Berry, Georgia, specializing in print media and digital media. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the School of Journalism & Mass Communication in June 2003. In May 2003, Carroll was named the School of Journalism & Mass Communication's outstanding Ph.D. student. Carroll also is an adjunct professor at UNC and an e-business editor for and consultant to the trade newspaper Furniture/Today, a subsidiary of Reed Elsevier and the furniture industry's leading trade publication. His research interests include communication technology; law and policy; media convergence; online community; the black press; and baseball.