Biography
Bruce Mackh earned a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, an MFA from Tulane University, and a PhD in Critical Studies and Fine Art from Texas Tech University. While at Texas Tech, he was awarded a TEACH Fellowship, and was the only Fellow from the School of Art to earn this distinction.
Bruce has a strong interest in curriculum development, pedagogy, and faculty development, all of which informed his work as the Mellon Research Project Director at the University of Michigan, ArtsEngine. The goal of this project was to compile the first comprehensive guide to best practices in the integration of the arts into the research university, central to which was a focus on the idea of arts practice as research--perhaps one of the most crucial debates concerning the future of the arts in academia. The culmination of the Mellon Research Project led to Bruce's first book, Surveying the Landscape: Arts Integration at Research Universities (2015)
At the conclusion of the Mellon Research Project, Bruce joined the faculty at Michigan State University, where he served as the Director of the Arts and Cultural Management and Museum Studies graduate programs. He then became the Chair of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design in Denver, Colorado, later becoming the Dean of Faculty. Bruce later served as the Chair of the Department of Art & Design at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, GA and is now the Associate Vice President of Teaching and Learning at Chadron State College in Chadron, Nebraska.
Bruce's second book was published by Routledge in April, 2018: Higher Education by Design: Best Practices for Curricular Planning and Instruction. HIs third book, Pivoting Your Instruction: A Guide to Comprehensive Instructional Design for Faculty, was published by Routledge in August, 2021. He also contributed a chapter to The Routledge International Handbook of Practice-Based Research (January 2022) and published an article titled “Mentorship: The New Master-Apprentice Model in Higher Education” in the Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice (Dec. 2020).
An accomplished photographer, Bruce's largest collection of images is part of the permanent collection of the Louisiana State Museum, illustrating the lasting impact of Hurricane Katrina on the city of New Orleans.
Bruce is a member of numerous professional organizations including the College Art Association; the Network for Sciences, Engineering, Art and Design; Arts Administrators in Higher Education; and the National Council of Arts Administrators, which awarded him a prestigious 2014/2015 Emerging Arts Administration Fellowship. For a full list of memberships, awards, consultancies, and speaking engagements, please see Bruce's CV.
Bruce has a strong interest in curriculum development, pedagogy, and faculty development, all of which informed his work as the Mellon Research Project Director at the University of Michigan, ArtsEngine. The goal of this project was to compile the first comprehensive guide to best practices in the integration of the arts into the research university, central to which was a focus on the idea of arts practice as research--perhaps one of the most crucial debates concerning the future of the arts in academia. The culmination of the Mellon Research Project led to Bruce's first book, Surveying the Landscape: Arts Integration at Research Universities (2015)
At the conclusion of the Mellon Research Project, Bruce joined the faculty at Michigan State University, where he served as the Director of the Arts and Cultural Management and Museum Studies graduate programs. He then became the Chair of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design in Denver, Colorado, later becoming the Dean of Faculty. Bruce later served as the Chair of the Department of Art & Design at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, GA and is now the Associate Vice President of Teaching and Learning at Chadron State College in Chadron, Nebraska.
Bruce's second book was published by Routledge in April, 2018: Higher Education by Design: Best Practices for Curricular Planning and Instruction. HIs third book, Pivoting Your Instruction: A Guide to Comprehensive Instructional Design for Faculty, was published by Routledge in August, 2021. He also contributed a chapter to The Routledge International Handbook of Practice-Based Research (January 2022) and published an article titled “Mentorship: The New Master-Apprentice Model in Higher Education” in the Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice (Dec. 2020).
An accomplished photographer, Bruce's largest collection of images is part of the permanent collection of the Louisiana State Museum, illustrating the lasting impact of Hurricane Katrina on the city of New Orleans.
Bruce is a member of numerous professional organizations including the College Art Association; the Network for Sciences, Engineering, Art and Design; Arts Administrators in Higher Education; and the National Council of Arts Administrators, which awarded him a prestigious 2014/2015 Emerging Arts Administration Fellowship. For a full list of memberships, awards, consultancies, and speaking engagements, please see Bruce's CV.