Bradley Thiessen

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.

Life Thiessen earned a bachelor's degree in secondary mathematics education at the St. Ambrose University. He earned a master's degree and Ph.D. in educational measurement and statistics from the University of Iowa. Timothy Neri Ansley was his doctoral advisor. He joined the New College of Florida in July 2016 as the president's chief of staff, and a professor of statistics. In August 2016, he became its first director of institutional performance assessment. He served until March 2023 when he was replaced by Richard Corcoran. On May 8, 2025, he was named Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Florida Polytechnic University.