Her research area lies broadly in immigration, the labor market, and development. With a Ph.D. in geography, Wang is particularly interested in how place—as both work site and residential location—interacts with race, immigration status, and gender in shaping labor market experiences and social-economic well-being. Her work has been funded by the Kauffman Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and other agencies. Her recent work includes research on immigrant, ethnic, and female entrepreneurship, and transnational migration of the highly skilled, especially in the higher education sector.