Hongtao Guo

Professor Hongtao Guo is a faculty member at the Accounting and Finance Department of Salem State University since 2010, ascending from Assistant Professor to full Professor in 2020. He holds a Ph.D. in Accountancy from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and prior academic appointments at Baruch College and Brandeis University.

• Education:
  • Ph.D. in Accountancy (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
  • M.A. in International Economics (Renmin University of China)
  • B.A. in Economics (Peking University)

His research focuses on financial accounting disclosures, particularly derivatives accounting, value-at-risk measurement, cash flow forecasting, and customer value analysis. He employs quantitative methods and regression quantiles for financial risk modeling.

He has received multiple awards including the McNamara Faculty Excellence Award in Research (2019) and Teaching (2020), and was recognized as Stan Ross Scholar at Baruch College (2004). He also served as Faculty Coordinator for Salem State's Accounting Lab (2011-2019).

Notable contributions include case studies like "Accounting Toward Sweet Success: Treadwell's Ice Cream" and research on quantile regression applications in financial risk analysis. His work appears in journals including Journal of Business and Economics and Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics.