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
Predictors of psychological abuse and violence in college romantic relationships Barber, William Amory, 1981- Psychology 2005 Master of Arts
Life history, population dynamics and yield per recruit modeling of Atlantic croaker, Micropogonias undulatus, in the Chesapeake Bay area Barbieri, Luiz R. Marine Science 1994 Doctor of Philosophy
Innocent and necessary : music and dancing in the life of Robert Carter of Nomony Hall, 1728-1804 Barden, John R. History 1983 Master of Arts
An analysis of help patterns and interaction between parents and their married children Bare, Harold L. Sociology 1975 Master of Arts
Helping first-year college students climb the academic ladder : report of a national survey of freshman seminar programming in American higher education Barefoot, Betsy O. 1944- Education 1992 Doctor of Education
The matriarchal society in Flannery O'Connor's fiction : its characteristics, treatment, and purpose Barfield, Ann L. English 1981 Master of Arts
An appraisal of the extra-class activities program at Granby High School Barfield, Arthur Dick. Education 1951 Master of Education
Much blood and treasure : South Carolina's Indian traders, 1670-1755 Barker, Eirlys Mair, 1948- History 1993 Doctor of Philosophy
Anthony Burns and the North-South dialogue on slavery, liberty, race, and the American Revolution Barker, Gordon S. History 2008 Doctor of Philosophy
John Marshall and native rights : the law of nations and Scottish enlightenment influence Barker, Gordon S. History 2003 Master of Arts
Runtime support for load balancing of parallel adaptive and irregular applications Barker, Kevin J. Computer Science 2004 Doctor of Philosophy
Amusements in colonial Virginia Barksdale, Martha Elizabeth. History 1929 Master of Arts
Characterization of PR500 for use in resin transfer molding Barksdale, Rhonda Michelle, 1972- Chemistry 1995 Master of Arts
Some applications of mean field theory in strong interaction physics Barmore, Bryan E., 1970- Physics 1998 Doctor of Philosophy
The role of an anadromous fish, the alewife, Alosa pseudoharengus (Wilson), in pesticide transport Barnard, Thomas A. 1943- Marine Science 1971 Master of Arts
Far out past : Hemingway, manhood, and modernism Barnard, Timothy L. 1967- American Studies 2005 Doctor of Philosophy
Putting masculinity into words : Hemingway's critique and manipulation of American manhood Barnard, Timothy L. 1967- American Studies 1994 Master of Arts
What predicts alumni satisfaction? : the impact of investment, involvement, and post-college outcomes Barnes, Amy Catherine, 1976- Education 2007 Doctor of Education
The Virginia-North Carolina frontier in 1776 : William Preston, William Christian and the military expedition against the Overhill Cherokee towns Barnes, Arthur George, 1945- History 1969 Master of Arts
Interspecific interactions in oyster reef communities : the effect of established fauna on oyster larval recruitment Barnes, Brian B., 1982- Marine Science 2008 Master of Science
The relationship of codependence to career choice Barnett, Karen H., 1949- Education 1991 Doctor of Education
Learning how to listen' : analyzing style and meaning in the music of Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone and Cassandra Wilson Barnett, LaShonda K. 1974- American Studies 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
An experiment in association Barney, Josephine Carter. Psychology 1926 Master of Arts
Analysis of a vertically rising vehicle Baron, Sheldon. Physics 1961 Master of Arts
An evaluation of the effects of a career decision-making course on tenth grade non-college bound students Barr, Carol Gelo, 1942- Education 1982 Doctor of Education
Food and feeding of northern bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) and yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albarcares) : a comparative study of the food and feeding habits of the northern bluefin tuna off the coast of Virginia Barr, Charles Gilbert, 1955- Marine Science 1991 Master of Arts
Flow cytometric analyses on the activation, proliferation, and differentiation state of B cells in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Barr, Maggie Jeanne. Biology 2010 Master of Science
Fostering student achievement : a study of the relationship of collective teacher efficacy and student achievement Barr, Marilyn F. Education 2002 Doctor of Education
State and local support of education in Virginia, 1870-1936 Barr, William David, 1908- Education 1936 Master of Arts
The effects of Preparing for Life as a University Student (PLUS) on student achievement, persistence, & integration Barreau, Pascal P., 1970- Education 2008 Doctor of Education
An investigation of practices to address the disproportionate representation of African Amercian students in special education programs in Virginia Barreau, Stacia M., 1973- Education 2008 Doctor of Education
Childhood, colonialism and nation-building : the role of childhood in the construction of race, class and gender in seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth century Virginia Barrett, Autumn Rain Duke, 1972- Anthropology 2004 Master of Arts
Potential five-coordinate titanium-diketonate complexes Barrett, Pamela Bowen, 1947- Chemistry 1971 Master of Arts
Studies on the thiocyanato complexes of niobium Barrett, Richard Paul, 1945- Chemistry 1970 Master of Arts
Studies in the anticatholic origins of the Anglo-American self Barrington, John Patrick Thaddeus. History 1997 Doctor of Philosophy
Williamsburg and Norfolk : municipal government and justice in colonial Virginia Barrow, Robert Mangum, 1937- History 1960 Master of Arts
Domestic brick architecture in Williamsburg : a comparative study of eighteenth-century brick houses in Williamsburg, Annapolis, and Charleston Barry, Andrew Craig, 1971- American Studies 2004 Master of Arts
Optical instruments used with prints in the eighteenth century Barry, Laura Pass. American Studies 2004 Master of Arts
Comparative definitions of the derivative Barry, Richard Francis, 1915- Mathematics 1966 Master of Arts
New dimensionless indices of structural habitat complexity Bartholomew, Aaron, 1973- Marine Science 2001 Doctor of Philosophy
Crassostrea virginica on constructed intertidal oyster reefs : the effects of tidal height and substrate level on settlement, growth, and mortality Bartol, Ian K., 1970- Marine Science 1995 Master of Arts
Distribution, swimming, physiology, and swimming mechanics of brief squid, Lolliguncula brevis Bartol, Ian K., 1970- Marine Science 1999 Doctor of Philosophy
Morphological, electrophysiological and behavioral investigation of visual acuity of the juvenile loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) Bartol, Soraya M., 1970- Marine Science 1999 Doctor of Philosophy
Auditory evoked potentials of the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) Bartol, Soraya M., 1970- Marine Science 1994 Master of Arts
A study of the relationship of social planning processes to the social competence of learning disabled adolescents Barton, Roberta Swithers, 1939- Education 1989 Doctor of Education
Reviving the American left : ERAP and the LID-SDS conflict Bartos, Michael Patrick, 1967- History 1992 Master of Arts
Decision on the environment : a study of environmental roll call behavior in the United States House of Representatives Bartosiewicz, John, 1950- Government 1975 Master of Arts
Who is archaeology's public? : a critical analysis of public images and expectations of archaeology Bartoy, Kevin M. Anthropology 1999 Master of Arts
Fifty gentlemen total strangers : a portrait of the First Continental Congress Barzilay, Karen N. American Studies 2009 Doctor of Philosophy
To go with an ungloved hand was impossible : a history of gloves, hands, sex, wealth, and power Barzilay, Karen Northrup, 1974- American Studies 1998 Master of Arts