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Murphy Pizza is a cultural anthropologist with a specialization in comparative religion. Her teaching and academic background includes anthropology, ethnic studies, art, humanities, religion, philosophy, social action, natural and social sciences, and research methods. She is Regional Vice President of the Upper Midwest American Academy of Religion and a regular convener and participant in their Conference. She has written the book Paganistan: Contemporary Pagan Community in Minnesota’s Twin Cities (Ashgate, 2014), co-edited and contributed to The Brill Handbook of Contemporary Paganism (2009), contributed to Sacred Schisms (Cambridge, 2009), and the Handbook of Nordic New Religions (Brill 2015), and has published and presented several articles in the realm of Contemporary Paganism and New Religious Movements. She lives and teaches at several colleges and universities in the Twin Cities, Minnesota area.