Mark Regnerus is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Texas at Austin and a faculty associate at the university's Population Research Center. He considers himself a student of the sociology of family, sexual behavior, and religion. His 2011 book "Premarital Sex in America" has already been cited and discussed in a variety of media outlets, including the New York Times, CNN, Salon, Macleans, The Guardian, Austin American-Statesman, TresSugar, Time, The Daily Mail, the Washington Times, the Daily Caller, Christianity Today, Psychology Today, Fox7Austin, The New Republic, Commentary, and the Agenda with Steve Paikin. His op-ed on marital timing was featured in the Washington Post in April 2009, and one on the low price of sex appeared in Slate in February 2011.