THE DEPARTMENT CHAIR AS TRANSFORMATIVE DIVERSITY LEADER Building Inclusive Learning Environments in Higher Education -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 PRELUDE -- 2 RETOOLING THE EDUCATIONAL PLAYING FIELD -- 3 THE CHAIR'S VANTAGE POINT ON DIVERSITY -- 4 BUILDING A NEW TAXONOMY FOR DIVERSITY IN THE ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT -- 5 THE CHAIR'S LEADERSHIP ROLE IN FORMAL AND INFORMAL ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESSES -- 6 BRIDGE BUILDING -- 7 DEVELOPING A DEPARTMENT ACTION PLAN FOR DIVERSITY -- 8 SUMMATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- APPENDIX A -- APPENDIX B -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- INDEX -- Also available from Stylus.