Jocelyn Poe’s research focuses on communal trauma, reparative praxis, and anti-racist futures. Inspired by her experiences as a practicing planner, Poe uses interdisciplinary and creative methods for theorizing planning practice and engaging communities. These innovative approaches shape her research, planning practice, and teaching. Her work resonates with critical issues of justice and equity, which shape our cities and are deeply relevant to our field and its future. Poe earned a PhD in urban planning and development at the Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California. She also has a bachelor of architecture from the Robert R. Taylor School of Architecture and Construction Science at Tuskegee University and a master’s of community planning from Auburn University.