The Great Resignation: A Signal for the Future of Work By now, most people have heard of the Great Resignation i.e. a mass exodus of employees from the workforce. Millions of employees throughout the United States (U.S.) have voluntarily resigned from their jobs...
Artifact from the Future: Glasses that enable you to see around corners I have just returned from the year 2036 where I saw people wearing these really funky glasses. I took a picture of two of them. One little girl sported glasses that only covered her eyes. Another...
Join our Social Work Health Futures Lab Book Club! Join members of the Social Work Health Futures Lab in a virtual book club! More information on how to join and when we will meet can be found here. All social workers welcome to join!...
The Future of Social Work Education: Futures Thinking in MSW Curriculum Where do you see yourself in 10 years? As graduate students who are deeply focused on developing our career readiness skills and preparing for future employment, this is a question that many of us...
Afro-futurism and Social Work: How I Spent My Summer Vacation Janus-faced helmet mask. Liberia Ejagham people. My initial venture into Afro-futurism put me face to face with my past. I found myself standing squarely in the present looking at a familiar history of...
Looking Back to Look Forward I have learned in the Social Work Health Futures lab that we must look back in order to look forward, and I now have an unexpected opportunity to look back on my own life. I grew up on the banks of the lower James River, playing in the...
