This article highlights the intersections of political and psychological aspects in the construction of HMong identity and knowledge in academic research. Specifically, in politicizing the psychological and bringing psychology into politics, we intervene in the dehumanizing and limiting representations of HMong Americans that inflict material, ideological, and psychological violence toward HMong Americans. Drawing on interdisciplinary theories, research, and our own personal narratives, we show HMong creative agency in self-construction and determination. We center HMong people as knowledge holders and producers to uncover HMong ways of knowing. Our conceptualization of a HMong epistemology is both theory and praxis and rooted in (a) life, art, and culture, (b) seeking coherence, and (c) spirituality. The article concludes with implications for centering HMong culture, identity, and experiences to construct new understandings of HMong and the world. What is the public significance of this article?This article suggests that HMong perspectives are necessary for advancing HMong inclusion and understanding in research, scholarship, and practice. Focusing on HMong lived experiences and voices offers possibilities for holistic, inclusive, and socially just theory and practice, especially in psychology and related fields.

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