| 2025 | Rhett Larson |
| 2024 | Wendy Oakes, '09 PhD |
| 2023 | Peter Buseck, PhD |
| 2023 | Dr. Carolyn Compton |
| 2022 | Ramon Arrowsmith |
| 2021 | Jeffrey R. Wilson, PhD |
| 2020 | James P. Collins, PhD |
| 2019 | Erika Camacho, PhD |
| 2018 | Gerald Heydt,Regents’ Professor, Advanced Energy Technology Professor, School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering | Distinguished Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability |
| 2017 | Manfred Laubichier, President's Professor, School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; director, ASU-SFI Center for Biosocial Complex Systems; director, ASU-Leuphana Center for Global Sustainability and Cultural Transformation; director, Global Biosocial Complexity Initiative, associate director, Origins Project; professor, Santa Fe Institute; distinguished sustainability scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability. |
| 2016 | Josephine Peyton Marsh, Associate professor, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College; professor-in-residence, Arizona State University Preparatory Academy - Phoenix |
| 2015 | Dr. Christopher Wharton, Associate Professor, School of Nutrition and Health Promotion |
| 2014 | Dr. Michael Dorman, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dr. Michael Shafer, The School of Social Work |
| 2013 | Dr. Steven Corman, Hugh Downs School of Human Communication |
| 2012 | Joe Lockard, Professor of English, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| 2011 | Karen L. Adams, Professor of English, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| 2010 | Scott Ridley, Assistant Dean and Associate Professor of Teacher Education & Leadership |
| 2009 | Frank Serafini, Associate Professor of Education |
| 2007 | Jose Ashford, Professor, School of Social Work |
| 2006 | Noel Stowe, Professor of History |
| 2005 | Stephen Batalden, Professor of History; Director of the ASU Russian & Eastern European Studies Center |
| 2004 | Mark S. Lussier, Professor of English |
| 2003 | Helen L. Reed, Professor of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering |
| 2002 | Roger Bedard, Professor of Theater |
| 2001 | Gary G. Bitter, Professor of Educational Technology |
| 2000 | Betsy Fahlman, Professor of Art |
| 1999 | William Arnold, Professor of Communication |
| 1998 | Donald Fausel, Professor of Social Work |
| 1997 | Phyllis Krause Primas, Professor of Nursing |
| 1996 | Joaquin Bustoz, Professor of Mathematics |
| 1995 | Alan Matheson, Professor of Law |
| 1994 | M. A. "Peg" Bortner, Professor of Justice Studies |
| 1993 | Alberto A. Rios, Professor of English & Creative Writing |