Jill S. Grigsby

Jill Spencer Grigsby (born March 8, 1954) is an American sociologist whose areas of expertise include demography and sociology of the family.

Early life Grigsby was born in West Palm Beach, Florida, and grew up in Riviera Beach and Palm Beach Gardens nearby. She moved to the Boston area with her family in 11th grade and graduated from Dover-Sherborn High School. She completed her undergraduate studies Brown University, where she majored in applied mathematics. She then earned a doctorate from Princeton University in sociology and demography. Her dissertation was titled "The Use of Contraception for Delaying and Spacing Births in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Korea".

Career Grigsby joined the Pomona College faculty in 1983. She retired in June 2021 as the Richard Steele Professor of Social Sciences and Professor of Sociology and was given emerita status.

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Personal life Grigsby is married to Rett Bull, a computer science professor at Pomona. She has a daughter, Janet Light, a mental health counselor. She enjoys traveling and volunteers with the City of Claremont's Committee on Aging and the House of Ruth in Pomona, California.