Designer, McCue Boone Tomsick Architects, San Francisco, CA, 1974-1977; Design Research Consultant, Kaplan/McLaughlin/Diaz Architects, San Francisco, CA, 1979-1980;

Groat spent most of her later career as an Assistant Professor (1980-1986) and Associate Professor (1986-1987) in the Department of Architecture, University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee and in various academic capacities in the College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

B.A. History, Connecticut College for Women, New London, CT, 1964-1968; M.A.T. (Master's of Arts in Teaching), History, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1968-1969; M.F.A. Design, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, 1970-1972; M. Sc. Environmental Psychology, University of Surrey, England, 1977-1979; Ph.D. Environmental Psychology, University of Surrey, England, 1982-1985;