E-MAIL: guochen(at)msu.edu
Pronouns: she/her/hers
2022–2023: Lilly Fellowship
Fall 2018: Sabbatical Leave
Fall 2018: Short-Term Visiting Scholar, University of Melbourne
2017–2018: Wilson Center Fellowship Leave
ASSOCIATED PROGRAMS
Core Faculty, Asian Pacific American (APA) Studies Program
Affiliated Faculty, Asian Studies Center, International Studies & Programs
Affiliated Faculty, Environmental Science and Policy Program (ESPP)
Associated Faculty, Gender, Justice and Environmental Change (GJEC)
Consulting Faculty, Center for Gender in Global Context (GenCen)
NEWS, TALKS, & EVENTS
-Guo named inaugural Editor in Human Geography/Nature and Society of The Professional Geographer 2023 (Read AAG news)
-Dr. Guo Chen receives GenCen Inspiration Award-Professional Achievement Award 2023/4 (Read Department news / GenCen news)
-New Focus (Special Issue) on Hidden Geographies published in The Professional Geographer 2023! Check out the Introduction Essay and all six articles in the issue
-Call for papers to Special Issue on Global Social Environmental Justice (link and flyer) 2023
-Enacting Inclusive Futures: APA Studies Symposium 2022/3/18
-Guo Featured in AAG Women in Geography Webinar: Thriving and Advancing in a Male Dominated Field 2022/3/15
-SWIG Event: Neurodiversity and Space (with resources) 2022/3/4
-SWIG Roundtable & Talk: Afghanistan: Security, Gender, and Development 2021/10/28-29
-Honors Research Seminar on Global Slums; UURAF award-winning undergrad research Fall 2021–Spring 2022
-AAG virtual panel on anti-racist praxis in Geography and AAG virtual panel on migration, race, ethnicity, & justice, both organized by Guo; Guo penned inaugural AAG-Perspectives article 2021/4/29
-Guo received the CGSG Outstanding Service Award in 2020; AAG newsletter 2020
-Guo as faculty organizer of Anti-Asian Racism & Covid-19 webinar 2020
RESEARCH SPECIALTIES
Urban & Economic Geography
Poverty, Inequality, & Social Justice
Slums, Housing, & Migrants
Urban & Regional Policies
Urbanization & Environment
Waste Geographies
Mixed, Quantitative, Qualitative, & Creative Research Methods
China & Globalization
Global South, Asia-Pacific, & Emerging Countries
Justice and DEI in Geography
Asian and Asian American Geographies
Guo Chen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Geography & Global Urban Studies
Michigan State University
Ph.D., Geography, Pennsylvania State University
M.S. & B.S., Nanjing University
Students and Scholars Received the Following Awards:
AAG–China Geography Specialty Group Paper Award; AAG Dissertation Research Grant; E. James Potchen Award for Undergrad of the Year in Geography; MSU Asian Studies Center Dr. Delia Koo Global Student Scholarship; MSU Dissertation Completion Fellowship Award; MSU ESPP Symposium Student Organizer Scholarship; MSU Pre-Dissertation Travel Award; MSU S. C. Lee Paper Awards; MSU Thesis Research Enhancement Grant; MSU UURAF First-Place Award; NSF-Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Award; The Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship, China Scholarship Council Scholarship; Tsinghua Scholarship for Overseas Graduate Studies, etc.
Funded Visiting Scholars (5 women and 5 from underdeveloped regions)
Tuo Li, Ph.D., Environmental Journalism & Communication, Tsinghua University, 2021–2022
Hongsheng Chen, Ph.D., Urban Planning, Southeast University, 2016–2017
Hui Liang, Associate Professor, Urban Management, Zhongnan University of Economics & Law, 2016–2017
Limei Zhang, Guizhou University, 2015–16
Shengyun Wang, Professor, Economic and Social Development Research Center of Central China, 2015–16
Xueying Hou, Associate Professor, Urban Environment, Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, 2014–15
Min Zhang, Professor, Urban Planning, Nanjing University, 2014–15
Xiangjun Ou, Professor, Urban and Environmental Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, 2012–13
Xiangming Cao, Associate Professor, Architecture, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 2010–11
Xiaolong Luo, Professor, Urban Planning, Nanjing University, 2009
Student Mentoring (as mentor, committee member, and informal mentor) & Student Collaborators (not a complete list)
Qianlin Chen (Advisor, Geography, M.S., 2023)
Jacob White (Committee, Community Sustainability, M.S. in progress)
Myat Win (Committee, Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Ph.D. in progress)
Steven Wu-Chaves (Committee, Economics, Ph.D. in progress)
Zoe Lai (Former committee, Sociology, Ph.D. in progress)
Jiang Chang (Committee, Geography, Ph.D.)
Peiling Zhou (Committee, Geography, Ph.D., 2017; Associate Professor, China)
Jia Feng (Advisor, Geography, Ph.D., 2016; Assistant Professor, University of Nevada, Reno)
Minting Ye (Committee, Geography, Ph.D., 2014; Data Analyst, CA, USA)
Yingying Shi (Committee, Economics, Ph.D., 2013; Assistant Professor, U of Nottingham & Nankai U)
Yuying Chu (Committee, Geography, M.S., 2010)
Anthony Howell (Advisor, Geography, M.S., 2009; Associate Professor, Arizona State University)
Rupita Tahsin (Civil & Environmental Engineering); May Yang (Univ. of Michigan); Rebekah Schoen (James Madison); Yongfen Wei (SYSU); Qiang Feng (Public Policy); Jeremy McWhorter (Geography); Feng Zhang (Lanzhou U); Qi Qiao (Comartsci); Ruqi Yang (Comartsci); Puyang Li (ASU); Hao Zheng (Geography); Teng Zhang (Geography)
Honors Undergraduate Students Advising/Mentoring
Numerous Honors Undergrads participated in various courses I offered in the past years.
2021–2022, Mentored research projects by 12 Honors students/research assistants from Lyman Briggs College, James Madison College, Business, Communications, Economics, Global & International Studies, Journalism, Neuroscience, Nutritional Sciences, and Psychology.
Student Interns at Wilson Center
Hannah Corn (The George Washington University)
Tianyi Fan (Georgetown University)