2025 Featured Speakers
Actionable Insights from Emotion Science Experts
On any given day, our emotional experiences take us from one quadrant of the Mood Meter to the next. Having an understanding of emotions and dealing with feelings is the journey of a lifetime. This year, experts in psychology and neuroscience will guide us through strategies to boost self-management and decode common misconceptions about how unpleasant emotions, like anxiety, can be used to our advantage.
Let’s create learning environments where preK-12 leaders, teachers, and students can deal with feelings, achieve greater well-being, and reach their goals.
Meet the Speakers
Marc Brackett, Ph.D.
Founding Director, Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence
Professor at the Yale Child Study Center
Marc Brackett, Ph.D. is a renowned emotional intelligence researcher, bestselling author, and the visionary behind RULER. Dr. Brackett is a founding member of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence with former Yale President Peter Salovey. As a professor at Yale’s Child Study Center, he focuses on emotion skills and aims to create emotionally intelligent schools, families, and workplaces.
His book, Permission to Feel, has inspired teachers and leaders worldwide. It encourages them to use emotional intelligence for well-being, learning, and strong communities. At this year’s conference, Dr. Brackett will show attendees the latest in emotion science and share practical ways to use RULER effectively. His forthcoming book, Dealing with Feeling, will be released in September 2025.
🌐 Visit his website: MarcBrackett.com
Tracy Dennis-Tiwary, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist | Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Tracy Dennis-Tiwary as our 2025 keynote speaker. A trailblazer in the psychology of emotion, Dr. Dennis-Tiwary is known for her compelling insights into how anxiety and emotional discomfort can be transformed into opportunities for growth, connection, and purpose.
In her acclaimed book Future Tense, she challenges our cultural assumptions about anxiety and shares evidence-based strategies to help young people—and the adults who support them—embrace emotional challenges as allies in well-being and learning.
🎥 Watch Dr. Tracy on the Dealing with Feelings podcast with Dr. Brackett:
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🌐 Visit her website: TracyDennisTiwary.com
