Brené Brown

Casandra Brené Brown (born November 18, 1965) is an American professor, social worker, author, and podcast host. Brown is known for her work on shame, vulnerability, and leadership, and for her widely viewed 2010 TEDx talk. She has written six number-one New York Times bestselling books and hosted two podcasts on Spotify.

Brené Brown
Brown in 2012
Born
Casandra Brené Brown

(1965-11-18) November 18, 1965
San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Occupations
  • Clinical Social Worker
  • academic
  • public speaker
Spouse
Steve Alley
(m. 1994)
Academic background
Alma mater
  • University of Texas at Austin
  • University of Houston
ThesisAcompañar: A Grounded Theory of Developing, Maintaining and Assessing Relevance in Professional Helping (2002)
Academic work
DisciplineSocial work
InstitutionsUniversity of Houston
Websitebrenebrown.com

She appears in the 2019 documentary Brené Brown: The Call to Courage on Netflix. In 2022, HBO Max released a documentary series based on her book Atlas of the Heart.

Brown holds the Huffington Foundation's Brené Brown Endowed Chair at the University of Houston's Graduate College of Social Work and is a visiting professor in management at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin.

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