She received her Ph.D. in international economics from Syracuse University. Her publications appear in top academic journals such as Energy Economics, International Business Review, Journal of International Business Studies, Review of International Economics, and etc. She has been frequently interviewed by the media and her comments were quoted in China related articles by Business Insider, Yahoo Finance, and International Business Times. Dr. Tang is the project director of the 2010-2012 Business and International Education grant awarded by U.S. Department of Education. Through the grant, she led two business tours of China in 2011 and 2012, organized the first International Business Symposium on Doing Business with China at TCNJ, and helped New Jersey and Pennsylvania companies to enter Chinese market.