Desiree Groft
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Mail code: 2151Campus: Otherus
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Desiree Prieto Groft teaches literature and writing in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Cultural Studies. Before teaching at Arizona State University, she also taught at Concordia University, Texas, and was a coordinator for the writing department at The New School in New York City.
Groft’s work has appeared in Newsweek, Huffington Post, and Rome Today. She also had a print column and blog at the San Antonio Current and contributed to the Emmy award-winning NBC Chicago Street Team. You can read her #1 Amazon bestselling novel now: Girl, Unemployed.
Originally from San Antonio, Texas, Groft started her career in travel. Over the years, she has lived in Rome, London, Chicago, New York City, and Austin. She also calls California and Arizona homes, thanks to family and work. In her spare time, she loves planning trips to Italy for family and friends at Rome Today.
- M.A. English Literature, Texas A&M University-San Antonio
- M.F.A. Creative Writing-Nonfiction, The New School, New York City
Courses
2026 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 324 | Horror: Films & Short Stories |
| ENG 364 | Women and Literature |
| ENG 457 | Studies in American Poetry |
| ENG 343 | Crime: Film and Short Stories |
2025 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 457 | Studies in American Poetry |
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
| ENG 317 | Cross-Cultural Writing |
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
| ENG 317 | Cross-Cultural Writing |
| ENG 317 | Cross-Cultural Writing |
| ENG 379 | Travel Writing |
| ENG 324 | Horror: Films & Short Stories |
| ENG 494 | Special Topics |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 324 | Horror: Films & Short Stories |
| ENG 457 | Studies in American Poetry |
| ENG 460 | Ethnic Women Writers |
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 457 | Studies in American Poetry |
| ENG 379 | Travel Writing |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
| ENG 317 | Cross-Cultural Writing |
| ENG 317 | Cross-Cultural Writing |
| ENG 379 | Travel Writing |
| ENG 379 | Travel Writing |
| ENG 494 | Special Topics |
| ENG 494 | Special Topics |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 494 | Special Topics |
| ENG 457 | Studies in American Poetry |
| ENG 460 | Ethnic Women Writers |
| ENG 477 | World Literature |
| ENG 324 | Horror: Films & Short Stories |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 460 | Ethnic Women Writers |
| ENG 457 | Studies in American Poetry |
| ENG 457 | Studies in American Poetry |
| ENG 460 | Ethnic Women Writers |
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
| ENG 317 | Cross-Cultural Writing |
| ENG 317 | Cross-Cultural Writing |
| ENG 379 | Travel Writing |
| ENG 379 | Travel Writing |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
| ENG 317 | Cross-Cultural Writing |
| ENG 317 | Cross-Cultural Writing |
| ENG 317 | Cross-Cultural Writing |
| ENG 494 | Special Topics |
| ENG 324 | Horror: Films & Short Stories |
| ENG 324 | Horror: Films & Short Stories |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 460 | Ethnic Women Writers |
| ENG 477 | World Literature |
| ENG 457 | Studies in American Poetry |
| ENG 494 | Special Topics |
| ENG 494 | Special Topics |
| ENG 457 | Studies in American Poetry |
| ENG 460 | Ethnic Women Writers |
| ENG 477 | World Literature |
2021 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 317 | Cross-Cultural Writing |
| ENG 317 | Cross-Cultural Writing |
| ENG 379 | Travel Writing |
| ENG 379 | Travel Writing |
| ENG 210 | Intro to Creative Writing |
| ENG 210 | Intro to Creative Writing |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
| ENG 317 | Cross-Cultural Writing |
| ENG 317 | Cross-Cultural Writing |
| ENG 364 | Women and Literature |
| ENG 364 | Women and Literature |
| ENG 379 | Travel Writing |
| ENG 379 | Travel Writing |