory and Head of the Emotional Intelligence Unit in the Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy.

Dr. Brackett is the author, co-author, or editor of more than four dozen scholarly publications, including four educational curricula. His current research focuses on measuring emotional intelligence; links between emotional intelligence and relationship quality, well-being, and academic/work performance; and testing whether emotion-based skills training can improve people’s personal and professional lives. Most recently, Dr. Brackett (with colleague, Dr. Susan Rivers) developed the RULER model of emotional literacy. This model posits that teaching children and adults the skills associated with Recognizing, Understanding, Labeling, Expressing, and Regulating emotions contributes to positive development.

Dr. Brackett has been the principal investigator on many grant-funded projects which have examined the short- and long-term effects of emotional literacy training in school children. Most recently he received a grant for $1.8 million to test the effectiveness of his programs in changing the culture of schools and classrooms in 80 schools in the Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens, NY. Much of his research is being extended to different cultures, including England, Spain, and Japan./ /He works regularly with school systems and corporations to assess and train students and educators, and delivers keynote addresses, seminars, and workshops throughout the world. Over the last decade he has trained thousands of teachers and administrators, with the goal of creating /Emotionally Literate School Districts/. He also holds a 5th degree black belt in Hapkido, a Korean martial art.