Dr. Raymond Lutzky

Instructor

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Biography

Raymond Allen Lutzky is an adjunct lecturer in communication at USC Annenberg with over 20 years of experience in digital media technology and teaching. A native New Yorker, Lutzky has taught at Cornell University and New York University, where he worked with graduate students in digital media and business computer science. He earned his PhD in communication with a focus on rhetoric from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where his dissertation centered on culturally situated design and educational technology usability. Additionally, he holds a master's degree 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 Communications at Arizona State University.

Research Interests

Requirements for University of Southern California

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:6.5
GRE General
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Math, or Hard Science
Application Checklist
  • Online application
  • Official transcripts
  • Personal Statement
  • Resume/CV
  • Letters of Recommendation (not required for MS CS, but allowed)
Specialization Notes

GRE is NOT required for Master's applicants for 2025-2026.