Keith Barber

Academic professional with a proven track record of enhancing student learning outcomes through innovative curriculum design. Expertise in facilitating engaging discussions that promote active participation and improve information retention. Extensive teaching experience combined with a commitment to maintaining high academic standards.

Loose Threads, Episodic podcast — The purpose of 'Loose Threads' is to test the veracity of Emerson's axiom in modern-day America, diving into the myriad aspects of North Carolina's criminal justice system, including flaws in the system that lead to wrongful convictions.

• Ordinary Injustice, Writer, Producer & Director, Documentary feature film, 54 minutes [2016] Examines a deeply flawed investigation that led to a wrongful conviction.
• Any Given Friday, Writer, Producer & Director, Documentary feature film, 89 minutes [2010] Gordon Walters, a high school football coach, leaves a nationally ranked program at Southern Durham (NC) High School to take on the greatest challenge of his career.
• An Evening with Dr. Cornel West, Collaborative production, Documentary, 90 minutes, 01/30/24, Documenting Dr. Cornel West's appearance at UNC-Chapel Hill.
• Perchance to Dream, Writer, Narrative short film, 05/13
• The Burden of Memory, Writer, Experimental short film, 05/14
• Loose Threads, Producer, Podcast, 06/20, Present

Worked on a variety of Hollywood feature films and network sitcoms over a 10-year career in Los Angeles and Wilmington, NC. Served in the roles of set production assistant, production coordinator, assistant to the producer and location manager.

Editor/Staff Writer/Freelance Journalist [Sept. 2000 - Present], Award-winning journalist with experience working as staff writer, editor-in-chief and photojournalist at daily and weekly newspapers across the state including Carolina Public Press, Burlington Times-News, The Local Reporter, Wilmington Star-News, IndyWeek, State Port Pilot, & YES! Weekly, an alternative newsweekly in Greensboro., 10 North Carolina Press Association Awards

• Winner of 10 North Carolina Press Association Awards