Arthur Benett Shostak[1] (born May 11, 1937), is an American sociologist and futurist, and former professor of sociology at Drexel University.
His research areas include futuristics, the history and future of the American work force, organized labor, industrial sociology, the management and social implications of modern technology, and Holocaust/Shoah scholarship.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1937,[2] Shostak received his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University in 1958.
[2] In 1961, he received his Ph.D. in Industrial Sociology at Princeton[2] and began teaching at Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania until 1967.
Shostak's articles and books investigate a wide range of topics, all of which are mostly future oriented.