Amazon and New York Times best-selling author and sex educator, Massachusetts, US

Areas of expertise

“My main mission in life is to spread knowledge that helps women live happily in their bodies.”

— Emily Nagoski, PhD

Career

Author, speaker, and educator, since 2016
Smith College – Director of wellness education, 2008–2016
West Chester University – Assistant coordinator for wellness programs and assistant director of the Women’s Center, 2007–2008
Indiana University – Health educator, 2005–2006
Trained Gottman Seven Principles educator, with extensive specialized training in bystander intervention, motivational interviewing, and cultural sensitivity
Designs, carries out, and assesses innovative, evidence-based interventions surrounding mental health promotion, positive body image, and prevention of alcohol abuse, sexual assault, and relational aggression

Education

Indiana University – PhD in health behavior with a concentration in human sexuality, 2006
Indiana University – Master of Science in counseling with a clinical internship at the Kinsey Institute Sexual Health Clinic, 2002
University of Delaware – Bachelor of Arts in psychology with minors in cognitive science and philosophy, 1998

Awards and achievements

Society for Sex Therapy and Research’s Consumer Book Award, 2017
GoodReads Choice Awards: Top 5 Science and Technology Books
Book Riot’s Best of 2015
Autostraddle’s Top 10 Queer and Feminist Books
Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington W.W. Patty Distinguished Alumni Award, 2019

Appearances and publications in other media

Simon & Schuster,

02 Jan 2015

Ebury Digital,

01 Feb 2019

Archives of Sexual Behavior, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 849–60.,

01 Aug 2012