Status 2:30pm on Saturday, June 8th, 2019 Past Event Watch the video » A recent New York Times article proclaimed “status anxiety” one of the defining preoccupations of our time (Michelle Goldberg, “Status Anxiety and the Scam Economy,” March 15, 2019). But what are we really anxious about? What, in fact, is status and why do we want it? This Helix discussion will consider that complex question from a variety of different perspectives—historical, psychological, sociological, and biological. Together we hope to generate insights about what it is that so many of us pursue and think we want. Participants: W. Warner Burke E.L. Thorndike Professor of Psychology and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University W. Warner Burke, PhD, is the E.L. Thorndike Professor of Psychology and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University where he has been since 1979. He teaches leadership and organization change and development. His research focuses on learning agility, multi- rater feedback, and leadership. He has authored, co-authored, edited, and co-edited 21 books and written over… read more » James L. Fuller Research Fellow, Columbia University James L. Fuller is a research fellow at Columbia University, where he recently completed his Ph.D. His doctoral research focused on the evolution and expansion of vocal signal repertoires, focusing primarily on the communication system of blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis). Dr. Fuller began working with wild primates in Kenya in 1995, and has since participated in… read more » David Levine Professor of the Practice of Performance, Theater, and Media, Harvard University David Levine’s work encompasses theater, performance, video and photography. His performance and exhibition work have been presented by the Brooklyn Museum, Creative Time, MoMA, REDCAT, The MCA Chicago, MACBA, Mass MoCA, PS122, and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and has been featured in Artforum, Frieze, Theater, BOMB, the New Yorker and the New York… read more » Darrin McMahon Mary Brinsmead Wheelock Professor of History, Dartmouth College Darrin M. McMahon is the Mary Brinsmead Wheelock Professor of History at Dartmouth College, and formerly the Ben Weider Professor and Distinguished Research Professor at Florida State University, where he taught from 2004-2014. Educated at the University of California, Berkeley and Yale, where he received his PhD in 1998, McMahon is the author of Enemies… read more » Tayarisha Poe Independent Filmmaker Tayarisha Poe is a storyteller from West Philadelphia who believes that all stories are inherently multi-sensory and multi-dimensional, and thus should be told that way. She was chosen as one of the 25 New Faces by Filmmaker Magazine in 2015, and in 2016 she received the Sundance Institute’s Knight Foundation Fellowship. In 2017 she was… read more »
W. Warner Burke E.L. Thorndike Professor of Psychology and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University W. Warner Burke, PhD, is the E.L. Thorndike Professor of Psychology and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University where he has been since 1979. He teaches leadership and organization change and development. His research focuses on learning agility, multi- rater feedback, and leadership. He has authored, co-authored, edited, and co-edited 21 books and written over… read more »
James L. Fuller Research Fellow, Columbia University James L. Fuller is a research fellow at Columbia University, where he recently completed his Ph.D. His doctoral research focused on the evolution and expansion of vocal signal repertoires, focusing primarily on the communication system of blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis). Dr. Fuller began working with wild primates in Kenya in 1995, and has since participated in… read more »
David Levine Professor of the Practice of Performance, Theater, and Media, Harvard University David Levine’s work encompasses theater, performance, video and photography. His performance and exhibition work have been presented by the Brooklyn Museum, Creative Time, MoMA, REDCAT, The MCA Chicago, MACBA, Mass MoCA, PS122, and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and has been featured in Artforum, Frieze, Theater, BOMB, the New Yorker and the New York… read more »
Darrin McMahon Mary Brinsmead Wheelock Professor of History, Dartmouth College Darrin M. McMahon is the Mary Brinsmead Wheelock Professor of History at Dartmouth College, and formerly the Ben Weider Professor and Distinguished Research Professor at Florida State University, where he taught from 2004-2014. Educated at the University of California, Berkeley and Yale, where he received his PhD in 1998, McMahon is the author of Enemies… read more »
Tayarisha Poe Independent Filmmaker Tayarisha Poe is a storyteller from West Philadelphia who believes that all stories are inherently multi-sensory and multi-dimensional, and thus should be told that way. She was chosen as one of the 25 New Faces by Filmmaker Magazine in 2015, and in 2016 she received the Sundance Institute’s Knight Foundation Fellowship. In 2017 she was… read more »