Description: Hi! My name is JAMES NIKOPOULOS (that's me below, attempting a snow angel). I am a scholar of laughter and literature. I like to examine the ways emotions and stories address questions about how we communicate with each other and understand ourselves. I hold an MA and PhD from the CUNY Graduate Center and a…
Home Books Academic Papers Essays Fiction, Poetry, etc… The Birth ofu0026nbsp;Laughter Hi! My name is James Nikopoulos (that’s me below, attempting a snow angel).
I was born and raised in Las Vegas, then went to UCLA and the CUNY Graduate Center. In 2012 I moved to the capital of Kazakhstan to teach at a brand new institution of higher education. I worked as an Assistant and Associate Professor at Nazarbayev University for ten amazing years.
As a scholar, I like to examine the ways literature can address questions about how we communicate with each other and understand ourselves. I am especially obsessed with the topic of laughter. (Check out this episode of Counterpoint to hear me talk about offensive laughter.)