Conard grad receives doctorate from Drexel University

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West Hartford native Joshua O'Connor has received a doctorate in higher educational leadership and management from Drexel University. 

The son of John and Janet O'Connor, the graduate presented a dissertation titled "Factors that Support or Inhibit Academic Affairs and Student Affairs from Working Collaboratively to Better Support Holistic Students' Experiences: A Phenomenological Study"  

Joshua O'Connor is currently employed in the student affairs division at the University of California,  on the Davis campus, in Davis, California. O'Connor also sits on the board of the Sacramento chapter of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (www.pflag.org) and serves as the vice president of the Western Association of College and University Housing Officers (www.wacuho.org).  

O'Connor graduated from Conard High School in 1999 and acknowledged his West Hartford public school education in his dissertation dedication.

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