Hello and welcome to iSveum.com! My name is Matt Sveum, and I am a graduate student at the University of Missouri-Columbia. I was born and raised in Fitchburg, Wisconsin, a suburb of Madison, Wisconsin. I attended Verona Area High School, graduating in May of 2003. After graduation, I went on to Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota. I initially intended to be a communications major, but fell in love with economics after taking Principles of Macroeconomics in the spring of my freshman year. After switching my major to economics, I took as many economics classes as I could. During the spring semester of my junior year, I spent six months in London attending Queen Mary, University of London in a study abroad program. My semester abroad taught me a lot about myself and the world around me. Upon returning to Hamline, I completed a departmental honors paper entitled Rolling Back Prices: Wal-Mart’s Ability to Change the Amount Consumers Pay.
During my MA work at the University of Missouri, I continued to research Wal-Mart’s effect on competing firms. My master’s paper is available for download, along with a sampling of my other research projects, on the research section of this website. After graduation, I took a teaching position at the Madison campus of ITT Technical Institute. Through teaching at ITT Tech, I discovered my love for teaching economics, prompting me to return to Mizzou to earn a Ph.D., with the ultimate goal of becoming an economics professor.
In my free time, I enjoy traveling, golfing, playing with technology, and cooking.
My resume can be found here. Additional information about me and my qualifications can be found in the links to the left.