DuBois graduated cum laude from Boston University in 2003 with a bachelor 's degree in political science . 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 D. Holt , Jr . 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 U.S. Senate . Eventually , Obama hired him as a Senate aide . In 2008 , DuBois was religious affairs director for the Obama presidential campaign
2004 Democratic National Convention
2004 Democratic National Convention
Joshua DuBois