Dr. Brené Brown – on Fostering Trusted Influence

Dr. Brene Brown

Dr. Brené Brown is a professor and vulnerability researcher at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. Since vulnerability is at the center of many thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, her research topics cover a broad range of emotions and experiences, including shame, courage, and authenticity. Dr. Brown spent the first five years of her decade-long study focusing on shame and fear and is now using that work to explore a concept that she calls “Wholeheartedness“.

Dr. Brown has won numerous teaching awards, including the College’s Outstanding Faculty Award. In 2008, she was named Behavioral Health Scholar-in-Residence at the Council on Alcohol and Drugs in Houston. Her work has been featured on PBS, NPR, and the Oprah and Friends Radio Network, and her articles have appeared in Self, Elle, and many national newspapers. She is also a frequent guest on radio shows across the U.S. and has given two TED talks on her vulnerability research.