The Quarterly started in 1939 as The Midwest Sociologist, making TSQ among the oldest broad interest sociological journals in the U.S. Previous editors of TSQ were:
Lloyd V. Ballard (1939-1941)
J. Howell Atwood (1941-1943)
Clyde W. Hart & E.B. Reuter (acting) (1943-1944)
Marguerite I. Reiss (1944-1945)
Joseph G. Gittler (1945-1948)
John H. Burma (1948-1952)
Paul Meadows (1953-1956)
Paul J. Campisi (1956-1959)
In 1959, the title changed to The Sociological Quarterly, with the following editors having
served since then:
Joseph K. Johnson (1959-1960)
Paul J. Campisi (1960-1963)
Peter Munch (1963-1964)
Paul J. Campisi (1965-1969)
Robert W. Habenstein (1969-1971)
James L. McCartney (1971-1977)
Jerry Gaston (1978-1981)
Thomas G. Eynon & Herman R. Lantz (1981-1984)
Gary L. Albrecht (1985-1988)
George McCall (1989-1992)
Norman K. Denzin (1992-2000)
Kevin Leicht (2001-2004)
Peter Kivisto (2005-2008)
Brian Donovan & William G. Staples (2009-2012)
Lisa Waldner & Betty Dobratz (2013-2016)
Peter M. Hall, Michael G. Lacy, & N. Prabha Unnithan (2017-2020)
Michael A. Long, Andrew S. Fullerton, & Deputy Editor Jonathan S. Coley (2020 - 2024)