John A. Bruce

John A. Bruce is an Associate Professor of Design Strategies at Parsons School of Design, The New School. He co-directs the Transdisciplinary Design MFA program and the Consortium for Transdisciplinarity, focusing on critical and collective fabulation through transdisciplinary praxis as ways of being and worlding. His work spans film, video, installation, and social issue-oriented transmedia projects.

• MBA, Presidio (Pinchot University), 2009
• BFA, School of Visual Arts, 1987

His research explores intersections of fabulation, hauntology, and worlding, with emphasis on body-land relationships, planetary health, end-of-life design, and cinematic approaches to social transformation. His creative practice includes film festivals, exhibitions, and design consultancy for projects like the Light Phone.

His recent publications address participatory design in crisis contexts, Arendtian ethics, and sustainable design strategies. Films such as End of Life examine mortality and human-technology relationships through documentary and installation formats.

• 2015/16 Fellow, Graduate Institute for Design Ethnography and Social Thought at The New School

Bruce teaches courses like Transdisciplinary Methods and Cinematic Tropes, and leads the MFA studio Design for Living and Dying. His work integrates artistic practice with academic leadership in transdisciplinary frameworks.