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July 9         Wednesday  2003
9:30 AM

Plenary 
Willibald Ruch

Recital Hall
Humor research issues: Passed milestones and fruitless shortcuts

Posters to be displayed in the designated area.  

10:30 AM - Noon                         Morning Breakout Sessions  

SU 214

 SU 217 SU 003

Chair: J. Milner-Davis

 Chair: P. Bick Chair: G. Kuipers
F. Pugniere-Saaverda

Humoristic paradigm of the anti-Americanism through two French television programs

W. Xu

Humanizing a Confucian paragon:  Xue Baochai’s humor in the 18th century Chinese novel Dream of the Red Chamber

G. Kuipers

Humor styles and comedy audiences: social differences in the appreciation of sitcom humor in the U.S.

J. Cohn

Farce as Affirmation?  How does is work?

J. Sano

Humor – Creativity and Family – Harudanji, Twain, Kappei

M. Swiatkiewicz-Mosny

Humor at the university – Sociological view of student humor

M. Beyen

The Honorable interrupters:  irony and pastiche in the French Chamber of Deputies, 1890

R. Tanaka

Critical Analysis on ‘KyÔka Banashi (Comic Wak Humorous Stories, 1672)’ by Asai RyÔi

B.Gunning

Using participant observation to study the use of humor

 

Noon – 1:30 PM 
                     
Noon

 Lunch 

HUMOR Editorial Board Meeting

 

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM                      Afternoon Breakout Session I  

  SU 214

 SU 217 SU 003

Chair: R. Martin

 Chair: A. Reynolds Chair: N. Norrick
G. Larsen & R. Martin

Humor Styles and close Relationships

H. Kersten

Transcultural perceptions of humor: early German responses to America’s literary humor

N. Norrick

Humorous narratives by tellers over eighty-years old

R. Martin & J. Ward

Does a sense of humor facilitate relationships with others?

L. Lindsey

White people do the darnedest things:  African American comedy and whiteness

J. M. Saltman

Sexy seniors: a look at humor and aging 

 

E. Nwokah

Laughter-eliciting games in mother-infant play

P. Giaimo

The hyper-ethnic narrator in recent Italian American literature

 

K. Saltman

Quit while you’re ahead: a kid’s-eye view of retirement

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM                      Break 

 

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM           Afternoon Breakout Session II  
SU 214 SU 217 SU 003 SU 215

Chair: A. Graesser

 Chair: J. Eisterhold Chair:  J. Morreall Chair: C. Schroeder
D. J. Bennett and G.F.W. Turner

Spontaneous transfer of information from humorous multiple-choice alternatives

A.Tocali-Beller

Humor in the second language classroom: learning, playing and having fun with words

L. B. Amir

Humor within a philosophic perspective: a new approach

J. Dorinson

Catskill comedians

H. H. Mitchell and A. Graesser

Investigating conceptually driven processing in humor: the effects of context on jokes

B. Karman

What’s so funny? Joke target, pop culture and politics in the second language writing classroom. 		J. Gantar

An examination of the role of humor in a liberated society

 

H.Chi & C. Liao

Medical versus non-Medical Taiwanese watching Patch Adams

 

M. P. Y. Chik, B. Leung, and G.N. Molloy

Toward a Chinese multi-dimensional sense of humor scale

M. Muramatsu

Humor in Proverbs and Idioms as they Transcend Cultures and Generations

 

J. Milner Davis

 “Back to basics” What is humor? Conceptualizing its elements, forms, styles, and environments 		C. Liao

Jokes about SARS
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM            Plenary   
                                            Christie Davies The outwardly directed Jewish sense of humor
6:00 PM             Performance by Galileo Players
Chicago Cuisine
Recital Hall 

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