Marc Brackett, Ph.D., is Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, Senior Research Scientist in Psychology, and Faculty Fellow in the Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy at Yale University. Dr. Brackett is the author or co-author of over 100 scholarly publications and the developer of The RULER Approach to Social and Emotional Learning (RULER)—a CASEL SELect program that has reached over 500,000 students in hundreds of schools throughout the world. RULER develops emotional intelligence skills in kindergarten through high school students as well as school leaders, teachers, staff, and families. RULER has been shown to boost academic performance, decrease school problems, and enrich both classroom climates and teacher instructional practices.
