“…There is also a body of research that explores the transition within the academy from faculty to academic administration (Lucas & Murry, 2002;Iding & Thomas, 2015;McMinn, 2016;Payne, 2016), becoming a chair or dean (Buller, 2012(Buller, , 2015Gmelch et al, 2011), provost (Nielsen, 2013;Justice, 2019), or president (Paul, 2015), and lessons learned from transitioning (Armstrong & Woloshyn, 2017;Glick, 2006;Willis, 2010). There are resources available to support faculty's leadership and professional development as administrators (Buller, 2012(Buller, , 2015Martin & Samels, 2015).…”