BAAS Chairs
- Frank Thistlethwaite 1955–59
- Herbert Nicholas 1959–62
- Marcus Cunliffe 1962–65
- Esmond Wright 1965–68
- Maldwyn Jones 1968–71
- George (Sam) Shepperson 1971–74
- Harry Allen 1974–77
- Peter Parish 1977–80
- Dennis Welland 1980–83
- Charlotte Erickson 1983–86
- Howard Temperley 1986–89
- Bob Burchell 1989–92
- Richard King 1992–95
- Judie Newman 1995–98
- Philip Davies 1998–2004
- Simon Newman 2004–2007
- Heidi Macpherson 2007–2010
- Martin Halliwell 2010–2013
- Susan Currell 2013–2016
- Brian Ward 2016–2019
- Cara Rodway 2019–2022
- Lydia Plath 2022-
BAAS Honorary Fellows
- 2009: Richard H. King (Nottingham)
- 2009: Mick Gidley (Leeds)
- 2010: M. J. Heale (Lancaster)
- 2011: Helen Taylor (Exeter)
- 2012: Susan Castillo (King’s College London)
- 2013: Tony Badger (Cambridge)
- 2014: Iwan Morgan (University College, London)
- 2016: Ian F. A. Bell (Keele)
- 2017: Phil Davies (British Library)
- 2018: Judith Newman OBE (Nottingham)
- 2023: Simon Newman (Glasgow / Wisconsin)
Nominate an Honorary Fellow
The BAAS Honorary Fellowship may be offered from time to time in recognition of American Studies academics who have made an outstanding contribution to the association, to their institution(s), and to the American Studies community in general over the course of a distinguished career.
BAAS invites nominations for Fellows to come from colleagues and associates of the nominee, with a brief explanation of their selection and an informal CV not extending beyond three pages in total. The closing date for nominations is the first day of December in the year in question. Following further consultation by the Executive Committee, an announcement will be made at the Awards ceremony at the BAAS annual conference in April of the following year.
Nominations are to be sent to the Chair of the Awards Committee at awards@baas.ac.uk. All correspondence will be treated in the strictest confidence.