Media & Press Kit
Everything you need to book Jenny Skoog for interviews, speaking engagements, and collaborations.
Quick Facts
📍 Location: New York City
🎓 Education: MA Biography & Memoir (CUNY Graduate Center), BA English/Creative Writing & Black Studies (City College)
🏆 Recognition: Emmy nomination, Dean's Merit Scholar, Wilfred A. Cartey Award for excellence in Black Studies
📻 Audio: "The Silence Between Hello" reached 27,000 downloads in first week
💪 Expertise: 20+ years as master personal trainer in pre/postnatal, doula, childbirth educator, peri/menopause
🎙️ Podcasts: Producer (Biographers International Organization), Co-founder (Ink Slingers Podcast)
Speaking Topics
✨ Religious Trauma & Family Healing
✨ Post-Fundamentalist Identity & Recovery
✨ Audio Storytelling & Memoir
✨ Reproductive Justice & Embodied Knowledge
✨ Academic Research as Public Scholarship
✨ Building Scholarly Communities
✨ Whiteness Studies & Critical Race Theory
✨ Scandinavian-American Religious Communities
Media Availability
📺 Television - Emmy-nominated on-camera experience
📻 Radio/Podcast - Experienced podcast producer and guest
📝 Print/Digital - Academic and popular writing background
🎤 Speaking - Academic conferences, community events, workshops
💻 Virtual Events - Webinars, online panels, remote interviews
Bio
Jenny Skoog Mondesir is an Emmy-nominated television personality, podcast producer, and scholar whose work bridges academic research with public storytelling. A distinguished CUNY alumna who graduated summa cum laude and received the Wilfred A. Cartey Award for excellence in Black Studies, she earned her MA in Biography and Memoir as a Dean's Merit Scholar. Her audio memoir "The Silence Between Hello" reached 27,000 downloads in its first week, exploring how love transcends religious and ideological boundaries. As producer for Biographers International Organization and co-founder of Ink Slingers Podcast, she creates platforms where complicated family stories can be heard and honored.
Media Appearances
“Leaving Laestadianism, Finding Her Voice: A Daughter’s Journey Through Love and Loss,” Tamara Horton, Dassel-Cokato Enterprise/Dispatch (July 2025)
Grief & Happiness Podcast with Emily Threatt (August 2025)
Good Grief Podcast (Fall 2025)
Audio Sample
Technical Specifications
For Virtual Events/Interviews:
Professional USB microphone (Audio-Technica AT2005-USB)
Reliable high-speed internet
Quiet, well-lit home studio setup
Available for recordings: Most weekday afternoons
Time zone: Eastern