Professor Sue-Ellen Jacobs was an American anthropologist who served as adjunct associate professor of Anthropology, adjunct associate professor of Music, and professor of Women Studies at the University of Washington. She was the director of Women Studies from 1974 to 1982 and acting director of Women Studies from 1987-1988. She has served as the director of the Women Studies Undergraduate Program since 1997. Her work also includes conducting oral history interviews for the National Endowment for the Humanities' Washington Women's Heritage Project at the University of Washington between 1980 and 1984. She won the Ruth Benedict Prize together with Sabine Lang and Wesley Thomas in 1997.