| Name | Institution | Research Area | Year |
| Federico Salas | Centro de Investigación y Docencia Economicas | Political Science | 1980-1981 |
| Lori Saldaña | B.E.C.C. | Env. Studies | 2003 |
| Luz Consuelo Saldana Pico | El Colegio de Mexico | Economics | 1988-1989 |
| Emiko Saldivar | New School of Social Research | Sociology | 2000-2001 |
| Fernando Salmeron Castro | University of Texas, at Austin | Sociology | 1992-1993 |
| Leslie Salzinger | University of California, Berkeley | Sociology | 1993-1994 |
| James G. Samstad | University of California, Berkeley | Political Science | 1993-1994 |
| Roberto A. Sánchez | University of California, Santa Cruz | Urban Studies | 2002 |
| Arturo Sánchez Gutierrez | Oxford University | Political Science | 1989-1990 |
| Elizabeth Santillanez | University of California, San Diego | Political Science | 1984-1985 |
| Saskia Sassen | Queens College, City University of New York | Sociology | 1982-1983 |
| Claudia E. Schatan | Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas | Economics | 1987-1988 |
| Carl E. Schwarz | Fullerton College | Political Science | 1981-1982 |
| Haley Hinda Seif | University of California, Davis | Anthropology | 2001-2002 |
| Enrique Semo | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | History | 1988-1989 |
| Ilan Semo | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Political Science | 1988-1989 |
| César Sereseres | University of California, Irvine | Political Science | 1980-1981 |
| Javier Serrano |
Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social |
Social Anthropology |
2008 |
| Paola Sesia | University of Arizona | Anthropology | 1999-2000 |
| Kenneth Shadlen | University of California, Berkeley | Political Science | 1994-1995 |
| John Sheahan | Williamk College | Economics | 1991 |
| David A. Shirk | University of California, San Diego | Political Science | 1998-1999 |
| Suzanne Simon | New School University | Sociology | 2003-2004 |
| Richard Sinkin | University of Texas, at Austin | History | 1984 |
| Leslie Sklair | London School of Economics and Political Science | Sociology | 1986-1987 |
| Richard Snyder | University of California, Berkeley | Political Science | 1996-1997 |
| Jose Luis Solis | Ministry of Agriculture, Mexico | Economics | 1992-1993 |
| Mireya Solis Soberon | Harvard University | Political Science | 1996-1997 |
| Rosalia Solorzano Torres | Michigan State University | Sociology | 1982-1983 |
| Francisco Soto Angli | Universidad Iberoamericana | Political Science | 1982-1983 |
| Gabriela Soto Laveaga | University of California, San Diego | History | 1999-2000 |
| Mark J. Spalding | Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies University of California, San Diego | Env. Studies | 1997-1998 1998-1999 |
| Jeffrey K. Staton | Florida State University | Political Science | 2003 |
| Ricardo Stanton-Salazar | University of California, San Diego | Sociology | 1994-1995 |
| Lynn Stephen | Northeastern University | Anthropology | 1989 1995 |
| Gabriel Szekeley | El Colegio de México | Political Science | 1985-1990 |