Hunter Akridge (Emory BA) is interested in the reproduction and remaking of the cultural politics of care. He has worked on several movement aligned research projects, especially while at the Tech Solidarity Lab at Carnegie Mellon University. His work has partnered with several unions — including in the hospitality, childcare, and transit sectors. Through these projects he has explored how digital technologies and AI driven automation are remaking the future of work. In his dissertation work he will research the ways more liberatory labor futures are imagined, built, and organized.