About Leah A. Ransom
Research Focus
Dr. Ransom's research explores the intersections of digital rhetoric, phenomenology, simulation, and video game studies. She is particularly interested in how digital environments—especially games—mediate subjectivity, agency, and the experience of self. Drawing from philosophy of mind and the philosophy of information, her current work examines the rhetorical and epistemological implications of virtual spaces.
Education
Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin
M.A CalState University, San Bernardino
B.A. CalState University, San Bernardino
Teaching
Currently teaching at CalPoly, San Luis Obispo
In the classroom, Dr. Ransom encourages students to think critically about how communication operates across both analog and digital contexts. She strives to create intellectually curious spaces where students feel empowered to interrogate the technologies and narratives shaping contemporary life.