Jeff Smith is a Professor of Film Studies in the Department of Communication Arts.  He is the author of two books: The Sounds of Commerce: Marketing Popular Film Music (1998, Columbia University Press) and Film Criticism, the Cold War, and the Blacklist: Reading the Hollywood Reds (2014, University of California Press).  He also is a co-author, along with David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson, of the 11th, 12th, and 13th editions of Film Art: An Introduction and the 5th edition of Film History: An Introduction.  He specializes in the study of post-war American cinema with a particular focus on film music and film sound.  He also is a regular contributor to the Criterion Channel's "Observations on Film Art" series of video essays.