Caroline Elinor Hussey (3 December 1941 – 11 May 2017) was an Irish microbiologist and academic. She served as President of the Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT) from 1989 to 1992. She was appointed the first female Registrar and Deputy President of University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland's largest university, in 1994, and remained in that post until her retirement in 2004. She was Chairperson of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment from 1995 to 2000.