CEAS Chairs
| Arthur Wright | 1961-1962, 1967-1968, 1972-1973 |
| John Whitney Hall | 1962-1967 |
| Hugh Patrick | 1969-1972, 1973-1975, Spring 1977 |
| K.C. Chang | 1975-1976 |
| Jonathan Spence | 1977-1979, 1992-1993, 1997-1998 |
| Edwin McClellan | 1979-1982, Spring 1996, Spring 1997 |
| James Crowley | Fall 1981 |
| Stanley Weinstein | 1982-1985 |
| Conrad Totman | 1985-1988 |
| William Kelly | 1988-1991 |
| Deborah Davis | 1991-1992, 1999-2000 |
| Helen Siu | 1993-1997 |
| Valerie Hansen | 1998-1999, 2000-2001 |
| Mimi Hall Yiengpruksawan | 2001-2007 |
| Haun Saussy | 2007-2010 |
| Daniel Botsman | 2010-2014 |
| Jing Tsu | 2014-2021 |
| Hwansoo Kim | 2021-2024 |
| Fabian Drixler | 2024- |