Danielle Clausnitzer is the current Assistant Director of Wisdom Ways Center for Spirituality in Minneapolis and an adjunct professor at Augsburg University in the Department of Religion and Philosophy. She graduated from at Georgetown University in 2023 with a PhD from the Department of Theological and Religious Studies with a specialization in African and African Diasporic religious movements including Hoodoo, African Traditional Religions, and Pentecostalism. She also presents on issues of disability and marginalization to local audiences.