Dennis Barber III

Dennis Barber III, Professor
Miller School of Entrepreneurship
College of Business
East Carolina University
175 Wright Building
Greenville, NC 27858-4353
252-328-6595
barberde17@ecu.edu
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

Dennis Barber III, PhD is the Chesnutt-Bond Distinguished Scholar of Entrepreneurship and an Associate Professor for the Miller School of Entrepreneurship in the College of Business at East Carolina University. He served as an Entrepreneurship Teaching and Learning Scholar with the United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) and is the President-Elect with the national Small Business Institute®. He is the Coeditor-in-Chief for the Journal of Small Business Strategy. Dr. Barber has served as a guest editor for multiple special issues on rural entrepreneurship and education with leading field journals. He founded the Rural Entrepreneurship Special Interest Group with USASBE and co-developed the Rural Entrepreneurship Education Certificate program. His work has been published in the Journal of International Entrepreneurship, Journal of Small Business Strategy, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, the Journal of Business Venturing Insights, Annals of Entrepreneurship Education & Pedagogy, among others. Dr. Barber conducts applied research on the topics of rural entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship education & pedagogy, economic development, public policy, and entrepreneurial attitudes. He currently teaches Innovation & Opportunity Assessment.

Dr. Barber teaches Family Business, Small Business Management, Entrepreneurship and Innovation & Opportunity Assessment. He is also a Galliard Institute certified Family Business Advisor. He is the lead for student-led, consulting based courses with the Miller School and has won multiple national awards for his efforts with these courses. His Family Business course offers over 5,000 hours of service learning for family business in the region each year.

Awards

Matthew Sonfield Research Award for Best Research Paper, Small Business Institute® February 2020
SBI Best Practices Award, Small Business Institute® February 2020
Distinguished Empirical Paper Award, Small Business Institute® Conference February 2020
1st Place – 2020 Student Project of the Year, Small Business Institute® February 2020
USASBE Co-Curricular Innovation Award January 2020
Charter Faculty Member, Sigma Nu Tau Honor Society November 2019
3rd Place – 2019 Student Project of the Year, Small Business Institute® February 2019 Homer L. Saunders Mentor Award, Small Business Institute® February 2019
Best Empirical Paper Award, Small Business Institute® Conference February 2019
NC Idea Grant (Exit and Succession Planning: Micro-Business Resiliency) Spring 2019
USASBE Entrepreneurship Teaching & Learning Scholar September 2018
1st Place – 2018 Student Project of the Year, Small Business Institute® February 2018
3rd Place – 2017 Student Project of the Year, Small Business Institute® February 2017
2016 Showcase Award Winner – Small Business Institute® February 2016

Certifications

Ice House Entrepreneurship Program Certified Facilitator Completion in Fall 2020
Galliard Institute Certified Family Business Advisor June 2019