[6][7] In 1965 Schuth received a bachelor's degree in history from the College of Saint Teresa in Winona, Minnesota.
[8][4] She obtained a master's degree (1969) and a PhD (1973) in cultural geography from Syracuse University; her doctoral thesis was entitled Literacy in Rural India: A Geographic Analysis.
Schuth taught at the College of Saint Teresa and the Weston Jesuit School of Theology.
[6] As a researcher and teacher, Schuth has focused on theological education and the relationship between the Church and American culture.
She also served as chair or member of committees and boards including the Leadership Roundtable Education and Formation Committee of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management, the Henry Luce III Fellows in Theology, the Board of Trustees of Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, and the National Advisory Council, Viterbo College, LaCrosse, Wisconsin.