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 (UCL) and a M.A. in Religions from School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) – University of London. Dr. Phan’s research was on the racial history of acupuncture in United States. Their academic focus is on Asian and Asian America, medicine, contemplative practices, race, colonialism, ontology, and religion. Dr. Phan is finishing up on an STS approach to religion and wellness in the ‘West’ called Counterculture Orientalism.

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