Kim Nguyen

Kim Nguyen is a doctoral student at City University of New York in the Critical Social and Personality Psychology program and a research associate at sexgenlab.org. She currently teaches at Pratt Institute and Hunter College. Kim graduated from the Human Development and Social Intervention Master’s program at New York University (NYU) and her research interests are in gender studies (particularly masculinity), child development within sociohistorical and cultural contexts, social justice with a critical lens, political war trauma, and decolonizing healing practices.

Kim is interested in the different ways in which social injustice and power dynamics dehumanize and disrupt our ability to connect with one another (and ourselves) and therefore, heal from war-related trauma. Kim was also the project manager for the Project for the Advancement of Our Common Humanity, a think-and-do tank based at NYU and the education program coordinator for the Morton Deutsch International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution at Teachers College Columbia University.


Past Olios with Kim Nguyen


How is White Supremacy Embodied in Me?

This two-part Olio workshop will be an interactive and reflective process in which we will excavate the deeply entrenched racist ideologies within us that prevent us from living our most liberated selves because when we dehumanize others, we deny our own humanity. Each session will involve an introduction to a specific aspect of white supremacy, as well as grounding exercises and small group sharing. **Proceeds from this Olio will go to community bail funds, mutual aid funds, and racial justice organizers.**

Venue: None

Teacher: Kim Nguyen

July 19, 2020, 1 p.m.

Decolonizing the Heart & Mind

This two part series with Kim Nguyen asks how might we use scientific research, as well as indigenous ways of knowing and healing, to unlearn false and harmful narratives about human differences?

Venue: None

Teacher: Kim Nguyen

Jan. 21, 2020, 7:30 p.m.

Decolonizing the Heart & Mind

This two part series with Kim Nguyen asks how might we use scientific research, as well as indigenous ways of knowing and healing, to unlearn false and harmful narratives about human differences?

Venue: Work Heights - Electric

Teacher: Kim Nguyen

Jan. 21, 2020, 7:30 p.m.

*Sold Out* Attraction or Fetish? Exploring Racial Trends in Dating

Let’s dive deep into attraction, fetishization, and explore how we can be actively anti-racist, even in the bedroom.

Venue: Living Room

Teacher: Kim Nguyen

Oct. 21, 2019, 7:30 p.m.

Our Pornographic Education

We're coming to Crystal Lake to explore sex education (or the lack of it) in the US. We'll look at how sexual violence is rampant in our society, and how women, people of color, and LGBTQ folks are particularly targeted.

Venue: Crystal Lake

Teacher: Kim Nguyen

Sept. 17, 2019, 7:30 p.m.

The Allure of Masculinity

Join us at the beautiful Assemblage Nomad space and let’s discuss what liberation means in the context of sex, gender and masculinity.

Venue: The Assemblage | NoMad

Teacher: Kim Nguyen

Aug. 14, 2019, 7:30 p.m.

Sex, Pleasure & Intimacy in the Time of Capitalism

Kim Nguyen explores how politics, money, power, and toxic masculinity are barriers to some of the most fulfilling aspects of our lives in the rare books room of the Strand.

Venue: Strand Bookstore

Teacher: Kim Nguyen

May 24, 2019, 7 p.m.

A New Approach to Meeting Refugees

How are refugees adjusting to life in the US - given the current political climate? Join Kim Nguyen as we discuss the opportunity we have to learn from the people coming into this country as opposed to showing them how to "fit in".

Venue: Living Room

Teacher: Kim Nguyen

March 15, 2019, 7:30 p.m.


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