Prof.  W. Bradford Wilcox is Director of the National Marriage Project and serves as an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia. He is also a member of the James Madison Society at Princeton University. Mr. Wilcox’s research focuses on marriage, parenthood, cohabitation, and on the ways that gender, religion, and children influence the quality and stability of American marriages and family life. He has published articles on marriage, cohabitation, parenting, and fatherhood. Mr. Wilcox received the Best Graduate Paper Award and the Best Article Award from the American Sociological Association Religion Section for his research.