Raymond Allen Lutzky, PhD, is an adjunct lecturer of communication at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and brings more than 20 years of experience with digital media technology to his teaching. A native New Yorker, Lutzky is also an adjunct professor at New York University Tandon School of Engineering in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. He previously taught a human-computer interaction research seminar at Cornell University, working with graduate students in digital media, business and computer science. Lutzky is the co-author of Shaping the Human Experience: Design of Digital and Physical Spaces (2026, Kendall Hunt Publishing), which discusses the art and science of design, from interiors to user interfaces, revealing how thoughtful design can enhance and also hinder human experiences.

Lutzky received his PhD in communication and rhetoric from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where his dissertation focused on human-computer interaction. He also holds a master’s in public relations from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and a master’s in digital audience strategy from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.