Brittany Ransom is an associate professor of Sculpture/4D and Associate Director of the School of Art and at California State University Long Beach. As a member of the faculty of the College of The Arts, she works within the sculpture area and specializes in 3D rapid production, digital fabrication and physical computing/kinetics. Ransom’s studio practice aims to probe the lines between human, animal and environmental relations while exploring emergent technologies. Ransom is the recipient of numerous awards and grants including the competitive ZERO1 American Arts Incubator Fellowship (2019), Los Angeles Clean Tech Incubator Artist In Residence (2019) and the Arctic Circle Research Residency (2014). In 2017 Ransom served as the SIGGRAPH Studio Chair in Los Angeles.