President American University of Central Asia | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan We are pleased to announce the completion of our search for the President of the American University of Central Asia (AUCA). From a deep, diverse, and excellent pool, the Board of Trustees of AUCA has appointed Dr. Timothy O’Connor. Dr. O’Connor has a distinguished career of academic and administrative leadership. This includes over 30 years of teaching experience, 20 of which were as Professor of History at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI). For more than 12 years, he served as the Vice Rector of Academic Affairs at the National University of Science and Technology (MSIS) in Moscow. He is the author of six books and scores of articles and other publications. Dr. O’Connor earned his BA and MA from Creighton University and his PHd from the University of Minnesota. He is fluent in Russian. The full press release announcing Dr. O’Connor’s appointment may be found here.Sean Farrell led this search with Raul Bernal.