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 200 articles and book chapters. He has received several lifetime achievement awards and NASA’s Public Service Medal, The Outstanding Civilian Service Medal from the U.S. Army, the Distinguished Scholar-Practitioner Award from the Academy of Management, and the Distinguished Professional Contributions Award from the Society
of Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

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Status

2:30pm on Saturday, June 8th, 2019

Past Event

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… read more »