| Term (Fall-Spring) | Chair | School |
| 2011-2012 | Ted Magder | Steinhardt School |
| 2010-2011 | Robert Schacht | School of Medicine |
| 2009-2010 | Floyd Hammack | Steinhardt School |
| 2008-2009 | Sylvain Cappell | Faculty of Arts and Science |
| 2007-2008 | Sylvain Cappell | Faculty of Arts and Science |
| 2006-2007 | Virginia Black | School of Medicine |
| 2005-2006 | Jim Hinojosa | School of Education |
| 2004-2005 | Srinivasa Varadhan | Faculty of Arts and Science |
| 2003-2004 | Bridget O'Connor | School of Education |
| 2002-2003 | Clifford Jolly | Faculty of Arts and Science |
| 2001-2002 | Carl Lebowitz | School of Continuing and Professional Studies |
| 2000-2001 | Judith Gilbride | School of Education |
| 1999-2000 | Helene Anderson | Faculty of Arts and Science |
| 1998-1999 | Lynne McVeigh | Tisch School of the Arts |
| 1997-1998 | Paul Wachtel | Stern School of Business |
| 1996-1997 | Sharon Weinberg | School of Education |
| 1995-1996 | Arthur Tannenbaum | Division of Libraries |
| 1994-1995 | Helene Anderson | Faculty of Arts and Science |
| 1993-1994 | Herbert Frommer | College of Dentistry |
| 1992-1993 | Paul Brown | Stern School of Business |
| 1991-1992 | Edward Lehman | Faculty of Arts and Science |
| 1990-1991 | Ira Gulker | College of Dentistry |
| 1989-1990 | Salah Al-Askari | School of Medicine |
| 1988-1989 | H. Paul Gabriel | School of Medicine |
| 1987-1988 | Joel Owen | Faculty of Business Administration |
| 1986-1987 | Clifford Jolly | Faculty of Arts and Science |
| 1985-1986 | Sandra Wolman | School of Medicine |
| 1984-1985 | Alfred Glassgold | Faculty of Arts and Science |
| 1983-1984 | John Maynard | Faculty of Arts and Science |
| 1982-1983 | Dennis Smith | Graduate School of Public Administration |
| 1981-1982 | Stephen Willoughby | School of Education |
| 1980-1981 | George Sorter | Faculty of Business Administration |
| 1979-1980 | Jerrold Ross | School of Education |
| 1978-1979 | Martin Hamburger | School of Education |
| 1977-1978 | Arnold Friedhoff | School of Medicine |
| 1976-1977 | Joel Owen | Faculty of Business Administration |
| 1975-1976 | Rita Cooley | Faculty of Arts and Science |
| 1974-1975 | George Zeitlin | School of Law |
| 1973-1974 | Alvin Kosak | Faculty of Arts and Science |
Former Chairs Judith Gilbride, Helene Anderson, and Carl Lebowitz
School of Medicine
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