Theses & Dissertations Digitization Project

William & Mary Libraries worked for two years on a project to digitize and catalog W&M dissertations and theses going back to 1920 and up until 2015.  The project helps to accomplish many goals:

  • share the developments and research conducted here with scholars around the world
  • preserve the scholarly record
  • increase the impact of theses and dissertations
  • raise the profile of graduate students
  • grow the reputation of William & Mary
  • demonstrate the institution’s impact on local and global communities

As of October 22, 2018, you are now able to view the dissertations and theses included in this retrospective project as well as those which have been submitted electronically since 2016 in W&M ScholarWorks, the university's open access institutional repository.

Below, please find a list of W&M theses and dissertations which have been digitized as part of this retrospective conversion project . The information includes the authors associated with the project, along with their degree-granting department and year of completion. If you wrote a thesis and/or dissertation between 1920 and 2015 would like to opt-out of the project by restricting access to your work to on-campus access only, then you will need to contact scholarworks@wm.edu with your name, date of graduation and thesis or dissertation title. Theses and dissertations will continue to be made available through interlibrary loan (ILL) to other libraries, as they were when they were available in print. If you are a copyright holder for one of these works, and would like to provide additional information about a work, or discuss rights and access to the work, please contact us at scholarworks@wm.edu.

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Title Author Department Year Degree
Charlatans, embezzlers, and murderers : revolution comes to Virginia 1765-1775 White, William E., 1953- American Studies 1998 Doctor of Philosophy
The high-level fool as critic : Mark Twain and music Whited, Lana A., 1958- English 1981 Master of Arts
The role of benthic nitrogen fixation as a source of new nitrogen to the New River Estuary, NC Whitehead, Meaghan L. Marine Science 2012 Master of Science
The need for attention to cognitive development in the preparation and practice of mental health counselors as advocates for social justice Whitfield-Williams, Mary. Education 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
The Cure reaction of an aromatic thermosetting polyimide Whitham, Michael Edward, 1962- Chemistry 1986 Master of Arts
Horace Mann : a comparison of a traditional and a revisionist biography Whiting, George C., 1944- Education 1989 Doctor of Education
The monetary material culture of plantation life : a study of coins at Monticello Whitley, Cynthia Ann, 1956- Anthropology 1991 Master of Arts
Personality patterns among freshman members of the Virginia General Assembly : a testing of the James Barber typology Whitley, Sue Crutchlow, 1941- Government 1968 Master of Arts
Black leadership in a small town Whitley, William Harry, 1951- Government 1977 Master of Arts
School-based family counseling practices : a national survey of school counselors, school psychologists, and school social workers Whitmore, Karen Y., 1948- Education 2004 Doctor of Philosophy
Clues to a community : transactions at the Anderson-Low store, 1784-1785 Whitney, Jeanne Ellen, 1958- History 1983 Master of Arts
Impact of mercury exposure on birds and the effect of molt on mercury depuration in songbirds Whitney, Margaret Crossley, Biology 2014 Master of Arts
A strategy for teaching decision-making skills utilizing simulation techniques Whitson, Marcella Fortner. Education 1974 Doctor of Education
Training peer professionals in career services : an analysis of current practices Whitt, Melissa Jayne, 1964- Education 1993 Doctor of Education
President J.A.C. Chandler and the first women faculty at the College of William and Mary Whittenburg, Carolyn Sparks, 1946- Education 2004 Doctor of Education
The relationship between teacher verbal feedback, aptitude, and academic instrinsic motivation Wickwire, Ann Jenkins, 1946- Education 1992 Doctor of Education
Jesus as guardian spirit : the formation of Moravian Delaware Christianity Wiemann, Shawn G., 1979- History 2003 Master of Arts
The domestication of history in American art, 1848-1876 Wierich, Jochen. American Studies 1998 Doctor of Philosophy
Improving academic skills and attention/memory skills in self- contained learning disabled students through a package of cognitive training procedures Wiesner, Kevin Charles, 1950- Education 1986 Doctor of Education
First (e,eʹp) measurement of polarization transfer in a complex nucleus, 16O Wijesooriya, Krishni. Physics 1999 Doctor of Philosophy
Variability in geologic framework and shoreline change : Assateague and Wallops Islands, Eastern Shore of Virginia Wikel, Geoffrey L., 1976- Marine Science 2008 Master of Science
Formation of longitudinal dispersion coefficient in partially mixed estuaries and application in a one-dimensional real-time model Wilber, Anne Catherine, 1953- Marine Science 1986 Master of Arts
The influence of English and Scottish universities on the curriculum of the College of William and Mary Wilbur, Barbara. History 1957 Master of Arts
Recent vegetation and area changes in a tidal marsh located at Pope's Creek, Virginia Wilcox, Julia K. Marine Science 1989 Master of Arts
Ideology and change in the kibbutz Wilhelms, Jeffrey Jay, 1948- Sociology 1977 Master of Arts
Status, distribution and reproductive rates of American oystercatchers in Virginia Wilke, Alexandra Lee. Biology 2008 Master of Science
Analysis of extreme water levels in the lower Chesapeake Bay Wilkerson, Carissa N. Marine Science 2013 Master of Science
A study in the interrelations of measures of learning, five motor and two verbal problems Wilkerson, Woodrow W., 1913- Psychology 1938 Master of Arts
Waterfowl utilization of a submerged vegetation (Zostera marina and Ruppia maritima) bed in the lower Chesapeake Bay Wilkins, Elizabeth W., 1952- Marine Science 1982 Master of Arts
The initiation and development of student government in a junior high school Wilkins, Ruth Jones, 1904- Education 1948 Master of Education
Social organization analysis of the role of academic advising : a case study at the University of Liberia Williams Sy, Jobila Y., 1983-, Education 2013 Doctor of Education
Conflict at the college: William and Mary 1750-1776 Williams, Andrea Lynn, History 2013 Master of Arts
Father wasn't de onlies' one hidin' in de woods : the many images of maroons throughout the American South Williams, Angela Alicia, 1974- American Studies 2003 Master of Arts
In search of a home : an historical analysis of the major factors concerning the location of Virginia Commonwealth University Williams, Ann Laurens, 1947- Education 1985 Doctor of Education
Estimating detection probabilities in beach seine surveys for estuarine fishes Williams, Branson D., 1984- Marine Science 2010 Master of Science
The Jesus People movement and the awakening of the late 1960s Williams, Christina Barnes, 1973- History 2002 Master of Arts
Investigations into cataract formation in Sciaenid fish species from the Elizabeth River, Chesapeake Bay, Va. Williams, Christopher D. 1960- Marine Science 1994 Doctor of Philosophy
Toxicity resistance in mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) from a chemically contaminated environment Williams, Cynthia A. H., 1962- Marine Science 1994 Master of Arts
The synthesis of 5-benzoyl-1, 3-benzendediacids for the double-capping of Þ-cyclodextrin Williams, Daniel MacDougall, 1971- Chemistry 1994 Master of Arts
A looking glass for England : the Elizabethan reception of French political thought, 1562-1590 Williams, Emily Jane, 1951- History 1975 Master of Arts
Probability density methods for modeling local and global aspects of intracellular calcium signaling Williams, G. S. Blair, 1978- Applied Science 2008 Doctor of Philosophy
Evolution and analysis of a catalytically effective model enzyme : the importance of active site orientation and tuned conformational fluctuations Williams, G. S. Blair, 1978- Chemistry 2003 Master of Arts
An analysis of the role of principals supervising programs for students with disabilities in effective schools as defined by Virginia's outcome accountability project Williams, Helen C., 1947- Education 1993 Doctor of Education
Re-education of German prisoners of war in the United States during World War II Williams, J. Barrie. History 1993 Master of Arts
The Influence of the church in seventeenth-century Virginia Williams, James Homer. History 1987 Master of Arts
Stretching the chains : runaway slaves in South Carolina and Jamaica Williams, Jan Mark, 1968- History 1991 Master of Arts
Continuity and change : consociational democracy in the Benelux countries Williams, John Hunter Porter, 1954- Government 1979 Master of Arts
The effect of pronunciability, familiarity, and mode of presentation on acquisition of CVC trigrams Williams, John Marion, 1937- Psychology 1962 Master of Arts
Growth rate and nesting aspects for the glossy ibis in Virginia, 1972 Williams, John William, 1947- Biology 1973 Master of Arts
A comparative study of the use of figurative language by Plato and St. Paul Williams, Joseph Boyd, 1910- Ancient Languages 1943 Master of Arts