Lisa Chasan-Taber is a former Department Chair and Associate Dean for Research at a Carnegie R1-level (highly research-active) university with a history of continual funding from the NIH and national foundations. The Strategic Department Chair: Leading for Academic Research Success provides a toolbox of approaches that can immediately be put into action. Therefore, this text is relevant not only for new Department Chairs but also for existing Chairs in a wide range of research-based areas, including STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), public health, medicine, and the natural sciences.