Jennifer Smith

jennifer.m.smith@csun.edu

Vice-President of Administration & Finance

Jennifer Smith holds a Master of Arts degree with distinction in Art History from California State University, Northridge. Her Master’s thesis was written about Wonder Woman, entitled "Wonder Woman: Fighting for Her Rights in Her Satin Tights." She studies the intersection between art and pop culture, and collects historical ephemera from comic books to props and costumes from Hollywood's best (and worst) productions. She is currently writing The Back to the Future Almanac, and just completed work on the Rick Baker biography, a look into the art of Special Effects Make-Up, to be released in 2012.

Currently an Associate Professor of Art History at California State University, Northridge, Jennifer is also the Vice President of the Art Historians of Southern California. She served as President of the Art History Student Association at CSUN for two years, and is a member of the College Art Association and the Archaeological Institute of America.