Peter Marteinson (Ph.D., University of Toronto) is interested in philosophy and literary theory, particularly in the aesthetics of comedy. He has published articles in the field of eighteenth-century theatre, notably on Beaumarchais, Marivaux and the structure of their comedies, as well as articles and papers on Technology and Education. He is Co-Editor with Pascal Michelucci of the international literary journal, Applied Semiotics / S?iotique appliqu?, and is a former exchange student at France's Ecole normale sup?ieure. He has recently (December 2006) completed a book on the philosophy laughter, On the Problem of the Comic, with a refereed publisher, Legas Press of Ottawa. He is currently writing two books, one on the subject of "Understanding Comedy" and the other, with Prof. Paul Perron, is a book-length study of literary semiotics focussing on Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. He continues to teach in several areas.