Jane Elza was a member of the Political Science Department who was involved in the founding of the Women's and Gender Studies department  at Valdosta State. Her papers involve the AAUP at Valdosta State for the 90s, as well as the founding of the Women's and Gender Studies Department. She was also very involved in the founding and early years of the Faculty Senate, and papers documenting the Faculty Senate are found here.

History of the Department:    The Valdosta State Political Science Department is under the College of Arts and Sciences.  Dr. Ron Barnett has been its head since 1974.  The Department began in 1970 wit Dr. Elliott W. McElroy as a provisional head