 In 1977, a truly significant initiative was reflected in the change of name from "Books Abroad" to "World Literature Today", a title that suggests both global and contemporary reflections on a diversity of literary forms and transcends the more limited implications of the former title, which could be interpreted as excessively Eurocentric.In 1999, the current executive director at the journal, Robert Con Davis-Undiano, Professor of English at the University of Oklahoma, came to "WLT", and was named the Neustadt Professor of Comparative Literature.Today, Davis-Undiano collaborates with the current editorial staff, Daniel Simon (editor in chief, who has been with "WLT" since 2002), Michelle Johnson (managing editor), and Rob Vollmar (book review editor), and has worked to enact many modifications—including new directions in magazine content and design—that are among the most significant in the history of the journal.