Tyler Phan is an anthropologist, community organizer, and scholar of religion and healing. Phan currently teachs at the University of Pittsburgh and Carlow University.

Dr. Phan received a Ph.D. in Anthropology from University College London and a M.A. in Religions from SOAS – University of London. Phan’s research was on the racial history of acupuncture in United States and researching religion, palliative care, and water in North America while finishing up on an STS approach to religion and wellness in the ‘West’ called Counterculture Orientalism.

Phan is a child of Vietnamese refugees and writes on their upbringing in post-industrial Pennsylvania. Phan lives with their partner, child, and cat (Mx. Business). Phan is recovering dim sum and KBBQ aficionado who loves vegetarian Asian cuisine (and an occasional buffet).