Ray Lutzky, Ph.D., has served as an adjunct professor in the Computer Science and Engineering department at New York University's Tandon School of Engineering since 2015. Ray's teaching philosophy centers on the intersection of human-computer interaction and the design of digital and physical spaces, with a focus on preparing students to build technology that is equitable, user-centered, and grounded in real-world context.
He is the co-author of Shaping the Human Experience: Design of Digital and Physical Spaces (Kendall Hunt, 2026), a textbook adopted in university design programs globally. His work in AI literacy and educational technology has informed graduate curricula and professional practice across higher education, and he has taught graduate-level user experience courses at the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and Cornell Tech.
He has also 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. Ray holds a PhD in Communication and Rhetoric from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where his dissertation examined culturally situated design tools for mathematics education, and Master's degrees in digital media from Syracuse University and Arizona State University.