2006
Dr. David Carrasco
An alum of the College, and currently the Neil L. Rudenstein Professor of the Study of Latin America at Harvard University with a Joint Appointment in the Harvard Divinity School and the Department of Anthropology.
"Labyrinth, City and Eagle's Nest: Ritual Ordeals in a Mexican Codex"

2004
Dr. Judith E. Tucker
Professor of History and Director of Academic Programs in Arab Studies, Georgetown University
"Finding the Feminist Voice: Islamic Law and the Feminine in Theory and Practice"
 
2003
Dr. Amal Amireh
Professor of Engish, George Mason
University, author and translator
"Contemporary Arab Women Writers in a Global Context: Achievements and Challenges"

2001
Dr. Ruth Mazo Karras
Professor of History, University of
Minnesota
"Sexual Identity in Medieval Europe"

1999
Candace Ridington
Educator and Novelist
"Rubicon: Emily Dickinson's Brother in Love" 
 
1998
Shawn R. Lyons
Educator and Mountaineer"
Confronting the Sublime: Hiking with Edmund Burke in the Mountains of Alaska"
 
1997
Mary Beth Norton
Educator and Historian
"Sex, Religion, and Society in Early Maryland"
 
1996
James C. Wright
Educator and Archaeologist
"Ritual Drinking and Feasting in Prehistoric and Historic Greece"
 
1995
Reg Murphy
Journalist
"As the World Shrinks... In Human Geography"
 
1994
Madison Smartt Bell
Novelist
"Apocalypse When?"
 
1993
Taylor Branch
Social Historian and Editor
"King and Malcom X: The Misuse of Legend"
 
1992
Theo Lippman, Jr.
Editor, Columnist, and
Political Biographer
"Presidential Elections: The Fine Art of Predictions"
 
1991
Robin Ridington - Inaugural
Professor of Anthropology,
University of British Columbia
"Freedom and Authority: Teachings of the Hunters"