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One particularly boring day of class, a tale, lanky professor with chestnut-colored hair and a big, infectious smile realized that he was losing his student’s attention quickly. He remembered a book he had just read on a culture in Africa and was struck with an idea. He started groaning, which caught some notice from the students at the front of the class. While walking around holding his back as if in pain, he complained that he hadn’t seen his toes in several months, that he was bloated, and that he was having cramps. Soon his water broke. Suddenly, all of the young men in the class were laughing and the professor had the attention of the rest of the class as he continued the process of giving birth.

Every semester UM Professor Garry Kerr goes through birth in his anthropology classes. He claims, “I’m one of the few men who gives birth on campus regularly.” Full profile