| Name | Institution | Research Area | Year |
| Berta Helena De Buen | Centro de Investigación y Docencia Economicas | Economics | 1981-1982 |
| Luz María de la Mora | Yale University | Political Science | 1995-1996 |
| Martin de la Rosa | Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales | History | 1982-1983 |
| Gustavo del Castillo | Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología | Economics | 1981-1983 |
| Corinne Delechat | Georgetown University | Economics | 1995 |
| Héctor Delgado | University of Michigan | Sociology | 1987-1988 |
| Mario Dehesa Dávila | Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas | Economics | 1986-1987 |
| Scott Desposato |
University of California, Los Angeles |
Political Science |
2006-2007 |
| Alejandro Díaz Bautista |
El Colegio de la Frontera Norte |
Economics |
2008 |
| Heliodoro Diaz Cisneros | Colegio de Posgraduados | Agriculture | 1985-1986 |
| Haroldo Dilla | Centro de Estudios Sobre América del Norte | Sociology | 1995 |
| Martin Diskin | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Economics | 1984 |
| Curtis Dowds | University of California, Berkeley | Economist | 1986-1988 |
| Daniel Doyle | University of California, San Diego | Anthropology | 1990 |
| Susan Bryant Drake | University of San Diego | Sociology | 1984-1986 |
| Denise Dresser | Princeton University | Political Science | 1990-1991 |
| Travis Du Bry | University of California, Riverside | Anthropology | 2001-2002 |
| Carol Dudziak | University of California, San Diego | Sociology | 1988-1990 |
| Víctor Manuel Durand Ponte | Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México | Sociology | 1997-1998 |