Jensen was Church Historian and Recorder from 2005 to 2012, and executive director of the Church History Department from 2004 to 2012. In these roles and as a church official, Jensen has spoken at General Conference, BYU Women's Conference (1998), BYU Family History and Genealogy Conference (2006), Northern Utah Family History Conference (2006), Yale's American Society of Church History (2007), and the Mormon History Association Conference (2005 and 2007). Jensen has also notably attended various conferences, including the Library of Congress' "Worlds of Joseph Smith" Symposium (2005) and UVSC's Mormon Studies Conference (2008).