Humor is an integral aspect of what it means to be human. Evolutionarily, it is thought to be adaptive. It can forge social bonds, contribute to resilience, and help us cope with difficult situations.

One is an engineer-turned-comedian; the other, a communication professor at Texas A&M University. As founders of the consulting firm Humor That Works, brothers Dave and Andrew Tarvin teach people how ...

I’ve been studying humor as an academic for a couple of decades now. I’ve written a doctoral dissertation about it, published articles about it, given talks about it, and am an avid consumer of ...