 He was also a founding member of the ATCA Foundation and continues on its Board.For some years he was on the editorial board of "Best Plays", the standard theater yearbook established in 1920 by Burns Mantle

From 1968, and as Emeritus since 2018, Rawson was a member of the English faculty at the University of Pittsburgh, where he taught courses primarily in satire, Shakespeare, critical writing, Irish drama, and the work of playwright August Wilson.He came to know Wilson and his plays well through covering him since 1984 for the playwright's hometown newspaper of record.