Connie M. Tang (PhD, University of Wyoming) is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Stockton State College. Dr. Tang's research interests include children and the law, young children’s cognitive development, and the prevention and treatment of child maltreatment and juvenile delinquency.

She has engaged in research efforts examining jurors’ perception of juveniles tried as adults, developmentally appropriate forensic interviewing techniques of young children, and young children’s source monitoring abilities, such as an awareness of when they learned new knowledge.

Tang, C. M., Bartsch, K, & Nunez, N. (2007). Young children’s reports of when learning occurred. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 97(2), 149-164.

Nunez, N., Dahl, M. J., Tang, C. M., & Jensen, B. L. (2007). Trial venue decisions in juvenile cases: Mitigating and extralegal factors matter. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 12(1), 21-39.

Tang, C. M. (2006). Developmentally sensitive forensic interviewing of preschool
children: Some guidelines drawn from basic psychological research. Criminal
Justice Review, 31(2), 132-145.

Tang, C. M., & Nunez, N. (2003). Effects of defendant age and juror bias on
judgment of culpability: What happens when a juvenile is tried as an adult?
American Journal of Criminal Justice, 28(1), 37-52.

NON PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Tartaro, C., Levy, M., Tang, C. M., Frank, M., & Ferri, C. (in press). Preparing jail inmates for the outside: Discharge planning in Atlantic County, New Jersey. Corrections Today.

INVITED COMMENTARY
Nunez, N., Dahl, M. J., & Tang, C. M. (2000). Children who commit crimes: Statutory trends limiting the consideration of maltreatment history as a mitigating factor. Division 37, American Psychological Association, Section on Child Maltreatment Newsletter, 5(2), 4.

MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVISION / REVIEW
Tang, C. M., Bartsch, K, & Nunez, N. (under review). Young children’s reports of when learning occurred: It depends on the question.

MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION
Tang, C. M., & Nunez, N. Working toward a conceptual definition of child neglect.
Nunez, N., Tang, C. M., Dahl, M. J., & Jensen, B. L. Verdict decisions in juvenile cases.
Tang, C. M., & Bartsch, K. Young children’s recognition of how and when knowledge is acquired. 

Tartaro, C., Ferri, C., Levy, M. P., Tang, C. M., & Frank, M. (2006). The Atlantic County jail under the microscope: Is discharge planning really working? Incarceration to Self-Sufficiency Conference, the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, NJ, June 13.

Tang, C. M., & Bartsch, K. (2006). Young children’s understanding and memory of how and when knowledge was acquired. Poster presented at the Association for    Psychological Science Annual Convention, New York, NY, May 26.

Nunez, N., Dahl, M., & Tang, C. M. (2006). Desires for punishment versus
rehabilitation as mediating factors for juvenile waiver decisions. Symposium presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology and Law Society, St. Petersburg, FL, March 2.

Shea Adams, C., Tang, C. M., Bourgeois, M. J., Waack, B., & Hatz, J. (2005). Further validation of the death penalty attitudes scale. Paper presented at the annual  conference of the American Psychology and Law Society, La Jolla, CA, March 4.

Tang, C. M., Bourgeois, M., Nunez, N., Shea Adams, C., Binder, D., & Dahl, M. (2004). Do all jurors hold stereotypes about juveniles tried as adults? Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology and Law Society, Scottsdale, AZ, March 4.

Dahl, M., Nunez, N., Tang, C. M., & Cullum, J. (2004). Juvenile homicide offenders: The role of crime type in decisions to transfer. Poster presented at the annual  conference of the American Psychology and Law Society, Scottsdale, AZ, March  5.

Tang, C. M., Bourgeois, M., Nunez, N., & Dahl, M. (2003). The prejudicial judgment of juveniles tried as adults: Is it negative stereotyping? Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Society, Atlanta, GA, May 31.

Tang, C. M. (2003). Children's recognition of how and when knowledge is acquired. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, FL, April 26.

Nunez, N., Tang, C. M., Dahl, M. J., Faggiani, D., & Galloway, D. (2003). The impact of protective and risk Factors on problematic behaviors for high sensation seeking adolescents. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, FL, April 27.

Tang, C. M. & Bartsch, K. (2003). Children’s recognition of how and when knowledge is acquired. Poster presented at the Graduate Student Symposium of the University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, April 14.

Tang, C. M., Dahl, M. J., Nunez, N., & Seabeck, D. (2002). Long-term effects of the Boys Town Education Model: Is the impact of a behavioral intervention short-
Lived? Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological
Association, Chicago, IL, August 22.

Dahl, M. J., Tang, C. M., Nunez, N., Weber, S., & Seabeck, D. (2002). Helping youth stay in school: The ACES dropout prevention program. Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL,
August 22.

London, K., Nunez, N., Bowen, H., Hill, J., & Tang, C. M. (2002). Investigative and courtroom interviews of children: Examining the efficacy of truth / lie discussions in predicting and increasing the veracity of children's reports. Paper presented at the 17th biennial meeting of the Conference on Human Development, Charlotte, NC, April 5.

Tang, C. M., Nunez, N., Dahl, M. J., & Binder, D. M. (2002). Effects of defendant’s trial venue and juror’s bias on judgment of culpability: Is it prejudicial to try a juvenile as an adult? Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the American Psychology and Law Society, Austin, TX, March 7.

Nunez, N., Dahl, M. J., Tang, C. M., & Jensen, B. (2002). Juveniles tried as adults: The effect of mitigating factors and gender on juror’s decisions. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the American Psychology and Law Society, Austin, TX, March 7.

Jensen, B. L., Nunez, N., & Tang, C. M. (2001). How old is old enough? The effects of mitigating circumstances on jury decisions for juveniles tried as adults. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child
Development, Minneapolis, MN, April 19.

Invited Speeches

Child Protection Services Core Training (Guest speaker), Fall 2002

• Delivered a 20-minute presentation on child development via compressed video to around 30 new child protection social workers. This was a part of a three-week training program organized by Wyoming State Department of Family Services and the University of Wyoming.

Child Welfare Services (Guest Lecturer), Spring 1999

• Presented on issues regarding children’s protective services to a class of around 25 upper-division undergraduates in the Department of Social Work. This course surveys the needs of children and families and related policies and service delivery system.

Poster of the Year Award, 110th Annual Meeting of the APA, 2002 ($50)

Outstanding Psychology Graduate Student Award, 2001-2002 ($1000)

• Stockton College Junior Faculty Research Grant, 2005-2007 ($3000)
• American Psychological Association (APA) Advanced Training Institute in Using Large- Scale Databases Training Grant, 2006 (Cost of transportation, lodging, food, instruction, & the NICHD Study of Early Child Care dataset)
• Stockton College Quantitative Reasoning Across the Disciplines (QUAD) Summer Institute, 2006 ($500)
• Stockton College Special Support Fund for Grants Development, 2006 ($2000)
• American Psychology - Law Society Student First Author Travel Grant, 2004 ($125)
• University of Wyoming (UW) Psychology Portnier Fund, 2001-2004 ($2580)
• UW College of Arts and Sciences Paul Stock Grants-in-Aid, 2002 ($600)
• American Psychology - Law Society Student First Author Travel Grant, 2002 ($250)
• UW Graduate School Student Researcher Travel Grant, 2001-2004 ($550)