Lang has experience in both the professional and academic worlds. His professional work includes: Chairman, Massachusetts Government Land Bank, Special Assistant for Policy Development, Massachusetts Executive Office of Communities and Development; Director, Housing Development for Boston Model Cities Program; and Associate Director, Greater Boston Community Development, Inc. His current research interests include the role of CDCs in community development, welfare-to-work and state housing policy. Lang teaches Introduction to Housing and Community Economic Development Lang’s Seminar, Planning and Institutional Processes (Domestic), and co-teaches Housing and Human Services.