Bradley Thiessen (statistician)

Thiessen earned a bachelor's degree in secondary mathematics education at the St. Ambrose University.^[1] He earned a master's degree and Ph.D. in educational measurement and statistics from the University of Iowa.^[1] His 2008 dissertation was titled, Relationship between test security policies and test score manipulations.^[2] Timothy Neri Ansley was his doctoral advisor.^[2]

Thiessen worked at the St. Ambrose University for 14 years as the university assessment coordinator and a faculty member in the department of mathematics and statistics.^[3] He joined the New College of Florida in July 2016 as the president's chief of staff, and a professor of statistics.^[1][4] In August 2016, he became its first director of institutional performance assessment.^[1] On January 2, 2020, he became the director of institutional research at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.^[4] On January 31, 2023, Thiessen was appointed as the interim president of the New College of Florida by the board of trustees, succeeding Patricia Okker.^[5] He served until March 2023 when he was replaced by Richard Corcoran.^[5]

In July 2024, Thiessen joined Florida Polytechnic University as interim provost.^[6] On May 8, 2025, he was named Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Florida Polytechnic University.^[7]