Cynthia Rawitch
Professor

Brief Biography

Dr. Cynthia Rawitch has been a member of the CSUN faculty and administrative staff for 44 years, since joining the Journalism Department as a part-timer in 1973. In her early years, Dr. Rawitch focused on teaching the basic skills that young journalists need: reporting, writing, editing, and ethics. She was the publisher of The Daily Sundial for 10 years and was named the Outstanding Journalism Professor of the Year by the California Newspaper Publishers Association in 1986. She was promoted to Associate Professor in 1991, after completing her Ph.D. at UCLA. While Dr. Rawitch always loved the classroom and newsroom, she became the Department Chair of Journalism in 1998. She then moved into administration as Associate Dean and Acting Dean of MCCAMC. She held numerous administrative positions in central Academic Affairs from 2005-2013, ending as Vice Provost. Her personal, professional, and research interests have always focused on journalism ethics, diversity in journalism, and student success.

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