Sylvia Guo

Sylvia Guo has a diverse range of work experience in research, communication, marketing, and project management. Sylvia has worked as a Research Director at Hanover Research, overseeing numerous higher education research accounts. At the University of Maryland, they served as a Communication Project Management Specialist, leading the creation of websites and optimizing compliance reporting systems. In addition, they worked as a Social Science Researcher/Instructor, conducting research projects, delivering conference presentations, and conducting interviews with industry leaders. As a Grunig PRIME Research Fellow at PRIME Research, they collaborated on social media tracking research for key clients. Sylvia also has experience as a Market Research Consultant at MaPS, where they managed multiple research projects simultaneously for Fortune 100 clients. Sylvia started their career as an Editorial Assistant at the American Journal of Media Psychology and a Marketing/Communication Intern at OMBE. Sylvia also served as a Marketing/Communication Assistant at the Royal International English Institute.

Sylvia Guo completed their education history with a B.S. in English from Xi'an International Studies University in 2007, an M.S. in Public Relations and Applied Communication Research from Boston University in 2010, and finally earned their Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Public Relations, Organizational Communication from the University of Maryland in 2019.