Associate Professor | guob@umsl.edu | 314-516-6618
Associate Professor Baorong Guo is the MSW Program Director at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. She is also a part of the School of Social Work Student Award Committee, the Assessment of Educational Outcomes Committee, and the Faculty Development Committee at the University of Missouri-St. Louis School of Social Work. Guo received her PhD in Social Work from Washington University in 2005. Her current research interests include human service nonprofits, socioeconomic development, and asset-building among low-income families.
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About Baorong Guo
Associate Professor Baorong Guo is the MSW Program Director at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. She is also a part of the School of Social Work Student Award Committee, the Assessment of Educational Outcomes Committee, and the Faculty Development Committee at the University of Missouri-St. Louis School of Social Work. Guo received her PhD in Social Work from Washington University in 2005. Her current research interests include human service nonprofits, socioeconomic development, and asset-building among low-income families.
| Present | Associate Professor, University of Missouri-St. Louis ‐ School of Social Work | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Human Service Nonprofits, Socioeconomic Development, Asset-building among Low-income Families, Experimental Studies, Longitudinal Data Collection and Analysis, Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), National Health Interviews Survey (NHIS), Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Exploratory Factor Analysis, Path Analysis, Structural Equation Modeling, SAS, and SPSS
Grants
| 2016 - 2016 | Transition to Adulthood: Dynamics of Disability, Food Insecurity, Health, and SNAP Participation |
| University of Kentucky Center on Poverty Research | |
| Role: Principal investigator | |
| Colleague(s): Jim Huang; Shirley Porterfield | |
| $75,000 | |
| 2009 - 2012 | Marketization of Human Service Nonprofits: A Longitudinal Analysis of Organizational Outcomes Using 990 Data (from "Legitimacy of Nonprofit Service Providers in the Privatized Area of Human Services") |
| Tokyo University | |
| Role: Principal investigator | |
| $13,500 | |
| 2010 - 2010 | Microfinance Participation and Household Assets: An Analysis of Survey Data from Hutubi, China |
| Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange | |
| Role: Principal investigator | |
| $8,242 | |
| 2008 - 2008 | Asset Building in China: Pilot Project and Policy Influence |
| Washington University Center for Social Development | |
| Role: Principal investigator | |
| $12,000 | |
| 2008 - 2008 | Small Grants Fund |
| University of Missouri-St. Louis | |
| $1,000 | |
| 2007 - 2007 | Small Grants Fund |
| University of Missouri-St. Louis | |
| $1,000 | |
| 2006 - 2007 | Household Assets and Health: Implications for Asset-based Social Policy |
| Center for International Studies | |
| Role: Fellow | |
| $2,000 | |
| 2006 - 2006 | Effects of Household Assets on Material Hardships Among Welfare Leavers |
| University of Missouri-St. Louis | |
| $6,000 | |
| 2006 - 2006 | Food Insecurity and Household Assets in Low Income Families |
| University of Missouri Research Board | |
| $6,000 | |
| 2005 - 2005 | Small Grants Fund |
| University of Missouri-St. Louis | |
| $800 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2015 - Present | Reviewer, Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership & Governance | 2015 - Present | Reviewer, Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations | 2015 - Present | Board Member, Xiaoyaya Autism Initiative | 2014 - Present | Reviewer, Global Social Welfare Journal | 2014 - Present | Reviewer, Journal of Family and Economic Issues | 2014 - Present | Reviewer, Journal of Society for Social Work and Research | 2014 - Present | Advisory Board Member, University of Missouri-St. Louis Nonprofit and Management Leadership Certificate Program | 2012 - Present | Consulting Editor, Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Services | 2012 - Present | Reviewer, Social Science Research | 2013 - 2016 | Consulting Editor, Social Work Research | 2013 - 2013 | External Reviewer for Tenure and Promotion, University of Georgia | 2013 - 2013 | Reviewer, Voluntary Sector Review | 2012 - 2012 | Reviewer, "Practice Informed Research Methods for Social Workers" | 2012 - 2012 | Reviewer, Economics of Education Review | 2012 - 2012 | Reviewer, Society for Social Work Research | 2010 - 2010 | Reviewer, Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance, and Management | 2010 - 2010 | Panelist, Making the Transition from Student to Colleague | 2010 - 2010 | Book Reviewer, Structural Equation Modeling | 2009 - 2009 | Reviewer, Children and Youth Services Review | 2008 - 2009 | MSW Field Instructor, Washington University George Warren Brown School of Social Work |
Honors and Awards
- Dissertation Scholarship, Washington University, 2005
- Emerging Scholar Award, the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), 2004
- Journal of Social Service Research Fellowship, Washington University, 2002-2003
- Younghusband Fellowship, Washington University, 2000-2002
- Xinchuan Fellowship, Peking University, Beijing, China, 1999
- Chancellor’s Fellowship for Graduate Studies, China Youth University for Political Science, Beijing, China, 1997
- Honor Graduate, Department of Education Higher Education Committee, China, 1997
- Outstanding Student Fellowship, China Youth University for Political Science, Beijing, China, 1994, 1995, 1996
Courses
- Program Evaluation
- Multivariate Statistics
- Structural Equation Modeling
- Research Methods in Social Work
- Human Service Organizations
- Social Issues and Social Policy Development
- Research Design in Social Work
| 2005 | PhD, Washington University in St. Louis ‐ Social Work | |
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| 2000 | MA, Peking University ‐ Sociology | |
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| 1997 | BA, China Youth University for Political Science ‐ Social Work | |
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