Guo Haixia

Name: Guo Haixia

Department: English Department

Title: Professor

Research Interests: Areas studies (Regional‑Country Comparative Studies), Mutual Learning and Exchanges between Chinese and Foreign Civilizations (International Communication and Civilizational Mutual Learning), National and Ethnic Identities, China‑related Narratives, Cross-media narratives

1.Personal Profile:

Professor, Master’s Supervisor, Doctoral Supervisor and Post‑doctoral Supervisor, School of Foreign Languages, Tianjin University. Ph.D. in American Literature and Culture. Recipient of “Tianjin University Young Top‑Talent Program” and “Beiyang Young Backbone Faculty Award”. Serves as dissertation reviewer for doctoral and master’s theses under the Ministry of Education, review expert for the China Scholarship Council, and project evaluator for the China Overseas Chinese Federation.

As principal investigator, she has presided over two national social science‑related special projects with a total funding of RMB 600,000, including one National Social Science Fund of China project. She has also led three projects such as the Tianjin Social Science Fund and Tianjin University Independent Innovation Fund. As a key team member, she has participated in more than ten research projects, including national special projects, National Social Science Fund of China projects, Humanities and Social Science Fund of the Ministry of Education, Tianjin Philosophy and Social Science Fund, Tianjin Art Science Fund and Central University Fundamental Research Funds.

She has published nearly 20 core journal articles in high‑quality publications including Foreign Literatures, Overseas Chinese History Studies, Journal of Southwest Minzu University (Humanities and Social Sciences), Huawen Literature and Polish Journal of Environmental Studies (PJOE). Two academic monographs have been completed and published. She works as a peer reviewer for core journals such as Overseas Chinese History Studies and Polish Journal of Environmental Studies.

Her honors include the “Shen Zhikang Teaching Award” of Tianjin University and the Second Prize of the “19th Tianjin Excellent Social Science Achievement Award”.

2.Education Background:

2015 Ph.D. in American Literature and Culture, Porto University

3.Work Experience:

• Jul. 2025 – Present Professor, School of Foreign Languages, Tianjin University

• Jul. 2020 – Jun. 2025 Associate Professor, School of Foreign Languages, Tianjin University

• Sep. 2015 – Jun. 2020 Lecturer, School of Foreign Languages, Tianjin University

4.Main Courses Taught:

Integrated English, American Literature, Western Literary Criticism Theory

5.Academic Achievements:

Publications:

• CSSCI Source Journal, First Author. “Westward Expansion: Frontier Writing and National Consciousness in American Literature”[J]. Foreign Literatures, 2024(04): 21‑30.

• CSSCI Source Journal, First Author. “A New Exploration of Anti‑Chinese Exclusion in Late‑19th‑century America: An Analysis from the Perspective of Territorialization”[J]. Overseas Chinese History Studies, 2024(03): 67‑77.

• CSSCI Source Journal, First Author. “Hotspots and Frontiers of Ethnic Cultural Identity Research: A Knowledge‑graph‑based Analysis”[J]. Journal of Southwest Minzu University (Humanities and Social Sciences), 2021, 42(04): 223‑233.

• CSSCI Source Journal, First Author. “History, Ethnicity and Gender: Spatial Writing of Living Conditions in Contemporary Chinese‑American Literature”[J]. Overseas Chinese History Studies, 2019(01): 24‑30.

• CSSCI Extended Source Journal, First Author. “Post‑modern Autobiographical Fiction: Genre Debates and Definition of The Woman Warrior”[J]. Huawen Literature, 2018(05): 112‑118.

• Peking University Core Journal, First Author. “Hawaiian Representation and the Production of American Colonial Space in Fifth Book of Peace”[J]. Huawen Literature, 2021(01): 88‑93.

• SCI‑indexed Journal, First Author. “Knowledge Graph Analysis of American Literary Studies Based on Green Digital Tools”[J]. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 2023, 32(6): 5071‑5081.

• SCI‑indexed Journal, First Author. “Evaluation of Digital Technology Integration into University Teaching Acceptance in the Context of Green and Sustainable Development”[J]. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 2025, 34(5): 5099‑5110.

• Academic Monograph, Sole Author. A Classical Narrative Study of Contemporary American Ethnic Literature. Tianjin University Press, 2019. (English monograph).

Research Projects:

• Host. National Project: Research on the Construction of Sino‑foreign Cross‑cultural Value Identity under the Vision of a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind. RMB 400,000. 2024 (Ongoing)

• Host. National Social Science Fund of China: Spatial Writing and the Construction of National Identity in Chinese‑American Literature. RMB 200,000. 2019 (Completed)

• Host. Tianjin Social Science Fund: Research on Spatial Narrative in Contemporary Chinese‑American Literature. RMB 20,000. 2017 (Completed)

• Host. Tianjin University Independent Innovation Fund: Evolution of Chinese‑American Cultural Identity Before and After the Civil Rights Movement. RMB 30,000. 2020 (Completed)

• Host. Tianjin University Independent Innovation Fund: Spatial Writing and Ethnic‑identity Construction in Contemporary Chinese‑American Literature. RMB 30,000. 2019 (Completed)

• Host. Tianjin University Independent Innovation Fund: Literary Studies and Intelligence Analysis. RMB 30,000. 2017 (Completed)

• Key Team Member. National Special Project: Inclusive Regional Economic Growth Effects of China‑Pakistan Economic Corridor Transport Infrastructure Investment under the Belt and Road Initiative. RMB 200,000. 2023

• Key Team Member. Tianjin Philosophy and Social Science Fund: Driving Factors and Upgrading Paths for Sustained Innovation of High‑end Equipment Manufacturing Enterprises in the New‑era Tianjin. RMB 30,000. Completed with exemption from appraisal. 2019

• Key Team Member. Humanities and Social Science Fund of the Ministry of Education: A Study on Twentieth‑century African‑American Utopian Literature. RMB 80,000

• Key Team Member. Tianjin Art Science Planning Project: Spatial Agglomeration of Tianjin’s Cultural and Creative Industries and Coordinated‑development Paths for Urban Economy. RMB 10,000. 2024

  
  

  Research Awards:
  

• 2025 Second Prize, Tianjin Excellent Social Science Achievement Award.

  
  

6.Awards and Honors:

• Tianjin University Young Top‑Talent (2026)

• Shen Zhikang Teaching Award, Tianjin University (2020)

• Beiyang Young Backbone Faculty, Tianjin University (2019)

• Second Prize, the 15th Tianjin University Young‑Teacher Teaching Competition (2019)

• Excellent Annual Performance Appraisal (2019, 2020, 2024, 2025)

• Excellent Supervisor for Graduation Theses (2023, 2026)

7.Academic Affiliations:

• Dissertation reviewer for doctoral and master’s degree theses under the Ministry of Education;

• review expert for the China Scholarship Council;

• project evaluator for the China Overseas Chinese Federation;

• peer reviewer for multiple CSSCI, SSCI and SCI core journals.

8.Contact Information:

haixia.guo@tju.edu.cn