D. Bruce Johnstone waa aqoonyahan isbarbardhigga waxbarashada sare ee maaliyadda, maamulka iyo dejinta siyaasadda. Waxa uu maamulaa Mashruuca Maaliyadda iyo Helitaanka Waxbarashada Sare ee Isbarbardhigga, Imtixaan 10 sano ah oo lagu galayo isbeddelka adduunka ee kharashka waxbarashada sare ee dawladaha iyo canshuur-bixiyeyaasha ee waalidiinta iyo ardayda. Waxa uu ahaa maamule jaamacadeed muddo 25 sano ah isaga oo madaxweyne ku-xigeenka maamulka ka ahaa Jaamacadda Pennsylvania, guddoomiyaha Jaamacadda State College of Buffalo iyo jagada guddoomiyaha Jaamacadda Gobolka New York (SUNY). Hadda waa borofisar Adeegga Sharafta leh ee Waxbarashada Sare iyo Isbarbardhigga ee Jaamacadda Gobolka ee New York ee Buffalo.
Shan iyo toban sano ka hor, Bruce waxaa laga helay kansarka ganaca. Waxa uu si guul leh ula dagaalamay, "si la mid ah firfircoonida iyo dadaalka uu muujiyay intii uu noolaa, waana uga mahadcelineynaa inuu sameeyay," ayuu yiri mid ka mid ah magacaabista. Waxa uu dib ugu laabtay waxbarashada, ka dibna waxa uu diiradda saaray shaqadiisa adduunka oo dhan ee maalgelinta tacliinta sare. “Maanta, marka uu waddan u baahan yahay in laga caawiyo sidii loo maalgelin lahaa nidaamkooda kulliyadda, waxay la xiriiraan Bankiga Adduunka, bangigana wuxuu u yeeraa Bruce. "Bruce waa horyaal, aad ayaan ugu hanweynahay isaga."
Dugsiga sare, Bruce waxa uu ahaa bilawga kubbada cagta, kubbadda kolayga iyo orodka, isagoo helay xushmad sharafeed dhammaan Gobolka oo dhan, horyaalnimada shirarka ee kubbadda koleyga wuxuuna ahaa kabtanka kooxda orodada.
Johnstone wuxuu haystaa Bachelors (dhaqaalaha) iyo Masters (waxbarida) shahaadooyinka Harvard halkaas oo uu ku kasbaday deeq waxbarasho. Waxa kale oo uu shahaadada Ph.D. xagga waxbarashada Jaamacadda Minnesota, iyo Dhakhaatiirta Sharafta leh ee D'Youville College, Towson State College iyo California State University ee San Diego. Waxaa loo magacaabay SUNY (Jaamacadda Gobolka New York) Professor-ka sharafta leh ee 2005. 2007 waxa loo magacaabay Hoggaamiyaha Aqoonyahanka Sharafta leh ee barnaamijka Fulbright New Century Scholars program, barnaamij caalami ah. Waa qoraaga 115 buug iyo maqaallo. Buuggiisii u dambeeyay waxa uu cinwaankiisu yahay, Maalgelinta Tacliinta Sare: Qiimaha- Wadaagista Aragtida Caalamiga ah. Wuxuu kula nool yahay xaaskiisa Gail Buffalo, New York.