Dorothy TANG (Dr)

Dorothy Tang is an assistant professor of landscape architecture. Her work is concerned with the intersections of infrastructure and everyday life, especially in communities confronting large-scale environmental change. Her current research explores the environmental impacts of Chinese overseas investments in Southeast Asia and Africa under the pretexts of bilateral development aid and economic cooperation. Professionally, she has worked on landscape infrastructure projects for rural and urban communities and environmental advocacy projects related to transnational infrastructure.

Prior to joining NUS, she was an assistant professor of landscape architecture at the University of Hong Kong where she also directed the undergraduate program, Her design work and research has been exhibited internationally, including the Venice Biennale and the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture. Dorothy holds a PhD from MIT, an MLA from Harvard University, a BLA from Iowa State University and is a registered landscape architecture in the state of New York, USA.