Bruce L. Edwards

Who is Bruce L. Edwards?

Bruce L. Edwards is Professor Emeritus of English and Africana Studies and in the past served as Associate Vice President for Online Programs and E-learning Services at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States, where he was a faculty member and administrator between 1981-2012. Currently, he offers consultation on distance education matters for higher education.

In the past, he has served as Fulbright Fellow in Nairobi, Kenya, teaching at Daystar University, and as a Bradley Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC, and as the S. W. Brooks Memorial Professor of Literature at The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Bruce and his wife, Joan, live in Bowling Green, and have four grown children, ranging in age from 25 to 34.

Bruce was born in Akron, Ohio, attending the Akron City Public Schools. He received an A.A. in Biblical Studies at Florida College, and then graduated with a B.A. in English from the University of Missouri–Rolla in 1977, and received his Masters Degree in English from Kansas State University in 1979. He earned his Ph.D. in Literature and Rhetoric from the University of Texas at Austin in 1981, writing his dissertation on the literary criticism of C. S. Lewis.