Wanda received her Bachelors of Architecture from Auburn University and her Masters of Architecture from Columbia University. While in New York she worked in award winning design offices of Skidmore Owings and Merrill and Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects. For the past fourteen years she has taught at several institutions and served as a consultant and/or collaborator on many art and design proposals and projects. She has received national AIA and ACSA awards for teaching excellence, and her research and teaching have been published, presented, and exhibited both nationally and internationally. Other noted appointments include Co-Director of the Arlington Urban Design Center, Principal Investigator at Mississippi State's Carl Small Town Center, Auburn University School of Architecture Deans Council, and Architecture Program Advisory Board.