Thomas Breideband

Thomas is the Associate Director of NSF iSAT and leverages his interdisciplinary background to support research conducted in each Strand and to conduct internal research studies that facilitate better cross-strand collaborations. In addition to investigating how the integration of Artificial Intelligence in the classroom affects the user experience, Thomas studies how NSF iSAT’s in-house AI Partner may also meaningfully support collaborations beyond the classroom.

Before joining NSF iSAT, Thomas was a postdoctoral researcher in Gloria Mark’s Social Sensing Lab at the University of California (Irvine) where he ran an unmoderated, remote study of work-from-home teams during the COVID-19 pandemic. He holds PhDs in English and Cultural Studies with a focus on Rhetoric and Digital Media from Georgia State University and Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz (Germany).