Classical Hollywood Cinema  Fathom Karen Voss While completing her dissertation at University of Southern California (USC) on contemporary American cinema and the new West, Karen Voss moved into Web design and film journalism. She served as a multimedia instructor in USC's pilot program to integrate new technologies into traditional curriculum. Voss also taught a number of introductory film courses and was involved in a great deal of film archival and research projects. In addition to editing a journal devoted to urbanism and film, she has published a number of essays, examining how film represents certain urban spaces: from downtown Los Angeles to Las Vegas; and from surfing zones to experimental architecture. Voss has been published in Ifilm.com, RES Magazine, Filmmaker Magazine, The Independent Film and Video Monthly and various film-festival catalogues. Most recently she served as producer and writer for AFIfilm.com at the American Film Institute. American Film Institute The American Film Institute (AFI) is the nation's pre-eminent arts organization dedicated to advancing and preserving the art of the moving image. Since 1967, AFI has served as America's voice for film, television, video and the digital arts, with innovative programs in education, training, exhibition, preservation and new technology. Content at AFI includes interviews with filmmakers, master seminars with the world's greatest cinema artists, definitive bibliographic records of American feature films from the AFI Catalog, articles from the highly regarded journal American Film, expanded with video, text and graphic elements. AFI will enrich users' understanding of film history as well as the cutting-edge contemporary craft and practice of the emerging digital arts. Fathom Fathom is the leading source for online learning. The company's website (www.fathom.com) offers unprecedented opportunities for professional development and lifelong learning through authenticated online education opportunities. Online courses and free seminars together with lectures, interviews, articles and exhibits are available through Fathom, as well as books and other products. Authoritative reference content spans all disciplines and fields of study. Fathom is a consortium of the world's leading universities, cultural institutions, and disseminators of research, which oversees Fathom's development, policies, and educational objectives. Fathom's member institutions include Columbia University, London School of Economics and Political Science, Cambridge University Press, The British Library, The New York Public Library, The University of Chicago, University of Michigan, American Film Institute (AFI), RAND, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Victoria and Albert Museum, Science Museum (UK), and The Natural History Museum (UK).