Areas of Expertise
Aging
End-of-Life Care
Gerontology
Health
LGBTQIA+
Mental Health
Social Work
Sociology
Suicide
Dr. Schiller earned her BA in Sociology from the University of Chicago and both her MSW and PhD in Social Work and Sociology from the University of Michigan, where she was a National Institute on Aging fellow.
She has conducted research in aging and end-of-life issues, and also worked as a hospice social worker. Dr. Schiller has taught a class on death and dying at the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work for the last decade and will be creating a course on grief and loss in 2027. She has a private therapy practice in Oak Park.