Rebecca Wanzo | |
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| Born | Rebecca Ann Wanzo 1975 (age 48–49) Dayton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Occupation | Academic |
| Awards | Eisner Award for Best Academic/Scholarly Work (2021) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Miami University Duke University |
| Thesis | The reading cure and other sentimental interventions: reading contemporary sentimentality through African American women's narratives (2003) |
| Academic advisors | Andrew Cayton |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Ohio State University Washington University in St. Louis |
| Website | rebeccawanzo |
Rebecca Ann Wanzo (born 1975) is an American academic specializing in African-American literature and culture, critical race theory, fan studies, and feminist theory. 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.