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<div>Dear humor researchers,</div>
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<div><b>1. 7th Humor Research Conference 2017, Dallas</b></div>
<div>Our conference is just a month away!</div>
<div><a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/humor">http://www.tamuc.edu/humor</a></div>
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<div>Deadline for submissions of presentations/posters is in a week: Feb. 15.</div>
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<div>If you want to join us in Dallas from March 9-11, please register asap and indicate your interest in the free workshops:</div>
<div><a href="http://marketplace.tamuc.edu/HumorConference">http://marketplace.tamuc.edu/HumorConference</a></div>
<div>We already have participants confirmed from the United States (surprise, surprise), the United Kingdom, Sweden, Malaysia, Chile, Mexico, France, and Puerto Rico (maybe Australia?).</div>
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<div><b>2. Humor Survey</b></div>
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<div><font face="Helvetica,sans-serif">Below is a link to a survey by Maggie Baisley, who is studying clinical psychology at the Uniformed Services University. I had a tiny role in assisting her with it and it is now ready for participants. The survey is very
long, but the benefit is that you get training in using humor to improve your stress response and relationships as you take the it and you can also get a profile of your humor style. Help (humor) research!</font></div>
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<div>Best,</div>
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<div style="font-weight: bold;">Christian F. Hempelmann, PhD | Assistant Professor of Computational Linguistics</div>
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<a href="c.hempelmann@tamuc.edu">c.hempelmann@tamuc.edu</a> <br>
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Texas A&M University-Commerce<br>
P.O. Box 3011 | Commerce, TX 75429-3011<br>
Tel. 903.886.5291 (email preferred) | Fax: 903.886.5980 | www.tamuc.edu<br>
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<div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><i style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41); font-family: 'san francisco', -apple-system, blinkmacsystemfont, '.sfnstext-regular', sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.24px;">Want to become more <b>aware </b>of how <b>you use humor</b>?
Are you <b>curious</b> about <b>how humor works </b>according to available science? Would you like to learn how to use humor to respond better to stress and enhance your relationships? T<b>ake this 2-4 hour workshop (via Survey Monkey)</b> and begin to answer
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<div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/eH2CWorkshopStudy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(54, 88, 153); text-decoration: none; font-family: 'san francisco', -apple-system, blinkmacsystemfont, '.sfnstext-regular', sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.24px;">https://www.surveymonkey.com/<wbr>r/eH2CWorkshopStudy</a></div>
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Why does humor cause pain sometimes and relief other times? Want to learn to use humor to benefit yourself and bring you closer to people you care about?</p>
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The electronic Humor to Cope and Connect (e-H2C) workshop will teach you principles and strategies for using humor in ways that optimize benefits and avoid harm. This workshop presents information based on research about humor that has not previously been all
in one place and available to a general audience. It is broken down into manageable and understandable bites with opportunities to apply new concepts. The workshop and associated questionnaires take approximately 2-4 hours to complete. You may take it all
at once, or take breaks. Please consider participating in the workshop development study and then providing us with feedback about your experience. </p>
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