Jocelyn Smith Lee is an assistant professor of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Her research examines the health disparities of violent injury and violent death and works to understand how losing loved ones to homicide shapes the health, well-being, development, and family relationships of Black males and their social networks. At UNC Greensboro, she is the founder and director of the Centering Black Voices research lab whose mission is to affirm humanity, prevent violence, and promote healing in the lives of Black boys, men, and families through research and action.