Editorial Social work and anthropology: Traversing, trading, and translating across boundaries Lauren E Gulbas Steve Hicks School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA Tam E Perry School of Social Work, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA Matthew Chin Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality, The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA John Mathias College of Social Work, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA Since the early days of the profession, social workers have collaborated across disciplinary boundaries to tackle pressing social problems. From building inter- professional teams to developing dual-degree programs, social workers have long been familiar interlocutors with the fields of education, psychology, public policy, and sociology (Bronstein, 2003). Over the past 20 years, a rich scholarship on interdisciplinary experiences within social work has emerged. This work has docu- mented areas of interdisciplinary growth in disciplines such as law, nursing, Corresponding author: Lauren E Gulbas, Steve Hicks School of Social Work, 1925 San Jacinto Blvd. D3500, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA. Email: laurengulbas@austin.utexas.edu Qualitative Social Work 0(0) 1–11 ! The Author(s) 2021 Article reuse guidelines: sagepub.com/journals-permissions DOI: 10.1177/14733250211048320 journals.sagepub.com/home/qsw