Jason Carroll: The Laws of Love as Taught by Jesus Christ

An address given by Jason Carroll, BYU Wheatley Institute, delivered February 13, 2024, at the Conference Center Theater.Jason S. Carroll is an internationally recognized expert on flourishing marriages and readiness for marriage among young adults. In 2014, Dr. Carroll received the Distinguished Mid-Career Achievement Award for distinguished scientific achievement by the International Association for Relationship Research (IARR). He currently serves as the Director of the Family Initiative at the Wheatley Institute at Brigham Young University, where he is responsible for engaging students, scholars, thought leaders, and the public in research-supported work that fortifies the core institution of the family in society. He has also been a faculty member in BYU’s School of Family for the last 22 years. Brother Carroll grew up at the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon in Salt Lake City, Utah, before attending Brigham Young University for his undergraduate education. After also completing a master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy at BYU, he later earned his doctorate degree in Family Social Science at the University of Minnesota.Brother Carroll served a mission in the Chile, Viña del Mar mission and has since served in many capacities in the Church, including ward mission leader, bishopric counselor, stake high counselor, stake Sunday school president, and bishop. He is currently a youth Sunday School teacher in his ward.He and his wife Stefani live in Draper, Utah, and are the blessed parents of five children and two grandchildren.