Siying Guo

Siying Guo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Wayne State University, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Her research focuses on cybercrime, juvenile delinquency, religion's role in crime prevention, and program evaluation. She teaches courses such as Juvenile Delinquency and Justice, Research Methods in Criminal Justice, and Special Topics in Criminal Justice.

Education: Ph.D., Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of South Carolina. Her work emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches, combining criminology with machine learning and social ecology frameworks to address issues like cyberbullying, substance abuse trajectories, and juvenile justice system outcomes.

Recent research highlights include causal analyses of religious profiles on substance abuse, longitudinal impacts of violence exposure on youth crime, and program evaluations of school diversion initiatives. Her studies often utilize advanced statistical methods like machine learning and propensity score matching to inform policy and prevention strategies.

Courses taught span undergraduate and graduate levels, including CRJ3400, CRJ3550, and specialized topics courses focusing on data analysis and criminological theory applications.