Hello. Welcome to ellenstekert.com, the online home of Ellen Stekert, professor emerita of English at the University of Minnesota, singer and guitarist who got her start in the 1950s Greenwich Village folk boom, former president of the American Folklore Society and Minnesota state folklorist. Ellen has had a long and interesting career and we look forward to sharing it with you here, including music, writing, and photography from her archives that has not yet been seen by the public.