Wynn Tranfield is a academic librarian with broad subject expertise across STEM and health science fields. She has worked at several West Coast institutions, including Seattle Central College, UCLA, and currently UCSC.

She practices translating critical theories into dynamic classroom practices, and advocates for flexible, hybrid learning for information literacy. She is dedicated to incorporating emerging technologies into educational praxis, advocating for fair and inclusive representation of diverse voices in scholarly discourse.

As a researcher, she actively participates in Open Science Frameworks, committing to collaborative and transparent methodologies. Her current research focuses on the impacts of advanced algorithms on research as a subject of inquiry.