1. Bruce Gilley is the founder and president of the Oregon Association of Scholars, member of the Heterodox Academy and founding signatory of the Oregon Academic Faculty Pledge on Freedom.

1. Bruce Gilley is the founder and president of the Oregon Association of Scholars, member of the Heterodox Academy and founding signatory of the Oregon Academic Faculty Pledge on Freedom.
Bruce Gilley, a Canadian born American of Scottish descent received his Bachelor of Arts in economics and international relations from the University of Toronto in 1988.
Bruce Gilley was a Woodrow Wilson Scholar at Princeton University from 2004 to 2006 from where he received his PhD in politics in 2007.
Bruce Gilley became an associate professor in 2008 at the Department of Political Science of the Mark O Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University.
Bruce Gilley was granted academic tenure in 2011 and promoted to full professor in 2016.
Bruce Gilley's work covers issues as diverse as democracy, climate change, political legitimacy, and international conflict.
Bruce Gilley is a specialist on the politics of China and Asia.
Bruce Gilley's work has since been extended by other scholars, and customized to specific geographical regions such as Latin America and Europe.
Bruce Gilley himself has since updated his work on quantification of legitimacy with additional empirical data.
Bruce Gilley describes himself as a "classical liberal" and "an independent voter".
In 2017, Bruce Gilley withdrew from the American Political Science Association, stating that he considered it to lack intellectual diversity and to possess an anti-conservative bias.
Bruce Gilley has been critical of educational initiatives designed to enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion.
On 23 April 2024, Bruce Gilley attracted controversy for remarks during a lecture at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur stating that Malaysia "could never be a trusted friend of the West because its leaders are supporting a "second Holocaust against the Jewish people.
Bruce Gilley refused to allow Universiti Malaya to reimburse his travel costs, instead soliciting funds through an online fundraiser.
Bruce Gilley is a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Democracy and the Journal of Contemporary China.
Bruce Gilley is the recipient of the following awards and nominations for scholarly achievement and articles:.