Emily Grosholz

Emily Grosholz, 75, died on May 2, 2026. Emily Grosholz was known publicly as an American poet. Emily Rolfe Grosholz (October 17, 1950 – May 2, 2026) was an American poet and philosopher. She was the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Philosophy, African American Studies and English, and a member of the Center for Fundamental Theory / Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos, at the Pennsylvania State University. Grosholz was the 2011 Elizabeth McNulty Wilkinson '25 Poetry Chair, at Buffalo Seminary in March 2011. From September 2011 through January 2012, she was a senior researcher at REHSEIS / SPHERE / CNRS and University of Paris Diderot - Paris 7, with a 'Research in Paris 2011' grant from the city of Paris. This public record remains centered on Grosholz's work as an American poet and the documented milestones of that career.