Connie M. Tang

Connie M. Tang is a faculty member at Stockton University within the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Her research spans interdisciplinary themes in psychology, law, and behavioral health, focusing on cognitive development in young children, adolescent behavioral problems, and juvenile justice. She leads a laboratory analyzing child language data through the CHILDES database and mentors research assistants in empirical methods and statistical analysis.

Research Interests include:

• Forensic interviewing techniques with children
• Racial bias in juvenile court judgments
• Impact of parental/peer relationships on adolescent behavior
• Children’s source monitoring and temporal cognition
• Interdisciplinary childhood studies

Publications highlight her expertise in adolescent development, juvenile justice systems, and socio-economic influences on parenting. Current projects involve coding naturalistic child conversation data and editing the textbook Perspectives on Childhood to integrate behavioral sciences with humanities.

Laboratory & Collaborations: Her lab focuses on basic and applied research, combining experimental findings with real-world child language datasets. Research assistants gain skills in SPSS analysis, empirical critique, and public research presentation.