2013: John King (University of Warwick, UK)
2012: David T. Gies (University of Virginia)
2011: Marta Luján (University of Austin, Texas)
2010: Leopoldo Bernucci (University of California, Davis)
2008: Rosaura Sanchez (University of California, San Diego)
2007: Elena Poniatowska (distinguished Mexican writer) 
2006: Jo Labanyi (New York University) 
2005: Karl Erik Schollhammer (Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro) 
2004: Merrill Swain (University of Iowa)