Completing a PhD at Yale University in 1985, she has been Professor of English at Princeton since 1986, where she focuses on subjects such as Romanticism in Britain and Jewish culture.

[1][2] In 2006, Schor completed a biography of American poet Emma Lazarus, entitled Emma Lazarus; the book won the 2006 National Jewish Book Award in the American Jewish Category.

In 2016, Schor published Bridge of Words, a history of Esperanto as well as a personal memoir of her experience as an Esperantist.

It was well received by Esperanto scholars, with Federico Gobbo [eo] writing:Schor's work is not a purely academic and scholarly work, even though the quantity and quality of the notes supporting the arguments is impressive.

[7]Schor has written two volumes of original poetry,[2] including The Hills of Holland in 2002 and Strange Nursery in 2012.