Graham Jones is a social anthropologist with a background in linguistic anthropology, whose research focuses on knowledge and rationality in practice, performance, and interaction. He earned his BA in literature from Reed College in 1998 and his PhD in anthropology from New York University in 2007.
He is currently working on a book about the dynamics of concealment and revelation in the secretive subculture of entertainment magic, based on two years of ethnographic fieldwork in contemporary France.

He has won numerous grants and awards to support his research, including a Fulbright Fellowship, the Social Science Research Council IDRF Fellowship, and the Ford Foundation Dissertation Diversity Fellowship.

After spending two years co-teaching a year-long course in Humanistic Studies on the intellectual and cultural history of Europe, in 2009-2010 Jones will offer an anthropology course on the acquisition of skilled practices through apprenticeship.

His most recent publications include:

2010. "Modern Magic and the War on Miracles in French Colonial Culture." Comparative Studies in Society and History. 52(1)

2009. "Enquoting Voices, Accomplishing Talk: Uses of Be + Like in Instant Messaging." Language & Communication 29(1). With Bambi B. Schieffelin.