Jonathan Magin

Jonathan Magin
Noted subjects	Literature, Social Science
Current college	Maryland (2006-)
Past colleges	None
High school	Montgomery Blair
Stats	HDWhite • NAQT

Jonathan Magin is a senior at the University of Maryland. He is noted for being good at literature questions. He is also the formulator of Magin's Law, Magin's Formula, and the Ladder Theory of Quizbowl, and edited the 2007 Chicago Open Literature Tournament, for which he developed Magin's tossup difficulty scale.

Editing

Jonathan was the chief editor behind the wildly successful Literature Doubles at the 2007 Chicago Open. He has edited TIT in 2008 and 2007, and also served as an editor of the 2007 ACF Fall tournament. He also edited the 2008 Chicago Open Literature Doubles, and has served as head editor of two experimental doubles tournament named after William Gaddis, which were held at the 2008 HSNCT and 2009 HSNCT.