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Education            

• 2004-present: University of Southern California, Ph.D. Earth Sciences Department , GPA 3.8
• 200-2005: Occidental College, B.A., GPA-3.13
• 1999-2000: Long Beach City College, GPA-4.00
• 1997-2001: La Canada High School , GPA-3.71

Honors & Awards             

• 2004-2005: Keck Fellow, University of Southern California
• 2004: Avery China Adventure Recipient
• 2003-2004: John P. Herrick Scholar, Occidental College
• 2004: Richter Scholar, Occidental College

Paleontology Experience            

• 2005: IVPP Summer Field Work, Qinghai, China
• 2004-present: Graduate Student in Resdience at the LACM
• 2003-2004: Vertebrate Paleontology Volunteer, LACM
• 2003: IVPP Summer Field Work, Inner Mongolia
• 2003: Getty Dinosaur Expedition , LACM
• Paleomagnetics Spring and Summer Field Work (CA-NM-CO-WY), Occidental College

Work Experience            

• 2005: Crises of a Planet, T.A., U.S.C.
• 2004: Introduction to Field Methods, T.A., Occidental College
• 2003: Field Assistant for Dr. Donald Prothero, Occidental College
• 2001-2004: Student Assistant for Institutional Advancement, Occidental College
• 2000-2001: Assistant at CalTech

Meetings/Conferences

• 2003-2005: Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontology
• 2003-2004 CalPaleo
• 2003 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting
• 2003-2004: Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting
• 2003: Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research

Abstracts

• 2005: Chiappe, L., O'Connor, J. 2005, A New Fossil From the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang, Formation, Liaoning Province, Northeastern China
• 2004, Chiappe, L., O'Connor, J.,2004, New Enantiornithine Bird from the Early Cretaceous of Gansu Province, Northwestern China
• 2003: O'Connor, J., Prothero, D.R., and Wang, X., 2003, New specimen of the Miocene mustelid Sthenictis from the Miocene of Inner Mongolia, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 23, supplement to no. 3, p. 79A.
• 2003: O'Connor, J., Prothero, D.R., and Wang, X., 2003. [New specimen of the Miocene mustelid Sthenictis from the Miocene of Inner Mongolia, China] Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (volume, page #)
• 2003: O'Connor, J., Prothero, D.R., and Wang, X., 2003, [New specimen of the Miocene mustelid Sthenictis from the Miocene of Inner Mongolia, China]. Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research, Abstracts, p. xx.   

Areas of Research            

• 2003-2005: Paleomagnetics of Dabaishan, Inner Mongolia
• 2003-2005: Tunggur jaw (Mustelidae)
• 2004-2005: New Enantiornithine Bird, Gansu, China
• 2005-ongoing: New Ornithuromorph Bird, Liaoning, China

Geology and Biology Courses

• 1999: Honors Introductory Geology, Long Beach City College
• 2000: Geology of the Grand Canyon, Long Beach City College
• 2002: Historical Geology, Occidental College
• 2002: Introduction to Field Methods, Occidental College
• 2003: Paleontology, Occidental College
• 2003: Atmospheres and Oceans, Occidental College
• 2003: Sedimentary Geology, Occidental College
• 2003: Vertebrate Paleontology, Occidental College
• 2003: Mineralogy, Occidental College
• 2003: Zoology, Occidental College
• 2004: Petrology, Occidental College
• 2004: Advanced Field/Structural Geology, Occidental College
• 2004: Paleobiology, U.S.C.
• 2004: Geochemistry and Hydrogeology, U.S.C.
• 2004-2005: Evolutionary Biology, U.S.C.
• 2005: Crises in Earth History, U.S.C.

Extra-curricular Activities            

• 2003-2004: Geology Club, Vice President , Occidental College