Sam Pack is a Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kenyon College in Ohio. His research interests address the relationship between media and culture and specifically focus on an anthropological approach to the production and reception of television, film, photographs, and new media. He has authored almost fifty articles published in a variety of peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes as well as two book manuscripts and two ethnographic films. Dr. Pack teaches a wide variety of courses in cultural anthropology, visual anthropology, oral history, Native American Studies, and Asian Studies. He has undertaken research and/or film projects in Central America (Honduras and Costa Rica), the Arctic (Labrador, Canada), the Middle East (West Bank, Palestine), Southeast Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, and Philippines), and East Asia (South Korea and Japan). He also possesses significant experience teaching overseas, having held visiting appointments in universities and research institutes in India, Costa Rica, Palestine, Iceland, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, South Korea, and Japan.