1871-1904: Samuel W. Shattuck, Head
1905-1928: Edgar J. Townsend, Head
1929-1933: Robert D. Carmichael, Head
1934-1947: Arthur B. Coble, Head
1947-1948: H. Roy Brahana, Acting Head
1948-1958: Stewart S. Cairns, Head
1954-1955: H. Roy Brahana, Acting Head (while Cairns was on sabbatical)
1958-1965: Mahlon M. Day, Head
1965-1980: Paul T. Bateman, Head
1980-1988: Heini Halberstam, Head
1988-1992: C. Ward Henson, Chair
1992-1996: Gerald J. Janusz, Chair
1996-1999: Philippe Tondeur, Chair
1999-2004: Joseph Rosenblatt, Chair
2004-2006: Daniel Grayson, Chair
2006: Joseph Rosenblatt, Interim Chair
2006-2011: Sheldon Katz, Chair
2011-2017: Matthew Ando, Chair
2017: Sheldon Katz, Interim Chair (fall semester)
2018: Jeremy Tyson, Interim Chair (spring semester)
2018-2021:Jeremy Tyson, Chair
2021-Present: Vera Mikyoung Hur