ALA 2016
American Humor Studies Association
Organizer: Jim Caron, caron@hawaii.edu
Sketch Comedy: from Antebellum Periodicals to TV and New Media Forms
Organized by the American Humor Studies Association
Chair: Tracy Wuster, University of Texas, Austin
- “Mixed Men in Black Hoodies: Race and New Media in The Key and Peele Show,” Daniel Meyerend, Idaho State University
- “A Feminist ‘Boys’ Club’: The Feminism of Saturday Night Live’s Early Sketch Comedy, 1975-1978,” Kathryn Kein, George Washington University
- “Joseph C. Neal’s Charcoal Sketches: Inventing the Comic Urban Frontier,” David E. E. Sloane, University of New Haven
Audio-visual equipment required: projector/screen
Humorists, Satirists, Cultural Critique
Organized by the American Humor Studies Association
Chair and Respondent: James Caron, University of Hawaiʽi, Mānoa
- “Woman, Machines, and the Politics of Humor in Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court,” Hoi Na (Stephanie) Kung, Indiana University
- “Curators of the Absurd: Contemporary Comedians as Prophets of Confrontation and Jesters of Delight,” Chris Margrave, Texas State University, San Marcos
Audio-visual equipment required: none
Humor and Children’s Literature
Organized by the Children’s Literature Society and the American Humor Studies Association
Chair: Jennifer Hughes, Averett University
- “‘I Will Chomp You Buster!’: Examining Contemporary Picture Book Storytelling and Humour,” Natalie Schembri, University of British Columbia
- “Humor for Children: Dav Pilkey’s Literary Success in Challenging the Boundaries of Childhood Mischief,” Eva Nwokah and Vanessa Lopez, Our Lady of the Lake University
- “Going Sideways with George and Martha: James Marshall’s Queer Comic Genius, Deirdre Baker, University of Toronto
Audio-visual equipment required: projector/screen
Requested Slot: Friday morning or afternoon
