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  • Mary Kay Morrison
  • https://www.questforhumor.com/
  • Mary Kay Morrison is an author and educator who has taught at virtually every level of the educational spectrum, while facilitating keynote presentations and workshop sessions internationally for the past 30 years. Her work includes integrating what we know about cognitive research on the emotions (particularity humor) to classroom application. In addition to humor and stress management, Mary Kay frequently conducts seminars on brain research, and parenting. Mary Kay is founder and director of Humor Quest. As a member of the Illinois NCLB implementation team, she conducted “Train the Trainer” sessions for the State Board of Education on school improvement and mentoring. She currently volunteers on the Board of Directors for the Association of Applied and Therapeutic Humor (AATH) and is 2015 president-elect. She served as the 2009-2011 AATH conference co-chair. In 2009, she founded and facilitated the international AATH Humor Academy graduate study and certificate program. She is a webinar presenter for Education Learning Network. She serves as a diplomat for The American Institute of Stress (AIS). Her publications, Using Humor to Maximize Learning; Exploring Links between Positive Emotions and Education I and Using Humor to Maximize Living are being used as texts for humor studies courses at several universities. Both are used for the groundbreaking international Humor Academy graduate program offered by AATH (Association of Applied and Therapeutic Humor).
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