Background
DuBois, Joshua was born in 1982.
DuBois, Joshua was born in 1982.
Bachelor in Political Science, cum laude, Boston University, 2003. Master in Public Affairs, Princeton University Woodrow Wilson School Public & International Affairs, New Jersey, 2005.
In February 2013 he stepped down to write a book of devotionals based on the ones he sends Obama, start a consulting firm, and become the weekly religion and community solutions columnist for Newsweek and The Daily Beast. From there, he went on to Princeton University"s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, where he earned a master"s degree in public affairs in 2005. Meanwhile, he worked as an aide to Representative Rush Doctorate. Holt, Junior.
After watching Barack Obama"s speech to the 2004 Democratic National Convention on television, DuBois decided to work for Obama, then a candidate for the United States. Senate.
Eventually, Obama hired him as a Senate aide.
In 2008, DuBois was religious affairs director for the Obama presidential campaign. In the White House, DuBois managed President Obama"s fatherhood initiative, as well as the administration"s work on religion in foreign affairs
He also began the tradition of the White House Easter Prayer Breakfast. DuBois served as an informal spiritual advisor to President Obama, and still sends the President a devotional message each morning.
Obama remarked at the National Prayer Breakfast that these devotions "mean the world to medical "
DuBois has authored three cover stories for Newsweek magazine, including "The Fight for Black Men", which historian Taylor Branch called "stunning" on Twitter.
DuBois grew up in Nashville, the son of an African Methodist Episcopal pastor, Antoni-Sinkfield. On April 7, 2014, DuBois delivered the latest in the series of William Belden Noble Lectures at Harvard University, joining Theodore Roosevelt, Doctor Francis Collins and others who have delivered the annual lecture.
He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.