GUEST EDITORIAL: Explorations in Ethnic Studies, A New Journal

The Nat i on a l As soc i at i on of I n t e rd i s c i p l i n ary E t h n i c it u d i es ( N A I E S ) was o r g an i z ed at t h e U n i ve r s i ty of J i scon s i n La C ro s s e d u r i n g t he t h i r d an n u al mee t i n g of :he M i n o r i t y S t u d i e s Con f e r e n c e i n t h e s p r i n g of 1 9 7 5 . "he fou nd i n g of t he I l as soc i at i o n , " w i t h i t s u nw i e l d y : i t 1 e t h at was c h an ged a y e ar l at e r , r e s u l t ed f rom a eet i n g of abo u t a d o z e n pe r s on s . Two o f t ho s e , G eo r g e :ar t er an d J ame s P ar ke r , we r e r e s pon s i b l e f o r dev e 1 )p i n g t he NA I E S 1 s u c c e s s f u l News l e t ter . Th e i d e as t hat nembers of t h e lias soc i at i o n ii h av e h ad to commu n i c at e Jrew too n ume r o u s l y t o b e con t a i n e d w i t h i n t h e n ews let ter fo rmat , an d e ac h memb e r i s va l u e d f o r t h at )verwhe1 m i n g s uc c e s s .