Raymond Allen Lutzky, Ph.D., has been teaching undergraduate and graduate courses at top U.S. universities for over a decade. He joined University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism as an Adjunct Lecturer in 2021, where he teaches in the digital media management master’s program. Since 2015, he has developed and taught human-computer interaction courses as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering as well as the Department of Technology, Culture, and Society at New York University Tandon School of Engineering. He also developed and taught a human-computer interaction research seminar at Cornell Tech, and has guest lectured at Syracuse University S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the State University of Trade and Economics, Kiev, Ukraine.
University Teaching & Research Interests
Human-Computer Interaction
User Experience Design
Digital Platforms Strategy
User Research Methods
Media Management
Courses
Ray’s university teaching experiences encompasses lectures at University of Southern California, New York University, Cornell University, Syracuse University, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
University of Southern California – Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
DMM 505
spring 2023, 2024 (x2), 2025, 2026; fall 2023 (x2), 2024; summer 2024

DMM 540
summer 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026 (x2); spring/fall 2023, 2024 (x2), 2025 (x4), 2026 (x2)




DMM 545
spring 2025, 2026; summer 2025 (x2), 2026, fall 2025 (x2)


New York University – Tandon School of Engineering
CS-GY 9223
Important Developments in Human Computer Interaction
spring 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2027

CS-UY 4543/CS-GY 6543
fall 2015, 2016, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026; spring 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027

CS-GY 9223
User Experience Research and Behavior
fall 2021

DM-GY 9103B
Digital Media Human-Computer Interaction
spring 2017


Cornell University – Cornell Tech


Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – School of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences



Ukraine Global Faculty (UGF)
Ray is also a proud volunteer lecturer for the Ukraine Global Faculty; a non-profit initiative supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the Ukrainian National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance.
