Glenn Fong, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Global Studies
Areas of Expertise:
Technology, trade and industrial policies of the U.S., Japan and China, Government/
business relations, International political economy, International Development
Courses:
Global Affairs Theory: Power & Principle, Technology Policy & Entrepreneurship
Professional Bio:
Glenn R. Fong, Ph.D., is an associate professor of global studies at Thunderbird School
of Global Management. He is also the academic director of the school’s Master of Arts in
Global Affairs and Management and Master of Science in Global Management. He has
also served as the area coordinator for Thunderbird’s International Studies and Global
Development, the only program of its kind offered by a business school.
His areas of expertise include technology, global trade and industrial policies of the U.S.,
Japan and China, government and business relations and international political economy.
ABOUT THUNDERBIRD:
Thunderbird is a top-ranked school of global
business with nearly 70 years of experience
in developing leaders with the global mindset,
business skills and social responsibility
necessary to create real, sustainable value
for their organizations, communities and the
world. Dedicated to preparing students to be
global leaders and committed global citizens,
Thunderbird was the first graduate business
school to adopt an official Professional Oath of
Honor. Thunderbird’s global network of alumni
numbers 45,000 graduates in 147 nations
worldwide. The school is sought out by graduate
students, working professionals and companies
seeking to acquire the skills necessary for
success in today’s global economy.
Educating global leaders
who create sustainable
prosperity worldwide.
Of Chinese-American ancestry, Dr. Fong has contributed a lengthy list of commentaries
and monographs for some of the industry’s most respected professional and academic
periodicals. Included on the list of his contributions are Business and Politics, Issues
in Science and Technology, International Security, International Studies Quarterly,
Comparative Politics, and the Journal of Policy Analysis & Management. In 1996, Dr. Fong
authored “Export Dependence vs. the New Protectionism: Trade Policy in the Industrial
World.”
In his published works, Dr. Fong has explored such global subject areas as the strategic
reorientation of U.S. industrial policy, export dependence vs. protectionism, U.S.
Pentagon-industry collaboration in technology development, international competition
and Japanese industrial policy, and trade policy in the industrial world.
He has earned awards and honors at several institutions, including Thunderbird’s
prestigious Hacker Faculty Prize for excellence in research and teaching; Research
Fellow in Advanced Japanese Studies, Social Science Research Council and American
Council of Learned Societies; Ameritech Research Fellow, University of Illinois Institute of
Government and Public Affairs; Peace Studies Research Fellow, Cornell University; Highest
Honors in Political Science and Distinction in General Scholarship, University of California,
Berkeley.
Prior to joining the Thunderbird faculty in 1992, Dr. Fong, who has lived in the U.S.,
Japan, Taiwan and China, established an enviable reputation as top consultant to such
high-profile clients as the national Academy of Sciences, U.S. Congressional Office of
Technology Assessment, Japan Ministry of International Trade and Industry, also IBM
Corporation’s e-Business Technology division.
He was an assistant professor at the University of Illinois-Chicago and also a PostDoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard University’s acclaimed Graduate School of Business
Administration.
Dr. Fong earned his Ph.D. and his MA in government from Cornell University. He
received his BA in political science and development studies from the University of
California at Berkeley.
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