Schubert is the associate dean of academic engagement at JMU Libraries, helping coordinate the work of teams such as Digital Scholarship & Distinctive Collections, Ask the Library service, liaison librarians and Music Library. She has previously served as the director of Research & Education Services and the Health Sciences & Nursing Librarian.   
Schubert’s research has focused on the information behaviors of nursing and health students, teaching evidence-based practice, and academic libraries administration activities, such as onboarding, change management and succession planning.  
Schubert earned a bachelor's degree in comparative literature from the University of California, Irvine and a master's in library and information science from San Jose State University.