Dr. Swartz is currently Clinical Professor of Economics in the Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte.  She regularly teaches Managerial Economics for undergraduates (ECON  3125) and Foundations of Economics for MBA students (MBAD 5110).  Her interests are in supporting and promoting entrepreneurship and the application of economic analysis to business models and go-to-market strategies.  She is involved in UNC Charlotte's business plan competition, Five Ventures, each spring semester.  She is a faculty advisor to Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE), Young Entrepreneurs Association, and Omicron Delta Epsilon (economics honor society).

Dr. Swartz is a native of New York state.  After earning an undergraduate degree in Math at SUNY Fredonia, she earned the MA and PhD at Duke, specializing in demography, international economic development, and labor market analysis.  As part of her dissertation research, she spent two years at the University of Nairobi.

Dr. Swartz taught various classes as a teaching assistant at Duke and as a full-time faculty member at Notre Dame and Emory University in Atlanta.  More recently, she taught at Aurora University and Roosevelt University in the Chicago area.

In addition to her academic credentials, Dr. Swartz has over 20 years of industry experience.  At BellSouth, she was one of the original members of the international subsidiary.  She had key roles in winning cellular operating licenses and wireless data operating licenses around the world.  At Motorola,  Dr. Swartz created a major accounts team to increase market share with the largest customers worldwide.  She led a small team to forecast demand for cellular infrastructure products – the things that make your cell phone work.  The error in the forecast was less than 10% after five years.  Finally, Dr. Swartz led the introduction of cable modems to consumers and retailers beginning in 1998 when there were fewer than one million cable modems in the world.

In addition to working at two Fortune 100 companies, Dr. Swartz has worked for a start-up, at Chicago Public Radio, and as an independent consultant.  Her work experiences covers a broad range:

–     Very big and very small companies

–     Academia and industry

–     For profit and not-for-profit

–     Services and manufacturing

–     International and domestic

–     Consumer goods and industrial goods

–     Strategic and tactical marketing.