Ellen Stekert

Ellen Stekert (born 26 May 1935) is an American academic, folklorist, and musician. Stekert is a professor emerita of English at the University of Minnesota and a former president of the American Folklore Society. She has been called "one of the country's leading authorities on folklore."

As a musician, Stekert released four albums of folk music in the 1950s, including Songs Of A New York Lumberjack and (with Milton Okun) Traditional American Love Songs, and continued to perform occasionally during her academic career. She was cited by Bob Dylan in his memoir as an early musical influence.