| Name | Institution | Research Area | Year |
| Steven Bachelor | Yale University | History | 1997-1999 |
| Celia Badillo |
University of Essex |
Economics |
2007-2008 |
| John Bailey | Georgetown University | Political Science | 1992 |
| Moisés Bailón Corres | Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez | Sociology | 1991-1992 |
| Helga Baitenmann | New School for Social Research | Anthropology | 1994-1995 |
| Nicole Ballenger | University of California, Davis | Agriculture | 1981-1982 |
| Joe Bandy | Bowdoin College | Sociology | 2002 |
| Adrián Bantjes | University of Wyoming | History | 1999 |
| Othón Baños Ramírez | Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán | Sociology | 1989-1990 |
| María Rosario Barajas | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Yucatan | Economics | 1981-1982 |
| David Barkin | Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana | Economics | 1985 |
| Humberto Barquera Gómez | Centro de Estudios Agrarios | Rural Studies | 1986-1987 |
| Roger Bartra | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Anthropology | 1987-1988 |
| Friederike Baumann | University of California, Davis | Economics | 2002-2003 |
| Edward N. Beatty | Stanford University | History | 1995-1996 |
| Marjorie Becker | University of Southern California | History | 1991 |
| Vivienne Lee Bennett | San Diego State University | Economics | 1987 1991-1992 1992-1993 |
| Elena Bilbao-González | Centro de Investigaciones Superiores en Antropología | Anthropology | 1980-1981 |
| Melissa Binder | Columbia University | Economics | 1993-1994 |
| Allen Blackman | Resources for the Future | Env. Studies | 2001-2002 |
| Eric Boime | University of California, San Diego | History | 1999-2000 |
| Arturo Borja | Centro de Investigación y Docencia Economicas | Political Science | 1988-1989 |
| Jorge Borrego | University of Sussex | Communications | 1993-1994 |
| Jeffrey Bortz | University of California, Los Angeles | History | 1984-1985 |
| Stanley H. Brandes | University of California, Berkeley | Anthropology | 2001 |
| Nora Bringas Rábago | Universié de la Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris III | Urban Studies | 2002 |
| Peter Bartholomew Brownell |
University of California,
Berkeley |
Sociology |
2006-2007 |
| Kathleen Bruhn | Stanford University | Political Science | 1991-1992 1994 2003 |
| Jorge Buendia Laredo | University of Chicago | Political Science | 1996-1997 |
| Katrina Burgess | Princeton University | Political Science | 1996-1997 |
| William Buzenberg | National Public Radio | Journalism | 1985 |