Background
Carroll, Robert Paris was born on March 11, 1886 in near Ringgold, Georgia, United States. Son of Thompson Benjamin and Sarah Christian Tennessee (Paris) Carroll.
Carroll, Robert Paris was born on March 11, 1886 in near Ringgold, Georgia, United States. Son of Thompson Benjamin and Sarah Christian Tennessee (Paris) Carroll.
Student of University of Chattanooga, 1900-1910, Emory and Henry Academy, 1910-1911. Bachelor of Arts, Emory and Henry College, 1914. Student Virginia Polytechnic Institute and University of Virginia, 1917, Toulouse University, France, 1919.
Master of Arts, Teachers College, Columbia, 920, student summer 1921, 1921-1922, Doctor of Philosophy, 1927.
Teacher, public schools, Georgia, 1905-1910, Virginia, 1911-1912, 1914-1918. Head of department psychology and education, Sullins College, Bristol, Virginia, 1920-1921, Emory and Henry College and Martha Washington College, 1922-1923. Instructor in psychology, Teachers College, Syracuse University, 1923-1924, associate professor 1924-1932.
Teacher of education and psychology, College William and Mary, summer 1920, University of Tennessee, summers, 1928, 31, U. Maryland, summer, 1932.
Field service, teacher training extension, Pennsylvania State College, September since 1932. Director Institute of Research in Edition and Character, since 1929.
Served as First lieutenant and chaplain 79th Division, 304th Field Hospital, United States of America, 1918-1919. Law Preservation Party candidate for government of New York, 1930. Member National Education Association, American Psychological Association, American Association University professors, Phi Delta Kappa, Kappa Phi Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi.
Club: Rotary.
Married Ruby Sinclair Houghton, August 12, 1914. Children: Raymond Edward, Sarah Katherine, Ruth Elizabeth.