Professor to Discuss her Work on Humor on “Conversations from St. Norbert College” Television Show

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From St. Norbert College, October 28, 2015
by Mike Counter, mike.counter@snc.edu, 920-403-3089

Regina Barreca, professor of English at the University of Connecticut, will be the guest on the November "Conversations From St. Norbert College" television show. She will discuss how gender and humor function in the workplace, classroom and media. The show is hosted by Kevin Quinn, founding dean of the Donald J. Schneider School of Business & Economics at St. Norbert. A noted public speaker, Barreca lectures nationally and internationally. She has served as an advisor to the Library of Congress for work on humor and the American character. Barreca has authored eight books and edited 16 others. New "Conversations" shows appear the first Friday of each month. The series airs on TWCT Time Warner Cable Television Channel 4 in Green Bay, Howard/Suamico and Seymour; Channel 4 in the Fox Cities; Channel 2 in Neenah/Menasha; and on NET cable Channel 46 in Pulaski. The show also airs on St. Norbert College Channel 5 in De Pere, Ashwaubenon and Bellevue on Sundays at 9:30 a.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6:30 p.m.
The show can also be seen on Wisconsin on Demand (WIoD), Time Warner Cable's local video-on-demand channel (411). It is available free to Time Warner Cable's digital customers in 70 communities in northeast Wisconsin.
"Conversations From St. Norbert College" also airs in Algoma, Clintonville, Columbus, Delavan, Elkhorn, Fitchburg and surrounding areas, Hortonville, Jefferson County, Lake Mills, Marshfield, Milwaukee, New London, Oconomowoc, Sevastopol, Sturgeon Bay, Waukesha, Waupaca, Whitewater, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and Temple University Television, TUTV, Philadelphia, Pa. PEG (Public, Education and Government) community television stations can download "Conversations from St. Norbert College" for their own stations by going to the PEGMedia website.
For more information or to watch the program online, visit the website, http://www.snc.edu/communications/conversations.