Preface.

• Author: Kline, Gary

This is the first issue of our journal to appear under its new name, the Journal of Global South Studies (JGSS). In turn, the new journal name conforms to the association name change - to the Association of Global South Studies (AGSS)--enacted following a vote of the members in the first few months of the year, 2016. The idea of a name change was initiated by the Executive Council at the annual conference meeting in Quito, Ecuador in November of 2015 in response to a growing choms of voices expressing concern that our name needed to be updated. While the label made sense in the...