Samuel P. Winch, Ph.D.

· Associate Professor of Communications and Humanities, Humanities
· Program Coordinator, Bachelor of Humanities in Communications
· Program Coordinator, Minor in Communications

Biography

Dr. Winch has been a faculty member at Penn State Harrisburg since 2000. Before that he taught at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, and Bowling Green State University in Ohio.

His background is in photojournalism, graphic design and public relations.

Courses Taught

He teaches courses in photography, graphic design, media law and ethics, converging technologies and media theory.

Publications and Research

Dr. Winch has written two books: Mapping the Cultural Space of Journalism: How journalists distinguish news from entertainment (Praeger, 1996); and Handbook for Visual Journalists (BrotherMedia, 2000). His research has also been published in several scholarly journals, including Journalism Studies, Journal of Mass Media Ethics, Visual Communication Quarterly, and Journal of Computer Mediated Communication. His research interests include media ethics, visual communication, and journalism professionalism. His most recent work focuses on news media portrayals of Osama bin Laden. In addition to his research, Dr. Winch continues to produce award-winning photography. His photographs have been published in many magazines and books, and exhibited in several juried shows.