UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Department of Landscape Architecture in Penn State College of Arts and Architecture’s Stuckeman School will welcome Hongbing Tang as an assistant professor of landscape architecture starting fall 2026.
Tang comes to Happy Valley from the University of Massachusetts Amherst where she is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning. She holds a master of regional planning and a master of landscape architecture from University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her other degrees include a graduate diploma in minimum cost housing from the McGill University School of Architecture in Montreal, Canada, and a bachelor of architecture from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.
A Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) accredited professional and registered landscape architect in Massachusetts, Tang is a co-founder and principal landscape architect at LANDD International LLC in Boxborough, Massachusetts.
“We are delighted to welcome Hongbing Tang to Penn State. She has demonstrated a commitment to design excellence, environmental stewardship and education, with strengths in regional planning and community-focused design that will expand our department’s research and teaching,” said Roxi Thoren, head and professor of landscape architecture. “Her extensive professional experience, global perspective and dedication to connecting research, practice and creative expression will make her a wonderful colleague and an inspiring mentor for our students.”
Tang has numerous honors and awards to her name, including a certificate of recognition from Rhode Island Gov. Daniel J. McKee in 2026. She also received a citation of recognition from the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 2025 for her long-standing contributions to the arts and community service. She was a recipient of the Preservation Massachusetts Frederick Law Olmsted Award in 2024 and in 2023, she received the Boston Society of Landscape Architects Community Impact Award.
Tang has served as an assistant teaching professor and director of the community planning graduate certificate program at the University of Rhode Island Department of Landscape Architecture since 2024. She also served as an adjunct faculty member at Boston Architectural College’s School of Landscape Architecture and at UMass Amherst. Prior to those appointments, she was an instructor at the Beijing Tsinghua Tongheng Urban Planning and Design Institute.