Susan Hartman
www.susanhartman.net
EDUCATION Master of Fine Arts, Columbia University Writing Division, School of the Arts, 1976 New York, N.Y.
Bachelor of Arts, Kirkland College Major: Creative Writing and Literature, 1974 Clinton, New York
WRITING Journalism EXPERIENCE The New York Times Magazine length cover stories and profiles; features about urban life and pop culture; photo essays 1988—
Cover stories have followed a young Guatemalan doctor starting his internship at a troubled city hospital; a soldier and his wife struggling to reunite after his deployment to Afghanistan; and a group of resilient young women, first profiled for The Times when they were talented double- Dutch jumpers on a dangerous Brooklyn block
Recent projects: http://www.susanhartman.net/newprojects8.html
Selected assignments: http://www.susanhartman.net/assignments1.html
City of Refugees Currently working on a narrative nonfiction book about three refugee families adapting to an old American manufacturing city, to be published by Beacon Press in 2021. Based on Hartman’s Times cover story, A New Life for Refugees, and the City They Adopted: http://www.susanhartman.net/city_refugees/index.html
Newsday Cover stories and profiles; op/ed pieces; travel and food features; developed L.I. Moment, a weekly column 1993--2001
The Christian Science Monitor Features about New Yorkers and their communities; personal essays on urban life and race; profiles 1987--2008
Poetry
Books: Lost Orchard, a poetry anthology, SUNY Press, 2014 El Abogado, Vache Press, 1983 Satyr, Cross Cultural Communications, 1980 Dumb Show, University Presses of Florida, 1979
Literary Journals: The Florida Review, Carolina Quarterly, Black Warrior Review, Sun Dog, Hanging Loose, City, Poem, Kansas Quarterly, Eddy
Multi-Media Projects
Solace on the Line: The Bronx Museum of the Arts Collaborated on a multi-media exhibit with Pulitzer Prize winning photographer, Todd Heisler; the show focused on Ghanaian live-in aides—far from their homes in the Bronx— who are united through a conference prayer call; sponsored by The New York Times 2013
Jump Rope Girls: Directed a multi-media project documenting the lives of three remarkable women, first written about by Hartman for The New York Times when they were 10-year-old jumpers on her Brooklyn block. The team included Magnum photographer, Peter van Agtmael, and five other award winning photographers and videographers. 2008-2011
Destiny’s Sweet Sixteen: Directed a short documentary about Elbe Vasquez, who gave birth to her daughter, Destiny, at 15.
Savannah: Directed a short documentary that followed Peachie Navarro and her radiant 10-year-old daughter, Savannah, on the day of her First Communion.
Back On the Block: Co-wrote and narrated a New York Times video; a personal take on the double Dutch girls.
The Jump Rope Girls project has been presented at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, at the Brooklyn Public Library, and at colleges and museums. http://www.susanhartman.net/jumprope.html
TEACHING Yale University EXPERIENCE English Department Lecturer Courses: Reading and Writing the Modern Essay College Residential Seminar: Feature Writing Workshop 2016—
Columbia University, School of the Arts Writing Division, M.F.A. program Adjunct Associate Professor Master Class: Writing About Communities Fall 2018--
New York University School of Professional Studies Adjunct Associate Professor Courses: Feature Writing for Print and Digital Media, Art of the Photo Essay, Interviews and Profiles, Creative Nonfiction 2007--
Course Innovations: Team teaching a photo essay class with documentary photographers; bringing students to sites for hands-on reporting; and bringing Pulitzer Prize winning reporters like Michael Winerip and N.R. Kleinfield--as well as professional boxers and trainers--into the classroom
Received NYU SPS Award for Teaching Excellence, 2013
Woodhull Medical Center A public hospital serving North Brooklyn, including Bedford- Stuyvesant, Williamsburg, and Fort Greene Course: Narrative Medicine (for medical residents) Summer 2018--
Barnard College English Department Adjunct Associate Professor Course: Creative Nonfiction Spring 2018
International Center of Photography (ICP) Instructor Courses: Art of the Photo Essay, The Book Project 2010--2014
John Jay College, City University of New York Adjunct Lecturer in English, taught writing and literature 1994-1997
University of Central Florida Assistant Professor of English, taught poetry writing 1977-1982
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE External Advisor, Digital Humanities Initiative Hamilton College Board member of humanities research institute; advisor to Hamilton students and faculty working on documentary projects Clinton, N.Y. 2013-
The Newswomen’s Club of New York Member of 95-year-old professional organization for women journalists New York, N.Y. 2016--
Director, powerHouse Sundays Curated and hosted monthly series of writers and photographers; powerHouse Arena, Dumbo, Brooklyn 2010--2013
Chair, Kirkland Mentoring Group Led a group of alumnae--bankers, lawyers, writers, and entrepreneurs--who provided mentoring to female students and graduates of Hamilton College Clinton, N.Y. 2008--2011