< Back Cynthia Baron             Associate Director, Digital Media, Northeastern University Cynthia Baron is the Associate Director, Digital Media programs and Multimedia Studies at Northeastern University. Previously Technical Director and Lecturer in the Department of Visual Arts, she holds an MBA from Northeastern University and was the executive vice president of a Boston-based graphic design studio for over a decade. She has been a series editor for Rockport Publishers and a contributing editor to the magazines Critique and Computer Graphics World. She has edited, authored or co-authored over a dozen books, including Designing a Digital Portfolio.