My name is Phạm Minh Đức. I go by both Duc and Minh Duc, and use he/him pronouns. I was born and raised in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I received a B.A. in Psychology from Hamilton College (2021), a M.S. in Social Psychology from UConn (2023), and Ph.D. in Social Psychology from UConn (2025). I primarily worked with Drs. Kim Chaney and Alexandra Garr-Schultz during my Ph.D. I am currently a postdoctoral fellow working with Dr. Riana Elyse Anderson at the EMBRace Lab/Columbia School of Social Work. I am also an incoming Editorial Fellow for the Journal of Social Issues.

I am a social psychologist who studies oppression, activism, and intraminority solidarity through a critical lens. My research draws from different critical frameworks such as abolition and critical race. In addition, I practice diverse mixed methods, prioritize marginalized perspectives, and seek to advance equity and liberation of all peoples. I also organize with multiple decolonial collectives on various fronts, in and outside of academia.

As you browse, I would like to acknowledge my work is significantly shaped by my experiences as a Vietnamese, cisgender gay man, racialized as Asian in the U.S. who organizes and struggles with the people on the ground. My deepest gratitude goes to the people on the ground, Black, Brown, and Indigenous peoples around the world, past and present, my ancestors, and my comrades, for enriching my physical, intellectual, and spiritual journey.