James V. Cordova, PhD, is a Professor of Psychology and the Director of the Center for Couples and Family Research and the Marriage Checkup Program at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. He is the developer of the Marriage Checkup, a motivational interviewing approach to the promotion of marital health. He has completed work as the Principal Investigator of a one million dollar National Institute of Health grant investigating the efficacy of his Marriage Checkup as the marital health equivalent of the annual physical health checkup. Professor Cordova is currently co-investigator with Dr. Kristi Coop Gordon on a $2.3 million dollar grant from the Administration of Children and Families to disseminate the Marriage Checkup in primary care settings serving low-income couples. His work has been covered extensively in the popular media including The New York Times Science section, The Washington Post, CNN, The Rachael Ray Show, and Good Morning America.