| 2006-2007 | Nancy Spencer, Bowling Green State University | |
| 2005-2006 | Stephan Walk, Cal State Fullerton | |
| 2004-2005 | Mary McDonald, Miami University (Ohio) | |
| 2003-2004 | Ellen Staurowsky, Ithaca College | |
| 2002-2003 | Wib Leonard, llinois State | |
| 2001-2002 | Earl Smith, Wake Forest University | |
| 2000-2001 | Michael Malec, Boston College | |
| 1999-2000 | Peter Donnelly, University of Toronto | |
| 1998-1999 | Alan Klein, Northeastern University | |
| 1997-1998 | Mary McElroy, Kansas State University | |
| 1996-1997 | Margaret Carlisle Duncan, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee | |
| 1995-1996 | Tim Curry, Ohio State University | |
| 1994-1995 | Michael A. Messner, University of Southern California | |
| 1993-1994 | Don Sabo, D'Youville College | |
| 1992-1993 | Mary E. Duquin, University of Pittsburgh | |
| 1991-1992 | John Loy, University of Illinois | |
| 1990-1991 | Barbara Brown, University of Western Ontario | |
| Jay Coakley, University of Colorado - Colorado Springs | ||
| 1989-1990 | Howard Nixon, Appalachian State University | |
| 1988-1989 | James H. Frey, University of Nevada - Las Vegas | |
| 1987-1988 | Janet C. Harris, University of North Carolina - Greensboro | |
| 1986-1987 | D. Stanley Eitzen, Colorado State University | |
| 1985-1986 | Susan Greendorfer, University of Illinois | |
| 1983-1985 | George H. Sage, University of Northern Colorado | |
| 1981-1983 | Barry D. McPherson University of Waterloo | |
| 1980-1981 | Andrew Yiannakis, University of Connecticut |