Planning and Assessment

Gerrit W. Gong is Assistant to the President at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, with responsibility for Planning and Assessment. Dr. Gong holds Ph.D. and Masters of Philosophy degrees in International Relations from Oxford University, England, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He has researched and taught on the faculties of Oxford, Georgetown University, and Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Dr. Gong is a BYU graduate, where he was a Joseph Fielding Smith Scholar. 

A native of Palo Alto, California, Dr. Gong and his wife, the former Susan Lindsay, have  four sons.