<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/0425-professor-leads-in-laughter-and-learning.php" dsn="blogs"><featured/><feature_title>Featured News</feature_title><title>Funny learning: This professor wants her students to laugh out loud</title><author>Tory Abbott '23</author><author_email>info@skidmore.edu</author_email><pubDate>04/30/2025 07:23:42 AM</pubDate><display>display</display><description>Beck Krefting, professor of American studies; director of the Center for Leadership, Teaching, and Learning (CLTL); and a standup comedian, leads the Skidmore community in laughter and learning.</description><category>News</category><image_listing><img src="/news/2025/images/0425-professor-leads-laughter-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Beck stands on a triangular stage during their &#34;Queerly Beloved&#34; performance"/></image_listing><image><img src="/news/2025/images/0425-professor-leads-laughter-hero.jpg" alt="Beck stands on a triangular stage during their &#34;Queerly Beloved&#34; performance, a gallery wall can be seen to the left"/></image><caption>Beck Krefting, professor of American studies and CLTL director, organized "Queerly Beloved" in collaboration with the Tang Teaching Museum's "a field of bloom and hum" exhibition.</caption></item>