Erwin Goodenough (Yale University), 1960-1963
Mircea Eliade (University of Chicago), 1963-1966
Wilfred C. Smith (Harvard University), 1966-1969
Joseph M. Kitagawa (University of Chicago), 1969-1972
Joseph Campbell (Sarah Lawrence College), 1972-1975
Norvin Hein (Yale University), 1975-1978
Charles J. Adams (McGill University), 1978-1981
Edward A. Tiryakian (Duke University), 1981-1984
R. Ninian Smart (Lancaster University and University of California, Santa Barbara), 1984-1987
Frederick Streng (Southern Methodist University), 1987-1990
Williard G. Oxtoby (University of Toronto), 1990-1993
Bruce B. Lawrence (Duke University), 1993-1996
Bardwell L. Smith (Carleton College), 1996-1999
Thomas P. Kasulis (Ohio State University), 1999-2002
Judith Berling (Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley), 2002-2005
John Strong (Bates College), 2005-2008
Laurie Patton (Emory University), 2008-2011
Thomas A. Tweed (University of Notre Dame), 2011-2014
Sarah Iles Johnston (Ohio State University), 2014-2017
Carl W. Ernst (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), 2017-2020
Barbara A. Holdrege (University of California, Santa Barbara) 2020-2023
Rachel McDermott (Barnard College), 2023-