| Name | Institution | Research Area | Year |
| Tom Scott Waller | University of California, San Diego | Sociology | 1991-1992 |
| Casey Walsh | New School for Social Research | Anthropology | 1999-2000 |
| Peter Ward | Cambridge University | Urban Studies | 1989 |
| Jeffrey A. Weldon | Instituto Tecnologico Autónomo de México | Political Science | 1987-1991 1992-1993 2003-2004 |
| Scott Whiteford | Michigan State University | Sociology | 1984 |
| Laurence A. Whitehead | Oxford University | Political Science | 1985-1986 |
| Van R. Whiting | Harvard University | Political Science | 1981 1990-1992 |
| Raymond Wiest | University of Manitoba | Economics | 1984 |
| Mark Eric Williams | Harvard University | Political Science | 1993-1994 1998-1999 |
| Christopher Woodruff | University of California, San Diego | Economics | 1997 2001 |
| Erica Wortham | New York University | Anthropology | 2000-2001 |
| Edward Wright-Rios | University of California, San Diego | History | 2002-2003 2003-2004 |
| Steven Todd Wuhs | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | Political Science |