Contact Information
Champaign, IL 61820
Research Areas
Biography
Andrew Guth is the Academic Program Coordinator for the Center for Global Studies (CGS) and Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) for the Master of Science in Global Studies Program (MSGSP), which he helped establish, lectures in, and administers. Prior to joining the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Dr. Guth spent ten years working in China and three years in the Philippines, with over two decades of professional and academic engagement across Southeast Asia. He has served as a consultant for the United Nations, OECD, Transparency International, Fortune 500 companies, and other organizations. His previous roles include work at the Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC) in Arlington, VA, and service as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Philippines.
Research Interests
My research focuses on anticorruption and how it ties into and affects human rights, community empowerment, and global security. I continually explore the historical, theoretical, and practical aspects of corruption and anticorruption models in societies worldwide, but with regional focuses in East and Southeast Asia as well as the United States. I thoroughly enjoy reading and discussing past philosophers works on anticorruption theory, from the ancients to contemporary and from the East to the West.
Education
Public Policy, PhD, George Mason University
Master of Public Policy (MPP), George Mason University
links
selected publications
Guth, A. (2024). The Philippines: A social structure of corruption. Crime, Law and Social Change. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10611-024-10140-2
Kangaspunta, K., & Guth, A. (2016). Chapter 2 Trafficking in persons: Trends and patterns. In Illicit Trade: Converging Criminal Networks (pp. 35–54). Paris, France: OECD. https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/governance/charting-illicit-trade_9789264…
Guth, A., Anderson, R., Kinnard, K., Tran, H. (2014). Proper Methodology and Methods of Collecting and Analyzing Slavery Data: An Examination of the Global Slavery Index. Social Inclusion, 2(4), 14-22.
Guth, A. (2010). Human Trafficking in the Philippines: the need for an effective anticorruption program. Trends in Organized Crime, 13(2-3), 147-166.