She moved to her current role as Edna J. Koury Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2002.

Since 2014, Wolf has served as a trustee of the National Humanities Center in Research Triangle Park, NC.

Wolf has also written on the topic of moral luck, suggesting a reconciliation between the rationalist and irrationalist positions.

[5] Along with Philippa Foot and Bernard Williams, she has challenged the overriding of morality in practical reasoning.

[7] In other words, living a meaningful life consists of one's active engagement with objectively worthwhile things.