2021 Deana Rohlinger, Florida State University and Matthew J. Salganik, Princeton University

2020 Paul DiMaggio, New York University, Professor Emeritus Princeton University

2019 Eszter Hargittai Professor in the Institute of Communication and Media Research University of Zurich

2018 W. Russell Neuman, Professor of Media Technology, NYU & Professor (Emeritus), Communication Studies, University of Michigan

2017 Dr. Gary T. Marx, MIT (Emeritus),  Senior Career Award;  Dr. Jennifer Earl, Professor, The University of Arizona, Mid-Career Award

2016 Shelia Cotten, Michigan State University (Senior Career)
and Wenhong Chen, University of Texas at Austin (Mid Career)

2015 Grant Blank, Oxford Internet Institute

2014  William Dutton, Oxford Internet Institute

2013 Judy Wajcman, The London School of Economics and Political Science

2012 Ron Anderson, Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota

2011 James E. Katz, Rutgers University

2010 John Robinson, University of Maryland

2009 Elihu Katz, Annenberg School of Communication and the Hebrew University

2008 William Sims Bainbridge, National Science Foundation

2007 David Lyon, Queen’s University

2006 Manuel Castells, University of Southern California

2004 Barry Wellman, University of Toronto

2003 Caroline Hodges Persell, New York University