Leslie P. Bruce
Adjunct Professor in World Missions and Intercultural Studies
B.A., John Brown University, 1967; M.A., Columbia Bible College, 1968; Ph.D., The Australian National University, 1979
Since 2000, Les Bruce has served as Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics at the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics (GIAL) in Dallas. Dr. Bruce began his career as a field linguist and Bible translator with the Alamblak people of Papua New Guinea. He has extensive experience as a linguistics professor, including Associate Professor at Biola University (1985-1988), and visiting and adjunct teaching positions at institutions of higher education in Hong Kong, the Philippines, and the South Pacific. Dr. Bruce has as Master of Arts in Biblical Education from Columbia Bible College–School of World Missions and a Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics from The Australian National University. He and his wife, Kathy, live in Duncanville, Texas, and have three sons.
