She is a professor and chair of the women, gender, and sexuality studies department at Washington University in St. Louis.
Wanzo's 2020 book, The Content of Our Caricature: African American Comic Art and Political Belonging, won the Eisner Award for Best Academic/Scholarly Work.
[2] Her senior honors thesis advisor was Andrew Cayton who described Wanzo as, "...one of the three or four best students I've seen in 17 years of teaching.
"[4] Wanzo was one of 95 students nationwide to win a Mellon Fellowship in humanistic studies.
[5] In the Fall of 2010, Wanzo joined Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis as a visiting professor of women, gender, and sexuality studies.