Marc Brackett, Ph.D.

Associate Research Scientist and Associate Director,
Health, Emotions, & Behavior Laboratory, Psychology
Director, Zigler Center Emotional Intelligence Unit

Email:
marc.brackett@yale.edu

URL:
Emotionally Intelligence Schools
HEB Lab
Yale Psychology Department

Marc Brackett directs the Zigler Center’s Emotional Intelligence Unit. His research focuses on (a) the measurement of emotional intelligence (defined as a set of skills pertaining to the perception, use, understanding, and management of emotion) in children and adults, (b) links between emotional intelligence and the quality of interpersonal relationships, well being, and other important life outcomes, (c) the relationship between self-rated emotion skills and actual skills, and (d) testing whether emotion-based skills training can improve personal lives and academic/work performance. Much of this research is being extended to different cultures. Brackett is the author, co-author, or editor of more than three-dozen scholarly publications, including three educational curricula: Emotional Literacy in the Middle School, Emotional Literacy in the Elementary School, and the Emotionally Intelligent Teacher. He also is the principal investigator on two projects examining the short- and long-term effects of emotional literacy training in school children.  He regularly works with school systems and corporations in the areas of assessment, training, and leadership development.

Select Publications

Brackett, M.A., & Rivers, S. E. (in press). What is emotional literacy? In M.A. Brackett, J. P. Kremenitzer with M. Maurer, M. Carpenter, S. Rivers, & N. Katulak (Eds.), Emotional literacy in the elementary school. Portchester, NY: National Professional Resources.

Brackett, M.A., & Katulak, N. (in press). The emotionally intelligent classroom: Skill-based training for teachers and students. In J. Ciarrochi & J. D. Mayer (Eds.), Improving emotional intelligence: A practitioners guide. New York: Psychology Press/Taylor & Francis.

Brackett, M. A., & Kremenitzer, J. P., with Maurer, M., & Carpenter, M., Rivers, S. E., & Katulak, N. (Eds.). (in press). Emotional literacy in the elementary school. Portchester, New York: National Professional Resources.

Dunn, E., Brackett, M. A., Ashton-James, C., & Schneiderman, E., & Salovey, P. (in press). Emotionally intelligent time travel: Individual differences in affective forecasting ability. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

Brackett, M. A., Rivers, S., Shiffman, S., Lerner, N., & Salovey, P. (2006). Relating emotional abilities to social functioning: A comparison of performance and self-report measures of emotional intelligence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91, 780-795.

Gil-Olarte, P., Palomera, R., & Brackett, M. A. (2006). Emotional intelligence, social competence, and academic success among high school students, Psichothema, 18, 118-123.

Lopes, P. N., Brackett, M. A., Nezlek, J. B., Schutz, A., & Sellin, I., & Salovey, P. (2004). Emotional intelligence and social interaction, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30, 1018-1034.

Brackett, M. A., Mayer, J. D., & Warner, R. M. (2004). Emotional intelligence and its relation to everyday behaviour.Personality and Individual Differences, 36, 1387-1402.

Brackett, M. A., & Mayer, J. D. (2003). Convergent, discriminant, and incremental validity of competing measures of emotional intelligence. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 1147-1158.

• Award for Excellence in Research, MENSA Education and Research Foundation. Reprinted in MENSA Research Journal, 35, 21-32.

Maurer, M., & Brackett, M. A., & Plain, F. (2004). Emotional literacy in the middle school: A six-step program to promote social, emotional, and academic learning. Portchester, New York: National Professional Resources.