David Graeber

David Graeber was an American anarchist and activist author, who was born and raised in New York City. As a child, he was introduced to a unique interest in Maya hieroglyphics, which resulted in a scholarship at Phillips Academy at Andover. He then returned to state school at SUNY Purchase, where he graduated with a BA in Anthropology in 1984. After receiving his PhD in Anthropology from the University of Chicago in 1996, Graeber held multiple teaching positions, including graduate teaching at Chicago and a junior faculty position at Yale.