Wendrich ta kammala Ph.D.a Cibiyar Nazarin Asiya, Afirka da Amerindian (CNWS) a Jami'ar Leiden a Netherlands a cikin 1993.Taken karatun ta shine ilimin Ethnoarchaeology da yanayin zamantakewar Kwandon Masarawa na tsohuwar Masar, wanda daga baya aka buga shi azaman Duniya bisa ga Basketry ta Cotsen Institute of Archeology (CIoA) Press a watan Yuni 1999.Daga 1995 zuwa 1999 Wendrich mataimakin farfesa ne a fannin ilimin kimiya na kayan tarihi na Masar a Jami'ar Leiden,wanda ke Cibiyar Nazarin Archaeology da Larabci ta Netherlands a Alkahira.A cikin 2000, Wendrich ya koma Los Angeles kuma ya zama mataimakin farfesa a Sashen Harsuna da Al'adu na Gabas ta Tsakiya a UCLA. Ta rike mukamin mataimakiyar farfesa a fannin ilimin kimiya na kayan tarihi ta Masar a wannan sashe daga 2003-2009.A lokacin aikinta a UCLA, Wendrich ya zama Daraktan Faculty na UCLA Digital Humanities Incubator Group, kuma,a cikin 2013,Daraktan Faculty of the Center for Digital Humanities a UCLA.Ta kuma yi aiki a matsayin Co-director na Keck Digital Cultural Mapping Program a UCLA daga 2008 har zuwa 2012.A Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, Wendrich ya rike mukamin Daraktan Edita na Cibiyar Nazarin Archaeology ta Cotsen (CIoA) daga 2011 har zuwa 2016.