Chao Guo

Chao Guo is Professor and Faculty Director of Master’s in Nonprofit Leadership (NPL) Program in the School of Social Policy and Practice, and Faculty Co-Director of the Partnership for Innovation, Cross-Sector Collaboration, Leadership, & Organization (PICCLO), both at the University of Pennsylvania. He currently serves as the President of the Association of Research on Nonprofit Organizations & Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), the leading interdisciplinary community of scholars, educators, and practice leaders who work to strengthen the field of nonprofit and philanthropic research to improve civil society and human wellbeing.

Chao’s award-winning research covers technology and nonprofits, nonprofit governance, nonprofit advocacy, social entrepreneurship, and collaboration within and across sectors. He has many published articles in highly respected and influential journals, and has published two books: Social Entrepreneurship: An Evidence-Based Approach to Creating Social Value (Wiley, 2014; co-authored with Wolfgang Bielefeld); and The Quest for Attention: Nonprofit Advocacy in a Social Media Age (Stanford University Press, 2020; co-authored with Gregory D. Saxton).