Dr. Tilan Tang
Associate Teaching Professor
EMAIL: tangt@wfu.edu
PHONE: (336) 758-2583
OFFICE: Farrell 312
Honors
- 2026 - Undergraduate Senior Class Teaching Award Class of 2026, Wake Forest University
- 2025 - Nunnenkamp-Cinelli Faculty Fellow, Wake Forest University
- 2024 - CDFI Research Consortium Grant, Center for Impact Finance, University of New Hampshire
- 2024 - Nunnenkamp-Cinelli Faculty Fellow, Wake Forest University
- 2021 - Innovative Teaching with Makerspace Technology Grant, Temple University
- 2017 - HOPE Award for Professors of Excellence, Southern Methodist University
- 2013 - Best Paper Award in Corporate Finance, Eastern Finance Association
- 2012 - University Research Grant , Clemson University
- 2008 - Learning Leader for Outstanding Teaching by Doctoral students, Michigan State University
In The Media
- June 25, 2016 - Neither Rigged nor Fair , The Economist
- March 23, 2015 - The Morning Risk Report: Why Firms Overpay Executives , The Wall Street Journal
Research Interests
- Empirical Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Financial Institutions, Mergers and Acquisitions, Executive Compensation, Stakeholder Governance and Community development lending??
Teaching Interests
- Corporate Finance, International Finance, Financial Literacy
Education
- Ph D, Michigan State University (Finance) - 2009
- MA, Florida State University (Economics) - 2004
- BA, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Business Administration) - 2001
- BS, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Computer Science) - 2001
