[1] Guo attended Renmin University of China, where he received a bachelor's degree in International Relations in 1993.
Guo started his academic career in 2003 as an assistant professor at Arizona State University's the School of Community Resources and Development.
From 2012 to 2013 Dr. Guo was a tenured Associate Professor and Director of International Programs at Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs, IUPUI.
In 2019 Dr. Guo received the Distinguished Achievement and Service Award form the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action.
[3] In 2018 Guo received the Best Conference Paper Award from the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action for his paper, co-authored with Chiu-Sik (Viviana) Wu, University of Pennsylvania, and Weiai Xu, University of Massachusetts - Amherst, on "The Place Dilemma of Community Foundations: ‘Equalizing’ the Inequality?
"[4] In 2008 Guo was a recipient of the IDEA Award for research promise by the Academy of Management (Entrepreneurship Division).
[5] Guo is the Faculty Director of the Penn Restorative Entrepreneurship Program (PREP), which is designed to help formerly incarcerated persons to become entrepreneurs, participate in civic engagement, and advocate for social justice.
[6] Guo, Chao, and Saxton, Gregory D. (2020) The Quest for Attention: Nonprofit Advocacy in a Social Media Age.
“Together Making a Difference: A Configurational Study of Nonprofit Advocacy Effectiveness.” Public Performance & Management Review.