Profile

Biography

Dr. Xiang Guo is assistant professor and department head of information technology and cybersecurity at Missouri State University. He received his PhD in Business Administration – Management Information Systems from the University of Mississippi. 

Guo has published in European Journal of Information Systems, Journal of Computer Information Systems, Decision Science Journal of Innovative Education and others. He was the board member of Association of Information Technology Professionals of Ozarks and is currently serving as the board of regents of the Foundation for Information Technology Education. Guo also serves as a contest chair of the U.S. Information Technology Collegiate Conference (USITCC). He is the faculty advisor of Association for Business Information Technology Students (A-BITS) MSU. A-BITS has been highly successful in USITCC, National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition and other student competitions.

Details

Education

• PhD, Business Administration in Management Information Systems, 2014, University of Mississippi
• MBA, Computer Information Systems, 2009, Missouri State University
• BEng, Computer Science and Technology, 2007, Beihang University

Teaching

• ITC 235 Computer Hardware and Operating Systems
• ITC 330 Introduction to Networking
• ITC 397 AITP Competition Prep

Professional experience

Affiliations:

• Board of Regents, Foundation for Information Technology Education
• Contest Chair, U.S. Information Technology Collegiate Conference

Research and professional interests

Dr. Guo's broad research interests are in mobile computing management, information systems security, information assurance, and privacy. Currently, Dr. Guo is working on research projects that brings further understanding about people’s mobile computing decisions, cybersecurity behavior, and financial impacts of cyber incidents of public companies. Dr. Guo is the faculty advisor for the student chapter of Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP).

Awards and honors

Area of expertise

Media appearances

A professor weighs in on how to avoid online scams: Part 2
KSMU
06/30/2022
IT expert Dr. Xiang Guo offers some tips and advice about protecting against online scams.

A professor weighs in on how to avoid online scams: Part 1
KSMU
06/21/2022
IT expert Dr. Xiang Guo sheds light on online scams.

What to keep in mind as 3G networks shut down
KOLR10
02/23/2022
IT expert Dr. Xiang Guo explains the impact of the shut down.

On Your Side: SIM swipe scam
KY3
02/17/2022
IT expert Dr. Xiang Guo explains how to protect yourself.

Ozarks Tonight: Cyber security tips
KOLR10
11/29/2021
IT expert Dr. Xiang Guo offers some tips.