Dr. Gordon Atlas is professor emeritus at Alfred University in New York. He received his BA in philosophy from S.U.N.Y. Binghamton and his MSW and PhD in Personality Psychology from the University of Michigan. He taught in the Psychology Division at Alfred University for thirty years.Dr. Atlas was the recipient of five Excellence in Teaching awards from Alfred University. He served as the Director of the Honors Program at Alfred for ten years. He has published numerous articles in professional journals and has delivered several lectures as an invited speaker at other universities.Most relevant to this book, Dr. Atlas taught a seminar on the Psychology of Comedy on a consistent basis at Alfred University. He has always been fascinated by humor, and while teaching the Comedy course, he constructed the basic format and content of the book through that experience. Dr. Atlas also conducted his own research on the hilariously funny, studying participants' personal examples of the absolutely funniest experiences of their lives.Dr. Atlas resides in Key West, Florida, with his wife, Jana. There he is able to enjoy several of his passions-snorkeling and underwater photography, live music, and writing.The author can be contacted by email at: gda94@yahoo.com.
