Stanley Aronowitz

Stanley Aronowitz
Stanley Aronowitz
Born	January 6, 1933; New York City, New York, US
Died	August 16, 2021 (aged 88); New York City, New York, US
Spouses	Jane O'Connell (div. 1962); Ellen Willis (m. 1998; died 2006);
Children	Kim O'Connell; Michael O'Connell; Nona Willis-Aronowitz; Hampton Finer; Alice Finer;
Academic background
Alma mater	New School for Social Research; Union Graduate School;
Thesis	Marxism, Technology and Labor (1975)
Influences	Paulo Freire; C. Wright Mills; Herbert Marcuse;
Academic work
Discipline	Sociology; cultural studies;
Institutions	University of California, Irvine; Columbia University; Graduate Center, CUNY;
Doctoral students	Randy Martin; Suzanna Danuta Walters; Cornel West;
Notable students	Immanuel Ness
Main interests	Labor unions in the United States; education; technology; science studies;

Stanley Aronowitz (January 6, 1933 – August 16, 2021) was an American sociologist, trade union official, and political activist. A professor of sociology, cultural studies, and urban education at the CUNY Graduate Center, his longtime political activism and cultural criticism was influential in the New Left movement of the 1960s, 1970s, and beyond. He was also an advocate for organized labor and a member of the interim consultative committee of the International Organization for a Participatory Society. In 2012, Aronowitz was awarded the Center for Study of Working Class Life's Lifetime Achievement Award at Stony Brook University.

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