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Symposium:
Cognitive Science and Humor Research

Paper Session:
Explorations in Literary Styles

Paper Session:
Cultural and Social Perceptions of Humor

Paper Session:
Popular Culture Revealed through Humor

Chair
Victor Raskin,
Purdue University

Script Discovery and Recognition
Victor Raskin,
Purdue University

Timing in the Joke Performance
Neal Norrick,
Saarland University

Humor and Cooperation: A Goal-Based Perspective
Salvatore Attardo,
Youngstown State University

Chair
Mary Ann Rishel,
Ithaca College

Laughter On The Left
John Parkin,
University of Bristol

Mark Twain's Humor of Assurance
Junichiro Sano,
Soka University

Beckett's "Godot" Humorously Revisited
Richard Baker,
Adams State College

Chair
C. Stuart Ainsworth,
University of Strathclyde

Social Class and the Appreciation of Humor in the Netherlands
Giselinde Kuipers,
Amsterdam School for Social Science Research

Perceptions of Conversational Uses of Humor by Men and Women
Alex Quiros
& Jyotsna Vaid,
Texas A & M University

Why do Most Chinese Want to Become More Humorous
Chao-Chih Liao,
Feng Chia University

Chair
Louis Lippman,
Western Washingtion Univ.

The Clinton Jokes as a Window to American Culture
N. J. C. Vasantkumar,
Susquehanna University

Special Populations and the Language of Humor in American Stand-Up Comedy
Mamadou Niang,
Univ. of Missouri

Popular Culture Representations of Sense of Humor: Characterization through Joking Styles in the Movie, "Slingblade"
Catherine E. Davies,
University of Alabama

Workshop:
How Not to Give a Talk—
The Perils of Humorous and Humorless Presentations
Joyce Saltman, Southern Connecticut State University

Paper Session: Conceptualizing Humor I—Theory and Research

Paper Session:
Comic Figures and Archetypes

Paper Session:
Cross-Cultural Expressions of Humor in the Arts

Paper Session:
Television Comedy Past and Present

Chair
Peter Derks,
College of William & Mary

The Cognitive Architecture of Humor: A Synthesis of Theory
William F. Fry,
Stanford University

Developments in the General Theory of Verbal Humor
Salvatore Attardo,
Youngstown State Univ.

Types and Levels of Humor Theories
Donald Casadonte,
Columbus, Ohio

Chair
Don Nilsen,
Arizona State University

Biting Humor: What's so Funny about Count Dracula?
Elizabeth Miller,
Mem. Univ. of Newfoundland

Chaplin’s Scenario and Character
Adolphe Nysenholc,
Univ. Libre de Bruxelles

Comic Archetypes: The Picaro's Necessary Evolution into the Little Man
James R. Koncz,
Arizona State University

Chair
Christie Davies, University of Reading

A Tricky Mix: Creating a Book on Humorous Native American Art
Allan J. Ryan,
Simon Fraser University

Linguistic and Cognitive Account of Humorous Japanese Storytelling Art: Rakugo
Noriko Watanabe,
Univ. of Wisconsin

A Historical Overview of Ancient Chinese Jokebooks
Joseph Sample,
Iowa State University

Chair
Arthur Asa Berger,
San Francisco State Univ.

De-Constructing Seinfeld: The Bases for Seinfeldian Humor
Judythe A. Isserlis,
Iona College

Verbal Humor in TV Comedy Shows: Private Talk Designed for the Public
Petra Burkhardt,
Yale University

From Bedrock to Springfield: The Primetime Television Cartoon
Patrice A. Oppliger,
Northeastern University

Workshop:
Playing from the Platform
Matt Weinstein, Playfair

Paper Session:
Conceptualizing Humor II—
New Directions

Paper Session:
Interpreting Literary Works with the General Theory of Verbal Humor

Symposium:
The Clinton Scandals—
Humor Feast or Famine?

Chair
Kenneth H. Craik,
Univ. of California at Berkeley

Reconceptualizing the Elements of Humour
Jessica Milner Davis,
University of New South Wales

Wit, Ridicule, Technology, and Art: From Beauty Myths to Brinksmanship
Margaret Mathias,
Salve Regina University

Humor and Analogy
Paul Baltes,
Brigham Young University

Chair
Salvatore Attardo,
Youngstown State University

The Subversive Function of Humor in Anne Sextons' Transformations
Cynthia L. Vigliotti,
Youngstown State University

What Is The Point? Nonsense and Humor in Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear
Michelle Sala,
Youngstown State University

The Joking Monk:
Humor and Narrative Structure in Rabelais's Gargantua
Christian Hempelmann,
Youngstown State University

Chair
Paul Lewis,
Boston College

Trivialization and Aggression in the Clinton Scandal Jokes
Lawrence E. Mintz,
University of Maryland

Scandal Jokes on the WWW
Elliott Oring,
California State University, Los Angeles

Monica and Hilary: Stereotyping Women in the Clinton Scandal Jokes
Alleen Pace Nilsen,
Arizona State University

Was There Anything New in Clinton Jokes?
Victor Raskin, Purdue University

Laughing off and Laughing at:
The Satirical Function of Clinton/Lewinsky Jokes
John Morreall,
University of South Florida

Clinton Jokes Viewed
from Europe
Christie Davies,
University of Reading

Workshop:
Not Just Classroom Cut-ups—Humor and Drama in the Classroom
Manuel Benson, Arizona State University

Paper Session:
Humor and Critical Thinking in the Classroom

Symposium:
Sense of Humor— Further Explorations of a Personality Characteristic

Paper Session:
Paper Session: Humor and Political Correctness

Paper Session:
Paper Session: Uncovering Satire and Parody

Chair
Paul Grawe,
Winona State University

Language Play and Language Power in the Classroom
James Vanden Bosch,
Calvin College

Critical Thinking: It’s More Fun than you Think
Judy C. P. Sewell,
Harding Ave. Elem. School

Looking Glass Logic: Teaching Critical Thinking Through Satire
David Sullivan,
Cabrillo College

Chair
Willibald Ruch,
University of Duesseldorf

Conceptions and Perceptions of Humor
Aaron Ware,
Univ. of Calif. at Berkeley

A New Measure of Humor: Distinguishing Adjusted from Maladjusted Humor
Patricia Puhlik-Doris
& Rod A. Martin,
Univ. of Western Ontario

Religious People are Less Humorous because of their Close-Mindedness or Because of their Conscientiousness?
Vassilis Saroglou,
Universite Catholique de Louvain

Chair
Maureen Hester,
Holy Names College

In Defense of Ethnic Humor
Harvey Mindess,
Antioch University

Gender Humor: Disguised Aggression or Just Joking
Ellie Marek
Laughline Consultants,
& Judith C. Tingley
Performance Improvement Pros, Inc.

Should Humour Best be Regarded as "Just a Joke"
C. Stuart Ainsworth,
University of Strathclyde

Chair
John Parkin,
University of Bristol

From Public to Private Discourse: Satire
from Early Christianity to Late Medieval Europe
George Paton,
Aston University

Eye to I Contact:
Reader Responses to
Satirical Discourse
Sharon P. Lockyer,
Loughborough University

Parody: Laughter from Mutual Interaction of Texts
Marvin K. L. Ching,
University of Memphis

Workshop:
Unraveling the Therapeutic Experience of Humor
Steven M. Sultanoff, President, American Association of Therapeutic Humor

Paper Session:
Conceptual Transformations and the Creation of Humor

Paper Session:
Sense of Humor—
Explorations of Personality and Health

Paper Session:
Teaching with Humor
in the Multicultural Classroom

Paper Session:
The Risks of Humor in Law, Leadership, and Journalism

Chair
Paul Baltes,
Brigham Young University

The Role of Types of Knowledge and Stereotypes in Understanding Jokes About Animals
József Andor,
Janus Patimonius Univ.

Generating Humorous Similarities Between Concepts: A Cognitive Experimental Inquiry
Rachel Hull
& Jyotsna Vaid,
Texas A & M University

Cognitive Distance in Jokes
John Halligan,
University of Minnesota

Chair
Louis R. Franzini,
San Diego State University

Sense of Humor and Childhood Cancer
Jacqueline S. Dowling, University of Massachusetts

The Interaction of Stress and Personality in Humor Appreciation
Susan Esser,
Bucknell University

Humor and Spirituality as Correlates of Psychological
Well-Being in HIV+ and HIV- Males
Cliff Maas,
Institute of Transpersonal Psychology

Chair
Carolyn Chaney,
San Francisco State University

Utilizing Humor in the Multicultural Classroom
Annette R. Sanchez,
Nashville State Tech,
& Jaime Sanchez,
Volunteer State Comm. College

Examination of the Uses of Analogy and Humor in a High School’s Sheltered English, General Science Course
Colin Ormsby,
Univ. of Calif. at Berkeley

Communicative Competence, Humor, & Cultural Literacy:
Theory and Application
Amy Carrell,
Univ. of Central Oklahoma

Chair
Christopher A. Leeds,
University Nancy 2

Humor and the Law
Alleen Pace Nilsen,
Arizona State University

Leading with Humor: How Nonprofit Leaders Perceive their Use of Humor in the Workplace
Heather A. Andersen,
Seattle University

The Japanese Newspaper and Humor
Hiroshi Inoue,
Kansai University

Workshop:
Humor Works—The Values of Humor in the Workplace
John Morreall, University of South Florida

Paper Session:
The Pragmatics of Joking

Paper Session:
Sense of Humor— Explorations of Personality and Critical Thinking

Paper Session:
Paper Session: Humorous Treatments of Doctors and Lawyers

Chair
Delia Chiaro,
University of Bologna

A Pragmatic Study of Jokes
Sachiko Kitazume,
Kinki University

Joke as Gloss
Elliott Oring,
Calif. State Univ., Los Angeles

A Cognitive Developmental Analysis of Toddler's Jokes
Carolyn Chaney,
San Francisco State Univ.

Chair
Larry Ventis,
College of William & Mary

Critical Thinking, Incongruity, Preference, and Gender Variations
Robin Jaeckle Grawe,
Institute for Travesty, Comedy,
and Humor Studies

Unwrapping More About the Traits of a Humorous Personality
Edgar B. Wycoff,
Univ. of Central Florida

A Langerian-Bergsonian Vitalist Humor Test: Early Results
Paul Grawe,
Winona State University

Chair
Elizabeth Miller,
Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland

Screen Treatments:
Images of Psychotherapy
in American Comedy Films
Don Baird, Chicago, Illinois

Humor on Medical Practitioners
and in Medical Practice in the Greek-Roman World
Paul Schulten,
Erasmus Universitteit

A Good Start: Death Wish Jokes and the American Legal Profession
Marc Galanter,
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison

Workshop:
Where East Meets West—Laughter Therapy
Madan Kataria, Laughter Clubs International,
Steve Wilson, Steve Wilson & Company, and Karen Buxman, HUMORx

Paper Session:
Working Words—
Creative Play with Language

Paper Session:
The Benefits of Humor Programs and Workshops

Paper Session:
Laughter in Japan—
The Humor of Japanese Culture & Society

Paper Session:
Exploring Aspects of Conversational Humor

Chair
James Vanden Bosch,
Calvin College

A Good Pun is Hard to Find: Puns in Anti-Proverbs
Anna Tothne Litovkina,
Illyes Gyula Ped. College

Punpun Punchy Language
Phillippe DeBrabanter,
Univ. Libre de Bruxelles

Laughing Culture: As a Self-Developing System
Olena M. Bakhareva,
Ludmila M. Grygoryeva,
& G. V. Yeyger,
Kharkiv State University

Chair
Allen Klein, Author,
Healing Power of Humor

The Humorous Shift
Robin Shlien
& Aviva Wachs,
Humor Heals

Violence and Humor
in the School
German Payo,
Colegio Antonio Machado

Developing and Teaching Holistic Approaches to Play across the Lifespan
Kay Caskey
& Laurie Young,
Western Michigan Univ.

Chair
Hiroshi Inoue,
Kansai University

Satirical Nature of Kyogen Costumes
Kaoru Higashinakagawa,
Obirin University

Extensive Acceptance of Sha-re (pun) in Japan
Heiyo Nagashima,
Japan Society for Laughter & Humor Studies

Ritual Performance of Laughter in Japan
Goh Abe,
Tokushima Bunri Univ.

Chair
Neal Norrick,
Saarland University

The Use of Laughter to Negotiate Topic Shift and Humorous Frames in Japanese Conversation
Kenichi Tazawa,
University of Minnesota

Accents, and Dialects, and Varieties, Oh My!: Toward a Taxonomy of Dialect Humor
Jeanelle Barrett,
Purdue University

Performing Conversation: Why it’s so Funny
Mercilee Jenkins,
San Francisco State Univ.

Workshop:
Writing Humor: Theory, Practice, and Other Pratfalls
Mary Ann Rishel, Ithaca College

Paper Session:
Creative Applications of Humor

Paper Session:
Surviving with Laughter—Humor and Populations at Risk

Paper Session:
Laughter in Spanish—The Humor of Spanish-Speaking Writers and Artists

Symposium:
Creating Solidarity and Distance in Everyday Discourse I—
Conversational Humor

Chair
Edward H. Sewell, Jr.,
Virginia Tech

Will Rogers Will Make Your Students Laugh
Kopi Saltman,
Rock Hill School, CT

Sentence Completing Game:
A Way to Make First Dates Easier
Larry Ventis,
College of William & Mary

Humor Theory and its Implications for Humor Skills
Tadashi Kumagai
Fukui Prefectural University

Chair
Harvey Mindess,
Antioch University

Humor's Link to Reduced Substance Use by Early Adolescents: The Attachment Factor
Shirley Trout,
Nebraska Council to Prevent Alcohol and Drug Abuse

Links Between Humor and Resilience: Lessons from the Vietnam POWs
Linda D. Henman,
Henman Consulting

Chuckles in Chaos: Survivor Humor in Disasters
Sandy Ritz,
University of Hawaii

Chair
Judith Berlowitz,
Holy Names College

Medical Merriment in the Works of Enrique Jardiel Poncela
Paul Seaver, Ursinus College

I Left My Car In San Francisco: The Humor and Satire of Lalo Guerrero’s Music
Celestino Fernández,
University of Arizona

Liberating Humor in Latin American Poetry of Resistance
Martivon Galindo,
Holy Names College

Co-Chairs
Martin D. Lampert,
Holy Names College
Susan M. Ervin-Tripp,
Univ. of Calif. at Berkeley

Wisecracking & Storytelling
at an Early Age: The Conversational Humor of Boys and Girls
Susan M. Ervin-Tripp,
Univ. of Cal. at Berkeley
Martin D. Lampert,
Holy Names College

Over the Edge? Subversive Humour between Colleagues and Friends
Meredith Marra
and Janet Holmes,
Victoria Univ. of Wellington

On the Complexities of Women's Image Politics in Humorous Narratives
Helga Kotthoff,
University of Konstanz

Workshop:
The Art of Comedy Writing—45 Ways to Make 'Em Laugh
Arthur Asa Berger, San Francisco State University

Paper Session:
Variations of Humor in Modern Fiction

Paper Session:
Humor among Caring Professionals

Paper Session:
National and Ethnic Humor

Symposium:
Creating Solidarity and Distance in Everyday Discourse II—Teasing

Chair
Amy Carrell,
Univ. of Central Oklahoma

Philip Roth's Painful Humor
Elaine Safer,
University of Delaware

Shame and Laughter in Vladimir Nabokov's "Destruction of Tyrants"
Tamara Vaserstein,
State College, Penn.

Ford, Lessing, and Atkinson: Wit and the Structure of Fiction
Marjorie J. Lightfoot,
Arizona State University

Chair
Steven M. Sultanoff, President, Amer. Assoc. of Therapeutic Humor

Should Psychotherapists Even Try to Use Humor?
Louis R. Franzini,
San Diego State Univ.

Sense of Humor in Nurses
Yuki Ikeda, and
Fumiko Kobayashi,
Mie Prefectural College of Nursing

Penguins, Paupers, and Porsches: Expectations of the Clergy
Alastair V. Harris,
Radford University,
B. Keith Conner, and
Eleanor B. Harris

Chair
Omnia F. El Komos,
Helwan University

"From der Sublime to der Ridiculous": The Diversity of German-American Dialect Humor at the Beginning of the 20th Century
Holger Kersten,
University of Kiel

Humour, Englishness and Eccentricity, with Focus on the National Press, Notably The Times
Christopher A. Leeds,
University Nancy 2

Russian Ethnic Humor
Emil A. Draitser,
Hunter College

Co-Chairs
Susan M. Ervin-Tripp,
Univ. of Cal. at Berkeley
& Martin D. Lampert,
Holy Names College

Children's Understandingof Humor
Gregory C. Robison,
Univ. of Calif. at Berkeley

How Children with Autism and Typically Developing Children Perceive Teasing
Erin Heerey,
Univ. of Calif. at Berkeley

Forms and Functions of Teasing: A Face Threat Approach
Dacher Keltner,
Univ. of Calif. at Berkeley

Workshop:
A Stand-up Comedy Teacher's Techniques for Writing Jokes
Greg Dean, Greg Dean's Stand-Up Comedy Workshops

Paper Session:
Comics and Clowns Revealed

Symposium:
The Connections between Laughter, Physiology, and the Emotions

Symposium:
Cross (Dressing) the Boundaries—
Gender and American Humor

Paper Session:
Putting Humor to Work in the Workplace

Chair
Emil A. Draitser,
Hunter College

American Stand-up Comedy
Don L. F. Nilsen,
Arizona State University

The Messianic Tendency in Contemporary Stand-Up Comedy
Arthur J. Husk,
Middlesex University

Putting It Over: The Art of Stage Clowning
Andrew Davis,
New York University

Chair
Sven Svebak,
University of Trondheim

Neural Implications of Laughter Behavior
Takashi Nozawa, Los Angeles, California

On the Problem of Laughter's Opposition
Leonid Karassev,
Russian State University for Humanities

Laughter: Expression, Physiology, and Individual Differences
Willibald Ruch,
University of Duesseldorf

Chair
Linda A. Morris,
Univ. of Calif. at Davis

Who’s Wearing the Pants? Comic Cross-Dressing in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Linda A. Morris,
Univ. of Calif. at Davis

The Politics of Camp: Gender Parody, Humor and Performance as Tools for Gay Activism
John Lawton-Haehl,
Univ. of Calif. at Davis

Indecency or Innovation? Sexual and Aesthetic Transgression in Early 20th Century Drama by Women
Gail Finney,
Univ. of Calif. at Davis

Chair
Celestino Fernández,
University of Arizona

An English Professor's Perspective on the Business of Verbal Humour and the Humour of Business
Richard J. Alexander, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration

The Effectiveness of Humor in Workplace Training
Jim Lyttle
York University

The Senate Club—Humor and the Setting of Norms
Dean L. Yarwood,
University of Missouri at Columbia

Workshop:
Fun 101
Doni Tamblyn, Humorworks

Paper Session:
The Art of Social and Political Cartoons

Symposium:
The Connections Between Laughter and Health

Paper Session:
Women and Comedy

Paper Session:
Humorous Postings at Work

Chair
Allan J. Ryan,
Simon Fraser University

Cartoon and Existentialism
Vladimir Kazanevsky,
Editor-in-Chief, Shoot

Uses of Geographic Caricature in Political Cartoons
Edward H. Sewell, Jr.,
Virginia Tech

Egyptian Humor: A Pragmatic Analysis of Selected Social and Political Cartoons
Omnia F. El Komos,
Helwan University

Chair
Sven Svebak,
University of Trondheim

The Effect of Laughter on Stress and Immune Function
Mary Bennett,
Indiana State University

Laughter and Bereavement
Dacher Keltner,
Univ. of Calif. at Berkeley

Norman Cousins on the Subject of Laughter and Healing
Diana Mahony,
Brigham Young Univ., Hawaii

Chair
Gail Finney,
Univ. of Calif. at Davis

You Can't Stop a Girl From Thinking
Samantha Beale,
Middlesex University

The Wisecraking Dame:
An Overview of Female Wordplay on Screen
Delia Chiaro,
University of Bologna

The Making of "So Funny, They Forgot to Laugh": How a Webpage can Advance the Study of Gender and Comedy
Teresa Canosa &
Diana Solomon,
Univ. of Calif. at Santa Barbara

Chair
N. J. C. Vasantkumar,
Susquehanna University

The Psychological Uses of Humor in the Postings of College Faculty
David J. Bennett,
Lillian V. Haskell,
Melody L. Panzer,
Leslie A. Donaldson, &
Elizabeth K. Leek,
Simmons College

Appropriateness of Joking on the Internet at Work
Patrice Oppliger,
Northeastern University

Humor in Japanese Advertisements: Culture Behind Word Plays
Makiko Takekuro,
Japan Women’s University

Workshop:
Presenting The Art Gliner Center for Humor Studies
Lawrence Mintz and Art Gliner, University of Maryland