Frontmatter -- Contents -- Theory of humor and practice of humor research: -- Editor's notes and thoughts -- Psychology of humor -- A primer for the linguistics of humor -- Undertaking the comparative study of humor -- Humor in anthropology and folklore -- Philosophy and religion -- Literature and humor -- Humor and popular culture -- Historical views of humor -- Computational humor: Beyond the pun? -- The sociology of humor -- Beyond "Wit and Persuasion": Rhetoric, composition, -- and humor studies -- Applications of humor: Health, the workplace, and -- education -- Humor and health -- Humor in literature -- Communication and humor -- Verbally expressed humor and translation -- Cartoons: Drawn jokes? -- Backmatter