13 Facts About James Traub

James Traub was born on 1954 and is an American journalist.

James Traub is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, where he has worked since 1998.

James Traub has written for The New York Review of Books, The Atlantic Monthly, National Review and Foreign Affairs.

James Traub is a senior fellow at the Center on International Cooperation at New York University and teaches at the university.

James Traub's recent writing focuses on politics and international affairs, including profiles of Barack Obama, Al Gore and John McCain.

James Traub wrote a book on Kofi Annan and the United Nations.

James Traub has written extensively on education issues, including his 1994 book City On A Hill, a profile of City College of New York, written after he spent 18 months on campus.

James Traub wrote a study of school reform called Better By Design for the Thomas B Fordham Foundation that profiled ten approaches to school reform.

James Traub has written articles about the No Child Left Behind Act and school choice.

James Traub taught at the Maulana Azad College in Aurangabad, India.

James Traub was a reporter for the New York Post and a senior editor of the Saturday Review.

James Traub is the son of Marvin Traub, formerly chairman of Bloomingdale's, and Lee L Traub, chair emerita of the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance.

James Traub is married to Elizabeth Easton, formerly the chair of the Department of European Painting and Sculpture at the Brooklyn Museum and an adjunct professor at New York University.