Who is Dr. Jenn?

Jennifer "Dr. Jenn" Gunsaullus, Ph.D., is a sociologist who works as a relationship and intimacy counselor. She specializes in helping women and couples deepen intimacy, strengthen communication, and improve trust and self-expression. Dr. Jenn got her start in the sex and relationship field 16 years ago as a sexual health peer educator in her home state of Pennsylvania. She now merges her practical training in sexual health and academic training in sociology with her passion for holistic health and mind/body/spirit perspectives.

Dr. Jenn is a frequent lecturer on relationship and intimacy topics around San Diego. From wine bars to yoga studies, college classrooms to senior centers, and the LGBT community center to Mensa gatherings, Dr. Jenn offers unique and powerful presentations on healthy communication and fulfilling intimacy. She also writes periodically for local publications on these topics. In addition, she is the co-facilitator of the Del Mar chapter of Good Ol’ Gals and runs an empowerment group called Professional Women in Holistic Health.

She has been actively involved for many years with Eve Ensler's play The Vagina Monologues as an actor and director, and has over 100 episodes of her video podcast show about female sexuality called In The Den with Dr. Jenn. Her latest foray into multimedia education and entertainment is the new video series called Cooking Up Seduction: Where the Culinary Arts Meet the Erotic Arts.

What is In the Den with Dr. Jenn?

In the Den with Dr. Jenn is a video podcast show, hosted by Jennifer Gunsaullus, PhD, which challenges the status quo and boldly discusses sexuality outside the box. Although the show is no longer producing new episodes, the existing 104 sessions are available for free through this website and iTunes (the first 52 shows are only available through iTunes - just search for "In the Den with Dr. Jenn"). Dr. Jenn tackles the tough questions you have, and the questions you didn’t even know you had, through merging the physical, mental, emotional, social, spiritual, and political. The commentary and analysis will challenge you; the quirky creator and host, with a penchant for costumes and sexual fun facts, will keep you coming back for more. In the Den with Dr. Jenn is a delicious blend of contradictions – light and challenging, smart and silly, enlightening and playful. This isn’t your typical sexuality education for adults…trust us, it’s worth the journey.

Dr. Jenn's Educational Background

Ph.D., Sociology, 2006
State University of New York at Albany
Dissertation Title: The “Condom Lady” Speaks – Female Sexuality Discourses
and HIV Prevention in Community-Based Organizations

Summer Institute on Sexuality, Society, and Health, 2001
San Francisco State University

Bachelor of Arts, Social Relations, 1995
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Phi Beta Kappa, Highest Honors, Departmental Honors