Dr. O’Connor has served as Vice President of Instruction, San Diego Mesa College since January 2019. Prior to that she was Dean for Guided Pathways and Noncredit and Dean of Human Arts and Social Sciences at Cabrillo College from July 2011 to 2019. She was a faculty member and department chair in History at Indiana University South Bend.

Dr. O’Connor has a Ph.D. and M.A., Medieval History, University of California, Los Angeles; a B.A in European Studies, Loyola Marymount University; and Diplomado, Universidad de Alicante, Spain.