| 2020 |
Dr. Catherine (Katy) Bourland Ross, Professor of Spanish; holder of the Wilhelmina Cullen Robertson Endowed Professorship |
| 2018 |
Dr. Dirk Early, Professor of Economics; holder of the Hugh Roy and Lillie Cullen Chair in Economics |
| 2016 |
Dr. Alison Kafer, Professor of Feminist Studies |
| 2014 |
Dr. Erika Berroth, Associate Professor of German |
| 2012 |
Dr. Jimmy Smith, Professor of Kinesiology |
| 2010 |
Dr. Kenneth M. Sheppard, Professor of Music |
| 2008 |
Dr. Laura Hobgood, Professor of Religion; holder of the Elizabeth Root Paden Chair; Chair of the Religion and Philosophy Department; Chair of the Environmental Studies Program |
| 2006 |
Dr. Jesse Purdy, Professor of Psychology; holder of the John H. Duncan Chair; Chair of Animal Behavior |
| 2004 |
Dr. Dan Hilliard, Professor of Sociology and Anthropology; Senior Faculty Representative of the Brown College of Arts and Sciences |
| 2002 |
Professor Patrick Veerkamp, Professor of Art |
| 2000 |
Dr. Vincente Villa, Professor of Biology holder of the University Brown Chair |
| 1998 |
Dr. Edward L. Kain, Professor of Sociology holder of the Brown Distinguished Professorship |
| 1996 |
Dr. William Douglas Hooker, Professor of Psychology |
| 1994 |
Dr. Gwen Kennedy Neville, Professor of Sociology and Anthropology; holder of the Elizabeth Root Paden Chair in Sociology |
| 1992 |
Dr. Robert L. Soulen, Professor of Chemistry and Chair of the Department of Chemistry; holder of the Lillian Nelson Pratt Chair in Science |
| 1990 |
Dr. Jan C. Dawson, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of History |
| 1988 |
Dr. Martha Mitten Allen, Professor of History |
| 1984 |
Dr. F. Ellsworth Peterson, Professor and Chair of the Department of Economics and Business |
| 1982 |
Dr. Weldon S. Crowley, Professor of History, holder of the Lucy King Brown Chair in History |
| 1980 |
Dr. T. Walter Herbert, Jr., Professor of English, holder of the Herman Brown Chair in English |
