what the hell was i thinking?: reflections. ruminations, and revelations about becoming a new department chair

This edited book shares stories written by department chairs. The stories are candid and diverse. This book will be helpful for new, inexperienced, and prospective department chairs. The book could be adopted in higher education leadership courses and doctoral courses on the professoriate. Accessibly written, the book chapters will also be interesting to doctoral students doing their dissertation research on higher education leadership.