Career
Jean is a feminist-activist whose dedication and expertise on social justice issues—poverty, water, food, and the effects of globalization, to name a few—have made her a legend on the Mount Holyoke campus, in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts where she resides, and beyond. After completing undergraduate work at Pennsylvania State University in 1956 and a Master of Arts at the University of Denver in 1957, Jean went on to earn a Doctor of Philosophy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1961, where she trained as a specialist in South East Asian Politics. Jean taught Politics and Women"s Studies at Mount Holyoke College for 40 plus years.
Jean has been a political activist all her life.
Academic Publications:
Grossholtz, Jean. 1964. Politics in the Philippines: A Country Study.
Boston, Master of Arts: Little Brown. Grossholtz, Jean. 1966.
"Exploration of Malaysian Meanings." Asian Survey 6 (4).
Grossholtz, Jean. 1970. "Factors in the Malaysian and Philippine Legislatures." Comparative Politics 3 (1). Bourque, Susan C. and Jean Grossholtz.
1974.
"Politics an Unnatural Practice: Political Science Looks at Female Participation." Politics and Society 4 (2): 225-266. Grossholtz, Jean. 1984. Forging capitalist patriarchy: the economic and social transformation of feudal Sri Lanka and its impact on women.
