James Tracy

Dr. James TracyEducational Consultant, Singularity University

Dr. Tracy joined Cushing on July 1, 2006, after serving as Headmaster of Boston University Academy, an independent college preparatory school in Boston, for six years.

Dr. Tracy has been a leader in the independent school community and is the editor of The NAIS Guide to Principles of Good Practice. He has written extensively on educational issues.

Prior to his position at BU Academy, Dr. Tracy served on the faculty of the Hotchkiss School, where he was also a coach and dorm parent, and he was a Visiting Fellow in the Department of History at Yale University. Dr. Tracy received his Bachelor’s degree in History and Religion from the University of Massachusetts/ Boston in 1984. He was awarded his Master’s and his Doctorate in American History from Stanford University in 1993 and received his MBA in Nonprofit Management from Boston University in 2003.

Dr. Tracy’s wife, Janet Sargent Tracy, is Associate Dean of College Counseling at Cushing. Their son, Forrest, is a graduate of the Hotchkiss School.