This Research Team studies psychological aspects of humor. Our work
consists of collecting humorous stories, jokes, anecdotes, and cartoons so that
we can see how different people react to them. Students on the Team complete
library research to discover what other researchers have found, help plan the
studies, and produce written reports of the results.
Our team members have made quite a number of presentations at various conferences, including the annual conventions of the American Psychological Association, the Eastern Psychological Association, and the New England Psychological Association; the National Conference on Undergraduate Research; the University of Scranton Psychology Conference; and the Eastern Colleges Psychology Conference. Various students have co-authored research articles and have continued their work in independent study and as honors projects in the past. A number of our graduates have entered master's and doctoral programs.
These are the students I am fortunate to be working with this semester.
Recent published research:
Wimer, D. J., & Beins, B. C. (2008). Expectation and perceived humor. Humor: International Journal of Humor Studies, 21(3), 347-363.
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Amanda Espinosa and Andrew Etherington present their poster Neuroticism and humor: Different factor structures in high and low scorers at the Fall 2011 NEPA convention. |
Ché Albowicz and Alyssa Dietz present their poster Neuroticism and sex-related jokes: Sex primes mortality salience at the Fall 2011 NEPA convention. | Peter Russell and Jamie LeFevbre present their poster Neuroticism and the factor structure of the sense of humor at the Fall 2011 NEPA convention. |
Greg Miller discussing his research on sexism, humor, and offensiveness. |
Brian Stewart explaining his study on factors influencing perception of humor |
Skyler Babcock standing next to her poster on expectations and perceived humor. |
Alycia Ippolito and Yvonne Romero at their poster on self perceptions of humor. |
Katharina Carella at her poster at the 2010 EPA convention. The research involved expectations about humor. |
Aliyah Emas at her poster at the 2010 EPA convention. The research involved sexism, humor, and offensiveness. |
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The Humor Research Team received an award from the New England Psychological Association (NEPA) at the 2005 Annual Meeting. The Research Team also won awards at the 2007 NEPA meeting for Faculty-Student Collaboration: Beins, B. C., McCarthy, C., Rigge, M., Rigoli, B., & Sawyer, S. (2007, October). Expectations About Humor Affect Ratings: A Generalizable Effect with Social Implications. Benfante, L., & Beins, B. C. (2007, October). Self-Reflection and Sense of Humor: The Big Five Personality Characteristics and Humor. |
Interesting and Notable Links to Other Humor Sites
(Please note that I have posted these links in the event that you are interested in them. The content of those web pages is under the control of their owners; these links do not constitute an endorsement of their content. Most of the links are associated with professionals in the field of humor research or who conduct therapy.)
American Association
for Therapeutic Humor Home Page
Humor: International Journal
of Humor Research Home Page
International
Society for Humor Studies Historian Page (ISHS)
The Jester
Home Page: Participate in their Research
Willibald Ruch's Home
Page at the University of Düsseldorf
Steven Sultanoff, Ph.D., "Humor Matters" Home
Page
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