He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Family Social Science at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Carroll is a nationally-recognized researcher and educator in the areas of marital intimacy, marriage readiness among young adults, the effectiveness of marriage education, and modern threats to marriage (such as pornography, delayed age at marriage, materialism, and premarital sexuality). Most recently, Dr. Carroll coauthored the study Knot Yet: The Benefits and Costs of Delayed Marriage in America with Kay Hymowitz, W. Bradford Wilcox, and Kelleen Kaye. Dr. Carroll’s work has been featured in the Economist, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Psychology Today Magazine, National Public Radio, GQ Magazine, Elle Magazine, Focus on the Family, and other popular media and news outlets. Read more