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Desiree Poteet

Department of Language ArtsAssociate Professor (English)
Hale ‘Ākoakoa 237

Committee Memberships

  • Board of Student Publications

Other Responsibilities and Activities

  • Co-Advisor, Film Club
  • 2011, WAC Participants

Classes Taught

CM 204C - Introduction to Creative Writing (Screenwriting)

  • Fall 2020 - TBA, WWW - CRN: 60216
  • Spring 2020 - TBA, WWW - CRN: 63272
  • Fall 2019 - TBA, WWW - CRN: 62367
  • Spring 2019 - TBA, WWW - CRN: 60424 - view syllabus (pdf)

CM 280 - Book Production: Pueo Literary and Art Journal

  • Spring 2020 - TR, 2:30pm to 3:45pm, Hale ‘Ākoakoa 236 - CRN: 63273
  • Fall 2019 - TR, 2:30pm to 3:45pm, Hale ‘Ākoakoa 236 - CRN: 62479

ENG 100 - Expository Writing

  • Fall 2024 - MW, 10:00am to 11:15am, Hale Manaleo 126 - CRN: 64420
  • Fall 2024 - MW, 10:00am to 11:15am, Hale Manaleo 126 - CRN: 64421
  • Fall 2024 - TR, 10:00am to 11:15am, Hale Manaleo 126 - CRN: 64053
  • Fall 2024 - TR, 11:30am to 12:45pm, Hale Manaleo 112 - CRN: 64072
  • Spring 2024 - TR, 10:00am to 11:15am, Hale Manaleo 112 - CRN: 62225
  • Spring 2024 - TR, 10:00am to 11:15am, Hale Manaleo 112 - CRN: 62226
  • Spring 2024 - TR, 2:30pm to 3:45pm, Hale Manaleo 112 - CRN: 62228
  • Spring 2023 - MW, 10:00am to 11:15am, Hale Manaleo 112 - CRN: 64354 - view syllabus (pdf)
  • Spring 2023 - MW, 10:00am to 11:15am, Hale Manaleo 112 - CRN: 64355 - view syllabus (pdf)
  • Spring 2023 - TR, 10:00am to 11:15am, Hale Manaleo 112 - CRN: 64360 - view syllabus (pdf)
  • Spring 2023 - TR, 10:00am to 11:15am, Hale Manaleo 112 - CRN: 64361 - view syllabus (pdf)
  • Spring 2022 - TR, 11:30am to 12:45pm, WWW - CRN: 61062 - view syllabus (pdf)
  • Fall 2021 - TR, 1:00pm to 2:15pm, Hale Manaleo 111 - CRN: 60291 - view syllabus (pdf)
  • Fall 2021 - MW, 11:30am to 12:45pm, Hale Manaleo 111 - CRN: 60103 - view syllabus (pdf)
  • Fall 2021 - TR, 11:30am to 12:45pm, Hale Manaleo 111 - CRN: 60146 - view syllabus (pdf)
  • Spring 2021 - R, 11:30am to 12:45pm, WWW - CRN: 61192
  • Fall 2020 - MW, 10:00am to 11:15am, WWW - CRN: 60143
  • Fall 2020 - MW, 11:30am to 12:45pm, WWW - CRN: 60227
  • Spring 2020 - MW, 10:00am to 11:15am, Hale Manaleo 112 - CRN: 63355
  • Spring 2020 - MW, 11:30am to 12:45pm, Hale Manaleo 112 - CRN: 63356
  • Fall 2019 - MW, 10:00am to 11:15am, Hale Manaleo 125 - CRN: 62192
  • Fall 2019 - MW, 11:30am to 12:45pm, Hale Manaleo 125 - CRN: 62194
  • Fall 2019 - TR, 10:00am to 11:15am, Hale Manaleo 125 - CRN: 62197
  • Spring 2019 - MW, 10:00am to 11:15am, Hale Manaleo 125 - CRN: 60095 - view syllabus (pdf)
  • Fall 2018 - TR, 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale Manaleo 112 - CRN: 64289 - view syllabus (pdf)
  • Fall 2018 - MW, 11:30am to 12:45pm, Hale Manaleo 112 - CRN: 64291 - view syllabus (pdf)
  • Fall 2018 - MW, 1:00pm to 2:15pm, Hale Manaleo 112 - CRN: 64293 - view syllabus (pdf)
  • Spring 2018 - MW, 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale Manaleo 126 - CRN: 62130 - view syllabus (pdf)
  • Fall 2017 - T, 10:00am to 11:15am, Hale Manaleo 112 - CRN: 61318 - view syllabus (pdf)
  • Fall 2017 - MW, 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale Manaleo 112 - CRN: 61443 - view syllabus (pdf)
  • Fall 2017 - MW, 11:30am to 12:45pm, Hale Manaleo 112 - CRN: 61445 - view syllabus (pdf)
  • Spring 2017 - TBA, WWW - CRN: 64171 - view syllabus (pdf)
  • Spring 2017 - MW, 11:30am to 12:45pm, Hale Manaleo 125 - CRN: 64174 - view syllabus (pdf)
  • Fall 2016 - MW, 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale Manaleo 126 - CRN: 63537
  • Fall 2016 - MW, 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale Manaleo 126 - CRN: 63538
  • Fall 2016 - MW, 1:00pm to 2:15pm, Hale Manaleo 126 - CRN: 63541
  • Fall 2016 - MW, 1:00pm to 2:15pm, Hale Manaleo 126 - CRN: 63542
  • Fall 2016 - TR, 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale Manaleo 126 - CRN: 63545
  • Fall 2016 - TR, 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale Manaleo 126 - CRN: 63546
  • Spring 2015 - TR, 1:00pm to 2:15pm, Hale Manaleo 126 - CRN: 63238
  • Fall 2014 - TR, 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale Pālanakila 122 - CRN: 62310
  • Fall 2014 - TR, 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale Pālanakila 122 - CRN: 62311
  • Fall 2014 - MW, 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale Pālanakila 122 - CRN: 62066
  • Fall 2014 - MW, 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale Pālanakila 122 - CRN: 62081
  • Spring 2014 - TR, 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 60507
  • Fall 2013 - MW, 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 64524
  • Fall 2013 - MW, 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 64525
  • Fall 2013 - TR, 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale Pālanakila 122 - CRN: 64530
  • Fall 2013 - TR, 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale Pālanakila 122 - CRN: 64531
  • Spring 2013 - MW, 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 62028
  • Fall 2012 - MW, 2:30pm to 3:45pm, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 61111
  • Fall 2012 - MWF, 10:30am to 11:20am, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 61473
  • Fall 2012 - MWF, 10:30am to 11:20am, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 61265
  • Fall 2012 - MWF, 11:30am to 12:20pm, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 61267
  • Fall 2011 - MWF, 10:00am to 10:50am, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 63332
  • Fall 2011 - MWF, 12:00pm to 12:50pm, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 63343
  • Fall 2011 - MWF, 1:00pm to 1:50pm, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 63345
  • Fall 2011 - TR, 11:00am to 12:15pm, Hale ‘Ākoakoa 132 - CRN: 63122
  • Spring 2011 - MWF, 10:30am to 11:20am, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 61269
  • Spring 2011 - MWF, 12:30pm to 1:20pm, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 61029
  • Fall 2010 - MWF, 12:30pm to 1:20pm, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 60133
  • Fall 2010 - MWF, 8:30am to 9:20am, Hale ‘Ākoakoa 113 - CRN: 60442
  • Fall 2010 - MWF, 10:30am to 11:20am, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 60041
  • Spring 2010 - TR, 8:15am to 9:30am, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 63054
  • Spring 2010 - MWF, 12:30pm to 1:20pm, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 63381
  • Fall 2009 - MWF, 12:30pm to 1:20pm, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 62152
  • Fall 2009 - MWF, 10:30am to 11:20am, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 62047
  • Spring 2009 - MWF, 10:30am to 11:20am, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 60331
  • Fall 2008 - TR, 8:15am to 9:30am, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 64046
  • Spring 2008 - TR, 3:00pm to 4:15pm, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 62242

ENG 100W - Composition I Writing Workshop

  • Fall 2024 - MW, 11:30am to 12:45pm, Hale Manaleo 112 - CRN: 64422
  • Spring 2024 - TR, 11:30am to 12:45pm, Hale Manaleo 112 - CRN: 62227
  • Spring 2023 - MW, 11:30am to 12:45pm, Hale Manaleo 112 - CRN: 64356 - view syllabus (pdf)
  • Spring 2023 - TR, 11:30am to 12:45pm, Hale Manaleo 112 - CRN: 64362 - view syllabus (pdf)

ENG 100X - Directed Support

  • Fall 2018 - W, 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale Manaleo 112 - CRN: 64290 - view syllabus (pdf)
  • Fall 2018 - R, 11:30am to 12:45pm, Hale Manaleo 112 - CRN: 64292 - view syllabus (pdf)
  • Fall 2018 - T, 1:00pm to 2:15pm, Hale Manaleo 112 - CRN: 64294 - view syllabus (pdf)
  • Fall 2017 - R, 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale Manaleo 112 - CRN: 61444 - view syllabus (pdf)
  • Fall 2017 - R, 11:30am to 12:45pm, Hale Manaleo 112 - CRN: 61446 - view syllabus (pdf)
  • Fall 2016 - F, 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale Manaleo 126 - CRN: 63539
  • Fall 2016 - F, 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale Manaleo 126 - CRN: 63540
  • Fall 2016 - F, 1:00pm to 2:15pm, Hale Manaleo 126 - CRN: 63543
  • Fall 2016 - F, 1:00pm to 2:15pm, Hale Manaleo 126 - CRN: 63544

ENG 19 - Writing Essentials

  • Spring 2012 - MWF, 10:00am to 10:50am, Hale Mana‘opono 115 - CRN: 64478

ENG 199V - Magazine Production (Rain Bird)

  • Spring 2023 - TBA, TBA - CRN: 64512
  • Spring 2013 - TR, 2:30pm to 3:45pm, Hale ‘Ākoakoa 240 - CRN: 62029

ENG 204C - Introduction to Creative Writing (Screenwriting)

  • Fall 2024 - TR, 1:00pm to 2:15pm, Hale Manaleo 126 - CRN: 64426
  • Fall 2020 - TBA, WWW - CRN: 60236
  • Spring 2020 - TBA, WWW - CRN: 63117
  • Fall 2019 - TBA, WWW - CRN: 62389
  • Spring 2019 - TBA, WWW - CRN: 60144 - view syllabus (pdf)
  • Spring 2018 - MW, 1:00pm to 2:15pm, Hale Manaleo 112 - CRN: 62197 - view syllabus (pdf)
  • Spring 2017 - TR, 10:00am to 11:15am, Hale Pālanakila 117 - CRN: 64271 - view syllabus (pdf)
  • Fall 2016 - MW, 10:00am to 11:15am, Hale Pālanakila 117 - CRN: 63489
  • Spring 2016 - TR, 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale Pālanakila 227 - CRN: 61380

ENG 204D - Introduction to Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction

  • Spring 2024 - TR, 1:00pm to 2:15pm, Hale Manaleo 112 - CRN: 62365
  • Spring 2023 - TR, 1:00pm to 2:30pm, Hale Manaleo 112 - CRN: 64232 - view syllabus (pdf)
  • Spring 2022 - TR, 1:00pm to 2:15pm, WWW - CRN: 61355 - view syllabus (pdf)

ENG 209 - Business Writing

  • Spring 2022 - MW, 11:30am to 12:45pm, WWW - CRN: 61011 - view syllabus (pdf)
  • Spring 2021 - TBA, WWW - CRN: 61479
  • Spring 2016 - TBA, WWW - CRN: 61445
  • Spring 2016 - TBA, WWW - CRN: 61126
  • Spring 2015 - MW, 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale Manaleo 112 - CRN: 63141
  • Spring 2015 - TR, 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale Manaleo 112 - CRN: 63193
  • Spring 2015 - TBA, WWW - CRN: 63240
  • Fall 2014 - TBA, WWW - CRN: 62235
  • Fall 2014 - TR, 11:30am to 12:45pm, Hale ‘Ākoakoa 113 - CRN: 62236
  • Spring 2014 - MW, 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale ‘Ākoakoa 113 - CRN: 60212
  • Spring 2014 - TR, 11:30am to 12:45pm, Hale ‘Ākoakoa 113 - CRN: 60213
  • Fall 2013 - MW, 2:30pm to 3:45pm, Hale ‘Ākoakoa 113 - CRN: 64629
  • Fall 2013 - MW, 11:30am to 12:45pm, Hale ‘Ākoakoa 113 - CRN: 64417
  • Fall 2013 - TR, 11:30am to 12:45pm, Hale ‘Ākoakoa 113 - CRN: 64418
  • Spring 2013 - MW, 11:30am to 12:45pm, Hale Pālanakila 122 - CRN: 62272
  • Fall 2012 - TR, 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale Pālanakila 122 - CRN: 61100
  • Spring 2012 - TR, 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale No‘eau 123 - CRN: 64394

ENG 22 - Introduction to Expository Writing

  • Spring 2016 - TR, 11:30am to 12:45pm, Hale Manaleo 125 - CRN: 61190
  • Spring 2016 - MW, 11:30am to 12:45pm, Hale Manaleo 112 - CRN: 61363
  • Fall 2015 - MW, 10:00am to 11:15am, Hale Manaleo 126 - CRN: 60192
  • Fall 2015 - MW, 10:00am to 11:15am, Hale Manaleo 126 - CRN: 60194
  • Fall 2015 - TR, 11:30am to 12:45pm, Hale Manaleo 112 - CRN: 60195
  • Fall 2015 - TR, 11:30am to 12:45pm, Hale Manaleo 112 - CRN: 60196
  • Fall 2015 - MW, 11:30am to 12:45pm, Hale Manaleo 126 - CRN: 60199
  • Fall 2015 - MW, 11:30am to 12:45pm, Hale Manaleo 126 - CRN: 60200
  • Spring 2011 - MWF, 9:30am to 10:20am, Hale Pālanakila 225 - CRN: 61028
  • Spring 2011 - MWF, 11:30am to 12:20pm, Hale Pālanakila 102 - CRN: 61416
  • Spring 2010 - MWF, 9:30am to 10:20am, Hale Pālanakila 211 - CRN: 63047
  • Spring 2010 - MWF, 8:30am to 9:20am, Hale Pālanakila 211 - CRN: 63048
  • Fall 2009 - MWF, 9:30am to 10:20am, Hale Manaleo 102 - CRN: 62369
  • Spring 2009 - MWF, 8:30am to 9:20am, Hale Manaleo 116 - CRN: 60068

ENG 271 - Introduction to Literature: Genre

  • Spring 2021 - R, 1:00pm to 2:15pm, WWW - CRN: 61363
  • Spring 2019 - W, 5:30pm to 6:45pm, Hale Pālanakila 213 - CRN: 60227 - view syllabus (pdf)
  • Spring 2018 - TBA, WWW - CRN: 62353 - view syllabus (pdf)
  • Fall 2015 - TR, 1:00pm to 2:15pm, Hale Pālanakila 212 - CRN: 60291
  • Fall 2012 - TR, 1:00pm to 2:15pm, Hale Pālanakila 213 - CRN: 61154

ENG 272 - Introduction to Literature: Culture and Literature

  • Fall 2014 - MW, 11:30am to 12:45pm, Hale Pālanakila 212 - CRN: 62141
  • Spring 2014 - MW, 1:00pm to 2:15pm, Hale Pālanakila 104 - CRN: 60166
  • Spring 2012 - MW, 11:30am to 12:45pm, Hale Pālanakila 102 - CRN: 64393
  • Spring 2012 - TR, 11:30am to 12:45pm, Hale Pālanakila 227 - CRN: 64271
  • Fall 2011 - TR, 8:00am to 9:15am, Hale Pālanakila 104 - CRN: 63433

ENG 280 - Book Production: Rain Bird Literary and Art Journal

  • Fall 2024 - TR, 2:30pm to 3:45pm, Hale ‘Ākoakoa 240 - CRN: 64425
  • Spring 2020 - TR, 2:30pm to 3:45pm, Hale ‘Ākoakoa 236 - CRN: 63148
  • Fall 2019 - TR, 2:30pm to 3:45pm, Hale ‘Ākoakoa 236 - CRN: 62079
  • Spring 2018 - MW, 2:30pm to 3:45pm, Hale ‘Ākoakoa 236 - CRN: 62285 - view syllabus (pdf)
  • Fall 2017 - MW, 2:30pm to 3:45pm, Hale ‘Ākoakoa 236 - CRN: 61101 - view syllabus (pdf)

ENG 299V - Independent Studies

  • Spring 2013 - TR, 2:30pm to 3:45pm, Hale ‘Ākoakoa 240 - CRN: 62030