Bradley Theissen | |
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President of the New College of Florida | |
Interim | |
In office January 31, 2023 –March 2023 | |
Preceded by | Patricia Okker |
Succeeded by | Richard Corcoran (interim) |
Personal details | |
Born | Bradley Adam Thiessen |
Alma mater | St. Ambrose University University of Iowa |
Website | bradthiessen |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Statistics |
Institutions | St. Ambrose University University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo |
Thesis | Relationship between test security policies and test score manipulations (2008) |
Doctoral advisor | Timothy Neri Ansley |
Bradley Adam Thiessen is an American statistician and academic administrator. He served as the interim president of the New College of Florida from January 2023 to March 2023.
Theissen 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 12 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]
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