cum laude, Vanderbilt University, art history, June 1982.
Her dissertation, Reading Junk: Thematic Imagery in the Art of Robert Rauschenberg from 1954 to 1964, is cited in the Rauschenberg Research Project, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art[3] and in the book The Great Migrator: Robert Rauschenberg and the Global Rise of American Art, by Hiroko Ikegami, MIT Press, 2010.
"He touched on every medium, from sculpture and painting to printmaking and art technology.
His transdisciplinary approach to art has been such an influence on the way I educate the next generation of artists here.
"[5] Wainwright was invited to discuss Rauschenberg's life and legacy on Bad At Sports, EPISODE 144.