Debby Herbenick

Dr. Debby Herbenick is the author of six bestselling books, a professor at the Indiana University School of Public Health, an award-winning sexuality educator and researcher, and a widely read sex columnist. She has appeared on numerous television shows, and her work has been highlighted in thousands of newspaper and magazine articles. Dr. Herbenick has published more than 190 scientific articles about sex and is the lead scientist behind the National Surveys of Sexual Health and Behavior, the largest nationally representative study of sex in America. 

Dr. Herbenick's books include: Because It Feels Good: A Woman's Guide to Sexual Pleasure and Satisfaction, Read My Lips: A Complete Guide to the Vagina and Vulva, Great in Bed, Sex Made Easy, and The Coregasm Workout. She is also the author of a children's book for all ages, "The I Love You More Book." 

For more than a decade, Dr. Herbenick wrote and hosted podcasts of the Kinsey Confidential column, a collaboration between the IU School of Public Health and The Kinsey Institute. Debby has a Ph.D. in Health Behavior from IU, a Master's degree in Public Health Education (also from IU), and a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Maryland, College Park. In addition, she is certified as a Sexuality Educator by the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT). Dr. Herbenick served as AASECT president from 2016-2018.

Dr. Herbenick is the founder of MySexProfessor.com, one of the first blogs about sex written by a scientist. She has taught undergraduate and graduate-level human sexuality classes and lectures on a wide range of sexuality and relationship topics. In addition, Debby has written regular sex columns for Men's Health magazine, Time Out Chicago magazine, Velocity, Cheeky Chicago, PsychologyToday.com, and WebMD, and she has also written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, Glamour, The Daily Beast, Tonic, and Gizmodo, among others. 

Dedicated to sharing science-based sex information with the general public, she has provided an expert opinion about sex and relationships for writers and producers of print and broadcast media, including Tiffany Cross' The Cross Connection, Katie, Tyra, The Doctors, the Today Show, Discovery Health, the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, LA Times, The Times (UK), The Guardian, The Atlantic, and every major women's and men's magazine including Men's Health, Women's Health, Cosmo, Glamour, Marie Clare, Elle, Men's Fitness, SELF, Shape, InStyle, and Playboy.

When she's not researching, writing about, or teaching about sex, Debby enjoys reading, traveling, and spending time with her family.