White joined the faculty as Professor of History of Consciousness and Chair of the Board in July, 1978, having been recruited by then-Chancellor Angus Taylor to bring stability to the program.
[6] In addition to White and Clifford, Angela Davis, Barbara Epstein, Donna Haraway, Stephen Heath, Fredric Jameson, Teresa de Lauretis and Gary Lease joined the program, while professors in other disciplines taught "HistCon" courses, supervised HistCon graduate students, and participated in new graduate student admissions.
Other notable faculty who have taught in the program include Karen Barad, Victor Burgin, Isaac Julien, Herbert Marcuse, David S. Marriott, Kobena Mercer, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and Neferti Tadiar.
As of November 2021, the department's faculty include Banu Bargu, Chris Connery, Carla Freccero, Robert Meister, Eric Porter, and Massimiliano Tomba.
As of September 2023, the department's faculty expanded, including Robert Nichols, Dimitris Papadopoulos, and Maria Puig de la Bellacasa.