Schyler graduated summa cum laude from Lipscomb University in 2022, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in History, Spanish, and International Affairs. Her thesis focused on the methods through which Andean women resisted colonization in colonial Peru, for which she received the Outstanding Scholarship in History award. After graduation, Schyler served as an English Teaching Assistant in Neiva, Colombia through the Fulbright Fellowship.
Under the supervision of Caterina Pizzigoni at Columbia University and Tanya Harmer at LSE, Schyler completed her master’s dissertation “Daring to Desire: Love Magic as a Means to Understanding Female Sexuality in Mid-Seventeenth Century Peru.” Using trial documents from the Lima Inquisition and extirpation, she employed queer theory, decolonial theory, and critical fabulation to illuminate the amorous-erotic desires of women accused of practicing love magic. Her research shed light on the social aspect of love magic among female kin, the subversion of colonial gender roles through love magic, and the dissident sexual acts that women using love magic achieved. Thanks to the Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowship, Schyler supported her research with two years of Quechua studies.
Schyler is currently a Strategic Partner Admissions Advisor for the Council on International Education and Exchange. Alongside this role, she is a copywriter for organizations aligned with social justice, sustainable travel, and mission-driven initiatives. It is her aim to pursue careers that build bridges across cultures to foster a more empathetic society in which each person is empowered to live authentically.
