Pamela Jean Smith is a second-year graduate student in the Moving Image Archiving and Preservation program at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. Through her courses of study, she has worked on various projects with such organizations as San Francisco Cinematheque, Electronic Arts Intermix, Anthology Film Archives, Archives of Appalachia, Appalshop and Vidipax. Ms. Smith received a Bachelor of Science degree in Film and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Boston University in 2001.