Faye J. Ringel is an American professor emeritus of Humanities at the United States Coast Guard Academy and an author.
Ringel received a Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature from Brandeis University and a Ph.D. from Brown University in Comparative Literature with Patterns of the Hero and the Quest in 1979. She is also a performer and teacher of traditional music (Hot Chestnuts: Old Songs, Endearing Charms).
Ringel was promoted to professor emeritus at the United States Coast Guard Academy after 20 years of service in 2010.
She married Paul Hazel, a novelist, in 1990 but later was divorced.