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Conference Welcome Reception
Ochre Court, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Wine and Cheese Served

Graduate Student Award Presentations
Bazarsky Auditorium, 9:15 am to 10:30 am

The Importance of Status, Personality and Sex in the Use of
Self- and Other-deprecating Humor—An Evolutionary Perspective

Rewriting the Masculinist Treatment of Satire:
Edith Wharton's The Custom of the Country

Dynamical Comprehension-Elaboration Theory in a Vaudville Setting
Ryota Nomura
Kyushu University

Roundtable
Take Borat, Somebody Please!
Bazarsky Auditorium, 11:00 am to 12:30 pm

Christie Davies, University of Reading
Elliot Oring, California State University, Los Angeles
Lawrence Mintz, University of Maryland
John Morreall, College of William and Mary

Paper Session 1A
Psychology of Humor

Paper Session 1B
Aspects of Humor

Paper Session 1C
Cartoon Humor

Paper Session 1D
Humor and Stress

Topic, Acquaintanceship,

and Individual Differences as Predictors of Reactions

to Teasing

Sarah L. Tragesser

University of Missouri-Columbia

and

Louis G. Lippman

Timothy J. Trull

Western Washington University

Genetic and environmental influences on sense of humor:
A twin study of the Humor

Styles Questionnaire

Rod A. Martin (Chair),
Philip A. Vernon,
Julie Aiken Harris,
& Ashley Mackie

University of Western Ontario

Partial Ontology: Is Humor
a Continuous Process or
a Discontinuous Process?

Donald Casadonte

Columbus State Comm. College

Is Learning Languages Fun?
Perceptions of Humor in the World Language Classroom

Manuela Wagner

& Eduardo Urios-Aparisi

University of Connecticut

How much does
the GTVH explain?
Wallace Chafe
Univ. of Calif. at Santa Barbara
Paper read by Salvatore Attardo

Cultural Recipe for a
Successful Humorous Text

Wladyslaw Chlopicki (Chair) Jagiellonian University

Of Rolling Pins and Roses:
Cartoon Images of Senator Margaret Chase Smith

Alice Sheppard

University of Maine, Presque Isle

Media Representations of
Race, Gender, and Sexuality:
A Textual Analysis
of Cartoons in The Week

Scott Patrick Murphy (Chair), University of California at Riverside

Renegotiating Political
Humour in the Face of Defeat:
Pragmatic Analysis of
Editorial Cartoons

Published during the Months
Surrounding Venezuela's

2006 Presidential Election

Diana Pifano

University of Ottawa

The Effects of Sense of Humor

on Cognitive Appraisals,
Affection of the Potential

Stressful Events and the

Negative Life Events

Shu-Jung Chen & Hsueh-Chih Chen
National Taiwan Normal University

The Relationship of Life Stress,
Multiple Sense of Humor,

and Subjective Well-Being

of College Students

Chien-Chih Lai
National Taiwan Normal University
Hsiang-Yi Wu
Tzu-Ning Wang
& Hsueh-Chih Chen
National Taiwan Normal University

The Arena of Amusement:
A Sense of Humor in China

from the 3rd to 7th Century

Chun-Yen Shiue

National Cheng Chi University

& Hsueh-Chih Chen (Chairs)

National Taiwan Normal University

Colloquium 1E
Creation and Reception of Mediated Humor

Modeling the Senses of Humor in the Context of Mass Media Comedy

Kimberly Neuendorf (Moderator), Cleveland State University

Photographic Transgression: The Ontology of Film Comedy

Evan Lieberman, Cleveland State University

Giving the Audience What They Want:
Television and the Changing American Humor Landscape

Jack Powers, Ithaca College

The Evolution of Humor in Video Game Entertainment
Paul Skalski, University of Minnesota-Duluth

Paper Session 2A
Humor
in Discourse

Paper Session 2B
Humor Curricula
& Programs

Paper Session 2C
Women and
Humor

Paper Session 2D
Humor and
Religion

“That wasn't a Laugh”:
Responses to Failed Humor

Nancy Bell (Chair)

Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania

Failed Humor in American Discourse

Jodi Eisterhold

Georgia State University

Onomatopoeia and
Unarticulated Language
in the Translation
and Production of Comic
Books–A Case Study:
Comic Books in Spanish
Carmen Valero-Garcés
University of Alcala

The Influence of Blending Programs for Humor and Integrative Activity
upon the Humor Sense

Hseau-Lih Lin &
Hsueh-Chih Chen
National Taiwan Normal Univ.
Ching-Yuan Chang
Tzi Chi University

Evaluating the Impact of Humor-
Training Program on Parents:
Sense of Humor and
Parent-Child Communication

Shen-Kang Hsueh
Taipei Mun. Nanhu High School
Fa-Chung Chiou
Fu Shing Kang College
Hsueh-Chih Chen
& Chih-Chun Hsu
National Taiwan Normal Univ.

The Influence of Creative
Teaching with Humor Skills on
Junior High School Students:
Learning Performance on
Mathematics and Creativity
Hui-Ching Chen, Yi-Fang Hsu,
Hsueh-Chih Chen
National Taiwan Normal Univ.
Fa-Chung Chiou
& Jen-Ho Chang
Fu Shing Kang College

Hotlips in the Shower.
Roncex in the Shit

John Parkin

University of Bristol

Feminist Humor
as “Thought Experiment”:
Blended Spaces & Improbable
Worlds as Subversive Humor

Janet Bing (Chair)

Old Dominion University

Historicizing Women

and Humor

Kristina Lucenko

State University of New York

Christian Perceptions of
the Humorous Behavior
of Jesus Christ

David J. Bennett

North Park University

Denominational Humor:
Building a Heavenly
Palace or Appealing to

a “Playful Malice”?

Chair: Bruce Glenn

Arizona State University

The “Playful Malice” of Denominational Humor

Larry Barron
Grand Canyon University

Paper Session 2E
Humor in the Classroom

Verbal Humor Production and Interpretation
Chun-yen Lai
PU University Taiwan

What Freshmen Laugh About: Frequent Themes in College Humor
Christian F. Hempelmann
& Ursula Beermann
Zurich University

What is Humor after All: Views from University Students in Hong Kong
Xiao Dong Yue (Chair)
City University of Hong Kong

Paper Session 3A
Humor
and Linguistics

Paper Session 3B
Humor
and Literature

Paper Session 3C
Humor, Philosophy,
& Religion

Paper Session 3D
Humor
in Literature

Cognitive Mechanisms & Humor
Phillip Hamrich
Youngstown State University

On Some Kinds of Humorous
Failed Metaphors
Salvatore Attardo
Youngstown State University

Visual Puns and Verbal Puns:
Descriptive Analogy or False
Analogy?
Christian F. Hempelmann
& Andrea C. Samson (Chairs) University of Zurich

Citizens and Ethical Laughter
in Orlando Furioso
Rosa Amatulli (Chair)
CUNY Graduate Center

Mark Twain’s Humor of Appreciation
Junichiro Sano
Soka University, Japan

Flann O’Brien: All-In-One
Giordano Vintaloro
University of Bologna

Comic vs. Tragic Religions:
Zen vs. Calvinism
John Morreall
College of William and Mary

The Rhetorical Power
of Humour
Janice Porteous
Canada

Why Confucius Despised Humor
Xiao Dong Yue (Chair)
City University, Hong Kong

As Till Shat: An Analysis of
Scatological Humor in the
Eulenspiegel Tales
Gary Davenport
Youngstown State University

Twin emotions of Goffman’s
Interaction Order
Eduardo Jáuregui
St. Louis University, Madrid

Provocative Entertainment
The Dialectics of Literary and
Graphic Rhino-Caricature
Ingrid Daemmrich (Chair)
Drexel University

Workshop 3E
When the Moment Strikes: Improvisational Humor for the Classroom
Matthew Brian Taylor, Any Theme Goes Inc.

Atrium, 10:30 to 11:00 am

Plenary Session
Bazarsky Auditorium, 11:00 am to 12:00 am

Caught Laughing
William P. Haas, Professor Emeritus
Salve Regina University

Lunch Break
Dining Hall, 12:00 to 1:00 pm

Paper Session 4A Humorous Narratives	Paper Session 4B Chinese Version of MSHS/Gelatophobia	Paper Session 4C Humor and Political Correctness	Paper Session 4D Humor, Politics, and Ethics
Humor Preference and Folksong Appreciation: Peter, Paul, and Mary Return Robin Jaeckle Grawe Institute for Travesty, Comedy, and Humor Studies Twelve Forms of Irony: The Theoretical Significance of Forrest Gump Paul Grawe (Chair) Institute for Travesty, Comedy, and Humor Studies Carnival Laughter in Twentieth Century Literature Preston Fambrough Baker University	Psychometric Study of a Chinese Version of the Multidimensional Sense of Humor Scale (MSHS) Maria P. Y. Chik & Sammy S. K. Ho Hong Kong Baptist University Taiwanese vs. Japanese in Self-perception of Gelotophobia Chao-chih Liao National Chiayi University Michiko Miyazaki Int.Univ. of Health and Welfare Tsung-chin Chang Chinese Academy of Sciences Willibald Ruch University of Zurich Gelotophobes and their Humor Ursula Beermann & Willibald Ruch (Chairs) University of Zurich	Politics is Comedy Don Baird (Chair) Chicago School of Professional Psychology Art Buchwald: An Appreciation Larry Mintz University of Maryland Ownership of Scripts: What’s the Difference Between Don Imus and Sarah Silverman Victor Raskin Purdue University Cracking Update: Eighteen Months of Provocative American Humor Paul Lewis Boston College	Upgrading from Girlfriend 7.0 to Wife 1.0: An Analysis of Prominent Internet Comic Texts about Gender Limor Shifman University of Oxford & Dafna Lemish Tel Aviv University How the Concept of Framing in Cartoons Created Political Awareness in Community College Freshman Anjanette Darrington Arizona State University Rethinking Racist and Ethnic Humor Michael K. Cundall (Chair) Arkansas State University
Colloquium 4E Comedy, Politics and Truth Moderator Thomas Douglass East Carolina University Political Comedy and Film Eric Shouse & Todd Fraley East Carolina University “Festivus for the Restivus”: How Jew Comedians Create Representation for Themselves (and other Jews) through Satire and Comedy during Christmas Bernard Timberg & Eric Shouse East Carolina University Comedy, Politics, and Truth: How Political Ideas Were Disseminated at the 79th Annual Academy Awards Through Humor Bernard Timberg, Rudy Chu, & Erick Green, East Carolina University

Paper Session 5A
Humor
and Coping

Paper Session 5B
Humor Curricula
and Programs

Paper Session 5C
Cultural Aspects
of Humor

Paper Session 5D
Humor, Literature,
and Culture

The Relation between
Humor and Empathy
William Hampes (Chair)
Black Hawk State College

Using Humor to Cope
Contrasting Three Alzheimer’s
Family Caregiver Narratives
Marlana Opitz
University of Texas, Austin

Humor in the Aging Process
William F. Fry
Stanford University
& Beat Haenni
Switzerland

Sense of Humor and
Humor-Assisted Learning
in College Students
Asil Ali Ozdogru
& Robert F. McMorris (Chair)
State University of New York

Recognition of Phonological
Children’s Jokes based on
Three Components
of Computer Processing
Julia M. Taylor & Lawrence J. Mazlack,
University of Cincinnati

The Expression of
Humor Appreciation
in Shared Video-Watching
Eva Nwokah
Univ. of North Carolina, Greensboro

Comparing Indian, Taiwanese
and American Sense of Humor:
Attitudes toward Pranks
Chao-chih Liao
National Chiayi University
Rajamani Ravi

R.V.S. College of Arts & Sciences
& Yi-ting Chou
Kaohsiung Medical University

Cognitive and Linguistic
Analysis of Place Name Jokes
in Taiwan
Chao-chih Liao
National Chiayi University
& Yi-ting Chou,
Kaohsiung Medical Univ.

An Interrogation of
Visual Humor in Japan
Elaine Gerbert (Chair)
University of Kansas

The Humor of Names in Young Adult Literature
Alleen Pace Nilsen
Arizona State University

Humorous Names in Contemporary Literature
as Evidence of Cultural Assimilation
Don L. F. Nilsen (Chair)
Arizona State University

A Behavioral Analysis
Framework for the Ethological
Study of Political Humor
Michael K. Cundall Jr.
& Patrick Stewart
Arkansas State University

Special Session 5D
Peace Humor
Christopher Leeds
Univerisity Nancy 2, France

Peace Humour (PH) is a new paradigm which was created in 2005 in relation to a project undertaken for UNESCO, Paris. It is unique in that this paradigm is located partly within the interdisciplinary field of Humor Studies and also within the sub-areas of International Relations (IR) that cover Peace Studies and Peace Education.

Buffet Banquet
Terrace, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Dinner Menu
Traditional Caesar Salad
Assorted Rolls and Sweet Whipped Butter
Marinated Grilled Chicken with
Sun Dried Tomato and Caramelized Onion Cream Sauce
Also
Penne Pasta with Shrimp and Asparagus Tips with Saffron Oil
Rice Pilaf
Julienne of Honey Glazed Carrots
Coffee Service
Dessert: Chocolate Sacher Torte

Dinner Performance
Will Rogers Live with Cy Eberhart

Plenary Session
Bazarsky Auditorium, 9:00 am to 10:00 am

Great Expectations: A Hands-on (?) Experience of Laughter
Kay C, Laughter Works

Paper Session 6A
Humour Measurement
Tools

Paper Session 6B
Humor
and Culture

Colloquium 6C
Teaching the Psychology
of Humor in the Undergraduate
Psychology Curriculum

Development of a Psychometric Humour Appreciation Measure (HAM)
Benjamin Leung (Chair)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

The Humor Appreciation of Children
of Different Genders
Pei-Ling Deng
National Taipei Univ. of Education
Fa-Chung Chiou
Fu Shing Kang College
Hsueh-Chih Chen & Yi-Fang Hsu
National Taiwan Normal University

The Development of Humor
Comprehension and
Appreciation Test and
its Correlative Factors Research
Wei-Chyi Chen
Nat. Chutung Senior High School
Chih-Chun Hsu
Hsueh-Chih Chen
National Taiwan Normal University
& Yao-Nan Lin
Lunghwa Univ. of Science and Technology

Humour as Social Capital
in Australia
Jessica Milner Davis (Chair)
University of New South Wales

The Irony of Kitsch in
Milan Kundera and Severo Sarduy
Rolando Perez
Hunter College

This Must be the Place:
Downtown Comedy in New York City
from an Anthropological Perspective
Amy Jones
CUNY Graduate Center

Teaching the Psychology of Humor
as an Introductory Psychology Seminar
Martin D. Lampert (Chair)
Holy Names University

Teaching the Psychology
of Humor as an Advanced Capstone
Course for Psychology Majors
Rod Martin
University of Western Ontario

Teaching the Psychology of Humor
as Part of a Special Topics Course
Jim Lyttle
Long Island University

Workshop 6D
Living Healthier and Happier Ever Laughter
Phil Milgrom

Paper Session 7A
Humor
and Eye Movement

Paper Session 7B
Comedy and Humor
in Japan

Paper Session 7C
Film, Video,
and Television

Paper Session 7D
Humor, Culture,
and Ethics

The Processing of Ambiguous
Word in Chinese Jokes:
Evidence in Eye Movements
Chen Hsueh-Chih
Chih-Chun Hsu
National Taiwan Normal University Fa-Chung Chiou
Fu-Shing Kang College
Shu-Ling Cho
Fu-Jen Catholic University

Eye Movements
in Comic Reading
Hsueh-Chih Chen, Yi-Fang Hsu,
Shu-Ling Peng, Chia-Ling Su
National Taiwan Normal University
& Lee-Xieng Yang
National Cheng-Kung University

Why don’t They Understand?
The Measurement of
Comprehensive Processing
in Chinese Jokes: Evidence
in Eye Movement
Hsueh-Chih Chen (Chair)
Chih-Chun Hsu
National Taiwan Normal University
Fa-Chung Chiou
Fu Shing Kang College
& Shu-Ling Cho
Fu-Jen Catholic University

Japanese Stand-Up Comedy:
Manzai
Till Weingaertner, Osaka, Japan

Why Jokes Evoke Anger
and How People Respond
to Jokes in
Japanese College Students
Daichi Hayama (Chair)
Tsukuba University, Japan

Humor of Class
Presentation
in Japan
Junichiro Sano
Soko University, Japan

The Italian Brooklynite
in Popular Film
Cornelia Cody
New York University

The Humor Techniques
in Kung Fu Hustle
Chao-chih Liao
National Chiayi University
& Tsung-chin Chang
Chinese Academy of Sciences

“Humor does not Travel Well”:
American Television Comedy
in Four European Countries
Giselinde Kuipers (Chair)
University of Amsterdam

Seriously Funny:
What Real Journalists can
Learn from Fake News
David M. Saldana
Iowa University

(Humor in) A (Donut) Place
on the Corner
Scott Patrick Murphy
Univ. of California at Riverside

He Who Laughs: A Social
Interactionist Theory of the
Humor Audience
Moira Smith (Chair)
Indiana University

Paper Session 8A
Humorous
Discourse & Philosophy

Paper Session 8B
Humor
in the Workplace

Paper Session 8C
Political Jokes
and Culture

Paper Session 8D
Psychology
of Humor

Chair
Joyce Saltman
Southern Connecticut State Univ.

"I Like to Look in the Mirror”:
Satirizing the Narcissism of
“Reality” in Arrested
Development
Erin Giannini
University of East Anglia

Tickling Turtles and Laughter
William F. Fry
Stanford University

Humor and Leadership
in the Nonprofit Workplace:
A Qualitative Investigation of Stress, Power, and Trust
in the Human Service Setting
William B. Vogler
Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Humor and Joking Culture
in the Firefighting Context
Larry Moran & Gene Roth
Northern Illinois University

Leading with Humor:
Humor Styles and
Organizational Culture
Eric Lake
University of Phoenix

Finnic and Baltic Nationalities
as Ethnic Targets in
Contemporary Russian Jokes
Arvo Krikmann
Estonian Literary Museum

American Jokes about Lawyers
and Soviet Political Jokes
Christie Davies
University of Reading

Americans in Estonian
Ethnic and Political jokes
Liisi Laineste
Tartu University

The Relationship between
Humor and Nonhumor
Psychotherapy
Joseph Richman (Chair)
Albert Einstein School of Medicine

A Facet Analysis

of Current Humorous Coping Questionnaires

Sibe Doosje

Utrecht University

Time for Elaboration Process:
Ride on a Ripple of Funniness
Ryota Nomura
& Shun'ichi Maruno
Kyushu University