Erastus O. Haven
1854-1855
Rhetoric- 1841-1854
Rhetoric and English Literature 1854-1882
English and Rhetoric 1882-
Fred Newton Scott
Head of the Department of Rhetoric and Journalism
-1927
Moses Coit Tyler
1867-1881
Isaac Newton Demmon
1881-1920
Louis A. Strauss
1920-1938
Louis Ignatius Bredvold
1938-1947
Warner Grenelle Rice
1947-1968
Russell A. Fraser
1968-1973
John L. Styan
1973-1974
Jay L. Robinson
1974-1981
Ejner J. Jensen
7/1/1981-12/31/1981 (Acting)
John R. Knott
1981-1987
Robert Weisbuch
1987-1994
Martha J. Vicinus
1994-1998
Tobin A. Siebers
1998-1999 (Interim)
Lincoln B. Faller
9/1/1999-9/1/2002
Patricia S. Yaeger
9/1/2002-6/30/2003 (Interim)
Sidonie A. Smith
2003-2009
David L. Porter
7/1/2009-12/31/2009 (Interim)
Michael C. Schoenfeldt
2009-
