Chairing an Academic Department - Softcover

Walter H. Gmelch is Dean of the College of Education at Iowa State University and directs the National Center for Academic Leadership. Gmelch is one of the leading researchers in the study of academic leaders in higher education, serving as editor of two journals and on the editorial board of a half dozen others. During the 1990s he directed two national studies of 1,600 university department chairs in the United States, one study of 1,580 Australian department heads, another investigation of 1,000 community college chairs, and recently has completed an international study of 2,000 academic deans in Australia and America.

Val D. Miskin is Director of Graduate Programs in the College of Business at Washington State University. A former business owner, he is a frequent presenter and contributor to journals and has authored several books. Currently he teaches in the areas of strategic leadership and human resource management. He has conducted hundreds of leadership seminars and strategic management workshops over the years, and he regularly provides consulting services to both business and nonprofit organizations.