Alan G Hartman

  • Associate Professor and Program Director of Modern Foreign Languages
  • Founding Director of Latin American and Latino Studies
  • Director of the Center for Global Engagement
  • Fulbright Language Teaching Assistant Coordinator
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Alan G. Hartman

Alan G. Hartman, D.M.L., M.A., is a dedicated scholar with a deep passion for modern languages, literature, and cultural exchange. Dr. Hartman is actively involved in promoting education and community engagement through his roles as Vice President of Italian Charities of America, Board Director for the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (New York Metropolitan Chapter), and Board Trustee for the White Plains Historical Society.

He frequently presents at conferences and publishes on Hispanic, Italian, Italian American, and Mediterranean Studies.

His passion for languages, literature, travel, and student success has taken him to various parts of the world. A Long Island native, Dr. Hartman has lived in Italy, New York City, and Boston. His academic endeavors led him to Bolivia and Spain, and his work has taken him to Honduras and Colombia.

Doctor of Modern Languages, Italian and Spanish Studies, August 2014
Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT.

Master of Arts, Theology, December 2019
University of Scranton, Scranton, PA.

Master of Arts, Italian Studies, August 2006
Area of specialization: Italian Literature
Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT.

Master of Arts, Hispanic Studies, May 2005
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
Passed the M.A. Exit Exam with honors.

Bachelor of Science, Psychology and Spanish; Minor: Italian, May 2003
Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY.
 

Select Curricular Development:

  • 2009:  Created “Spanish for Heritage Speakers Courses.”
  • 2010:  Created Arabic courses.
  • 2011:  Attained a NEH Grant to promote “Latin American and Latino 
    Studies.” 
  • 2011:  Founded the “Fulbright Language Teaching Assistant” program in Arabic.
  • 2019:  Created Albanian courses (Mercy now has largest Albanian course enrollment in 
    the country).
  • 2020: Created Spanish “Master Courses” for online education. 
  • 2020: Created a five-year B.A. in Spanish / M.S. in TESOL Program.
  • 2021: Created a Latin American and Latino Studies Minor.
  • 2024: Created a give-year B.A. in Spanish / M.B.A. Program.

Courses Taught:    

  • Elementary and Intermediate Italian
  • Elementary and Intermediate Spanish
  • Advanced Spanish Grammar and Composition
  • Afro-Hispanic Literature
  • Colombian Literature and Culture
  • Colombian Narcoliterature
  • Comparative Romance Literatures
  • Contemporary Spanish Literature
  • Critica literaria
  • Dominican Literature
  • The Generation of 1898
  • The Generations of 1914 and 1927
  • The Generation of Ortega y Gasset
  • Latin America through Cinema
  • Latin America Today
  • Latin America and Movements of Social Justice
  • Masterworks in Spanish Literature
  • Mexican Literature
  • Modernismo 
  • Perceptiva Literaria
  • Romanticismo
  • Spain Today
  • Spanish Major Senior Capstone
  • Spanish Golden Age Literature
  • Spanish Literary Criticism
  • The Spanish Civil War in Literature and Cinema
  • 19th Century Spanish Literature
  • 20th Century Mexican Novel
  • The Italian American Experience
  • Italian and Italian American History and Cultures  
  • Senior Capstone

Select Courses Developed:

  • Albanian for Communication
  • Communicating in Albanian
  • Arabic for Communication
  • Communicating in Arabic
  • Intermediate Italian I + II
  • Intermediate French I + II
  • Italian and Italian American Culture & History
  • The Italian American Experience
  • Spanish for Heritage Speakers
  • Many Spanish Major Courses