These scholars have served as presidents of the organization during the two phases of its development. For background information, see the Early History of SWAA.
Presidents of the Southwestern Archaeological Federation
| 1928–1929 |
H.B. Alexander |
| 1930 |
James A.B. Scherer |
| 1931 |
Arthur Woodward |
| 1932–1933 |
Carl S. Knopf |
| 1934 |
J.R. Wilkie |
| 1935 |
David Banks Rogers |
| 1936 |
F.W. Hodge |
| 1937 |
A.O. Bowden |
| 1938 |
James Beveridge |
| 1939 |
Ralph Beals |
| 1940 |
Arthur Woodward |
| 1941 |
Morris Opler |
| 1942 |
M.R. Harrington |
Presidents of the Southwestern Anthropological Association
| 1946–1947 |
Harry Hoijer |
| 1947–1948 |
Robert Ariss |
| 1948–1949 |
Joseph Weckler |
| 1949–1950 |
George Brainerd |
| 1950–1951 |
Dorothy Luhrs |
| 1951–1952 |
Walter Goldschmidt |
| 1952–1953 |
Spencer Rogers |
| 1953–1954 |
Norman Gabel |
| 1954–1955 |
Homer Aschmann |
| 1955–1956 |
William Wallace |
| 1956–1957 |
Clement Meighan |
| 1957–1958 |
Ethel Ewing |
| 1958–1959 |
Ralph Beals |
| 1959–1960 |
John Goins |
| 1960–1961 |
Charles Leslie |
| 1961–1962 |
Keith Dixon |
| 1962–1963 |
George Spindler |
| 1963–1964 |
Roger Owen |
| 1964–1965 |
Alan Beals |
| 1965–1966 |
Sam Stanley |
| 1966–1967 |
Gerald Berreman |
| 1967–1968 |
Paul Ezell |
| 1968–1969 |
Fred. O. Gearing |
| 1969–1970 |
James A. Hirabayashi |
| 1970–1971 |
Daniel D. Whitney |
| 1971–1972 |
Hal Eberhart |
| 1972–1973 |
Douglas Osborne |
| 1973–1974 |
Makoto Kowta |
| 1974–1975 |
Robert H. Ewald |
| 1975–1976 |
Lowell John Bean |
| 1976–1977 |
R.E. (Irving) Taylor |
| 1977–1978 |
Joan Ablon |
| 1978–1979 |
Warren d‘Azevedo |
| 1979–1980 |
M. Dobkin De Rios |
| 1980–1982 |
Thomas Weaver |
| 1982–1983 |
May N. Diaz |
| 1983–1985 |
Luis S. Kemnitzer |
| 1985–1986 |
Martha C. Knack |
| 1986–1987 |
James Pierson |
| 1987–1988 |
D.J. Theodoratus |
| 1988–1989 |
David B. Kronenfeld |
| 1989–1990 |
Bob Harman |
| 1990–1991 |
Frances Berdan |
| 1991–1992 |
James Freeman |
| 1992–1993 |
James Sexton |
| 1993–1994 |
Melford Weiss |
| 1994–1995 |
Judith Barker |
| 1995–1996 |
William Jankowiak |
| 1996–1997 |
James Bell |
| 1997–1998 |
George Rich |
| 1998–1999 |
Lori Sheeran |
| 1999–2000 |
William Fairbanks |
| 2000–2001 |
Bonnie Bade |
| 2001–2002 |
Scott Antes |
| 2002–2003 |
Jane Granskrog |
| 2003–2004 |
J.A. English-Lueck |
| 2004–2005 |
Margaret Graham |
| 2005–2006 |
Kimberly Porter Martin |
| 2006–2007 |
Terri Castaneda |
| 2007–2008 |
Barbra Erickson |
| 2008–2009 |
Liam D. Murphy |
| 2009–2010 |
Erin Stiles |
| 2010–2011 |
Beth Townsend |
| 2011–2012 |
Jesse Dizard |
| 2012–2013 |
Jonathan Karpf |
| 2013–2014 |
Eric Canin |
| 2014–2015 |
Hilarie Kelly |
| 2015-2016 |
Kimberly Porter Martin |
| 2016-2017 |
AJ Faas |
| 2017-2018 |
Henry D. Delcore |
| 2018-2019 |
Sarah Grant |
| 2020-2022 |
Janet Page-Reeves |
| 2022-2023 |
Jayne Howell |
| 2023-2024 |
Barbra Erickson |
| 2024-2025 |
John Norvell |
| 2025-2026 |
April Mejia |
| 2026-2027 |
Hank Delcore |
