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Dr. Logan Levkoff specializes in uncomfortable conversations. An internationally recognized expert on sexuality and relationships, she encourages honest conversation about sexuality and the role it plays in our culture. She speaks on a wide range of issues, including sexual health and sexuality education, parenting, combatting antisemitism in school settings, trends in sexuality, deconstructing double standards, relationship hurdles and intimacy, consent, and the role of sexuality and representation (or lack thereof) in pop culture, business, and politics.

For two decades, Logan has been teaching, designing, and implementing sexuality education programs, faculty development, and parent education in many secular and religious independent and public schools, universities, medical schools, community groups, and networking organizations, including YPO/WPO. Logan’s expertise with teens and parents has been profiled in numerous publications, including The New York Times. She has also worked on projects for Dove, Merck, Pfizer, and other companies in the beauty, health, and wellness space. Logan’s work has been recognized by Jewish Women International; she was a 2018 Woman to Watch. Logan is also the co-director of the Modern Sexuality Training Institute, the educator arm of Modern Sex Therapy Institute. While Logan’s platform began with her work in the sexuality space, she has proudly expanded her platform to proud Zionist activism and combatting antisemitism. She is a member of the first cohort of The Tel Aviv Institute’s “Jews Talk Justice” Lab and was named one of the Top 50 Pro-Israel Influencers in 2021 and 2023.

As a thought leader in her field, Logan frequently appears on television including Good Morning America, The Today Show, The Rachael Ray Show, The CBS Early Show, Oprah, Fox News Channel, and CNN. She was also the host of CafeMom’s show, Mom Ed: In the Bedroom and was the sexuality expert for the first three seasons of the breakout hit for A&E/FYI, Married at First Sight.

Logan is a trusted source for numerous publications and has penned sexual health and relationship columns for many of them. Logan has written for The Huffington Post, Medium, and Nurx. She was also a member of the faculty at the University of Michigan Sexual Health Certificate Program, where she spent five years teaching postgraduate cohorts pursuing the sexuality education track.

Logan is the author of two parenting books: Got Teens? The Doctor Moms’ Guide to Sexuality, Social Media, and Other Adolescent Realities with Dr. Jennifer Wider (Seal Press, 2014) and Third Base Ain't What it Used to Be: What Your Kids are Learning About Sex Today and How to Teach Them to Become Sexually Healthy Adults (Open Road Media, May 2012). Both of these works help parents to understand the role sexuality plays in their children’s lives and empowers them to become better at-home sexuality educators. Logan is also a contributor to ToughLove: Eighteen Top Experts Share Proven Strategies for Raising Confident, Kind, Resilient Kids. (Simon & Schuster, 2016). She also penned the digital guide, How to Get Your Wife to Have Sex with You (Good in Bed Publications, 2010).

Logan is the Chairperson and co-founder of the Caravan for Democracy Student Leadership Mission to Israel, a program for non-Jewish student leaders on college campuses. She sits on the NYC Board of Jewish National Fund USA, the Board of Trustees of Temple Israel of NYC, and the Board of Jewish Women International. She was also a founding member of the Trojan Sexual Health Advisory Council, the SheKnows Media Board of Advisors, and a member of the National Coalition for Sexual Health. Logan received her Ph.D. in Human Sexuality, Marriage, and Family Life Education from New York University and an M.S. in Human Sexuality Education and a B.A. in English from the University of Pennsylvania. She lives in New York City with her husband, son, and daughter.