Barber’s directorial debut, Baking Alaska, won best short documentary at several festivals including the Santa Fe Independent Film Festival and was an official selection of the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival and a dozen more. Barber grew up in central Oklahoma and studied journalism at the University of Oklahoma before pursuing a career as an international reporter based in Southeast Asia and West Africa. She earned a master of fine arts in film at American University in Washington, DC. She is currently assistant professor of electronic media at the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno. + Google Calendar+ iCal Export