My name is Jennie and this is my life: I'm married to my soulmate, I have beautiful newborn twins, I spend my days (and many nights) working towards a doctoral degree in Interpersonal Communication, my mom is my best friend, I'm passionate about many things, I try not to take myself (or life) too seriously, I strongly believe that good social scientific research should improve the lives of others and should be accessible to the masses (like through my blog), I highly enjoy sarcasm, and I absolutely love teaching college courses at Purdue University.

I love love. I love learning about love, I love teaching about love, and I love writing about love. Hell, I love being in love too. But most of all, I love conducting research about love so that I can discover ways that individuals can maintain or enhance their own love. My broad research interests include communication theory, communication skill training and development, and relationship maintenance behaviors. Much of my current research focuses around the actual skills needed to effectively communicate about sex in romantic relationships. In fact, my dissertation focuses on developing and testing a sexual coaching skill training program.

This is me in a nutshell.

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