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
St. George Tucker's essay For the old batchellor The history of contentment, an allegory Bird, Vance Crockett, 1951- English 1974 Master of Arts
Space and power in eighteenth-century Ephrata, Pennsylvania Birkett, Courtney J. Anthropology 2004 Master of Arts
The human body as metaphor in Robert Lowell's poetry : Lord Weary's castle to For the Union dead Bischoff, Claudia Maria, 1959- English 1984 Master of Arts
Peer influence within the student residential environment : the effectiveness of educational crime prevention programming Bisese, Stephen Damian, 1961- Education 1992 Doctor of Education
The effect of stimulus differentiation and intertrial interval on spontaneous alternation behavior in rats Bisese, Vernon Stephen, 1933- Psychology 1961 Master of Arts
A social history of the private fence in nineteenth-century America Bishop, Lisa Brenner, 1967- American Studies 2000 Master of Arts
Analysis of data-based decision-making : the perceptions and roles of teachers and administrators Bishop, Richard Byron, 1968- Education 2005 Doctor of Philosophy
An analysis of wetland patterns and functions at the watershed and sub-watershed scales, with policy applications Bissonnette, Jennifer Newton, 1967- Marine Science 2003 Doctor of Philosophy
The impact of live supervision on the family therapist's level of immediacy, anxiety, responsiveness, and genuineness Bistline, John L. Education 1982 Doctor of Education
Seed burial in the seagrass Zostera marina : the role of infauna Blackburn, Natalia J., 1987- Marine Science 2012 Master of Science
The rise of the port of Norfolk and its decline as a result of the embargo of 1807 and the War of 1812, 1680-1815 Blackwell, Cecil Llewellyn, 1902- History 1959 Master of Arts
A second Eden : the promotion and perception of Virginia, 1584-1624 Blahnik, Jennifer Lynn, 1980- History 2008 Master of Arts
The rise of the Burwells Blair, John L., 1935- History 1959 Master of Arts
Continuous improvement monitoring : an analysis of state special education compliance procedures Blake, Barbara Richmond. Education 2012 Doctor of Education
Community structure and biogeography of mussel bed communities at Pacific hydrothermal vents : Lau and North Fiji back-arc basins, 32 degrees S--East Pacific Rise, and 38 degrees S--Pacific Antarctic Ridge Blake, Elizabeth Anne, 1982- Biology 2006 Master of Science
Archaeology of a female landowner c. 1768-1832 Blake, Marie E. 1970- Anthropology 1994 Master of Arts
Mitochondrial DNA variation in natural and cultured populations of the bay scallop, Argopecten irradians (Lamarck) and the calico scallop, Argopecten gibbus (Dall) Blake, Sandra Grace, 1968- Marine Science 1994 Master of Arts
Issue conflict among party followers : a re-examination Blakemore, John Haywood, 1950- Government 1975 Master of Arts
More or less than kind : brothers and sisters in nineteenth-century American literature Blanchard, Jennifer P. American Studies 2007 Doctor of Philosophy
Solar cycle effects on inner belt protons Blanchard, Robert C. Physics 1964 Master of Arts
Reaching for freedom : Black resistance and the roots of a gendered African-American culture in late eighteenth century Massachusetts Blanck, Emily V., 1971- History 1998 Master of Arts
To urge common sense on the Americans : United States' relations with France, Great Britain, and the Federal Republic of Germany in the context of the Vietnam War, 1961-1968 Blang, Eugenie M., 1964- History 2000 Doctor of Philosophy
A mathematical model of tau protein hyperphosphorylation : the effects of kinase inhibitors as a theoretical alzheimer's disease therapy Blank, Patrick Neil, Chemistry 2015 Master of Science
Distribution, abundance, and behavior of the cownose ray, Rhinoptera bonasus (Mitchill 1815), in lower Chesapeake Bay Blaylock, Robert A. Marine Science 1992 Doctor of Philosophy
The distribution and abundance of the bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus in Virginia Blaylock, Robert A. Marine Science 1984 Master of Arts
The failure of colonial government and the American Revolution in South Carolina : a long view Bledsoe, Julia Grace, 1963- History 1996 Master of Arts
A study and comparison of the consumption basis of taxation Blevins, Douglas Wayne. Business Administration 1964 Master of Arts
The influence of Vergil's Aeneid upon the epic technique of Spenser's The Faerie Queen Blocker, Florence Jackson, 1891- English 1934 Master of Arts
Parties, visionaries, innovations : William Augustus Muhlenberg and Phillips Brooks and the growth of the Episcopal Broad Church movement Blossom, Jay Stanlee Frank, 1968- History 1994 Master of Arts
Targeting the sodium iodide symporter for in vivo detection and characterization of mammary tumors in the murine model using a novel gamma camera Blue, Randall Eric, 1982- Biology 2009 Master of Science
Piercing the corporeal veil : the extra stanza of Pearl as spiritual focal point Blum, Michael, 1966- English 1996 Master of Arts
The mythical monolith: American China policy and the Sino-Soviet split, 1945-1972 Blunt, Rhonda Smither, 1947- History 1978 Master of Arts
Intertexual [sic] cadences, When wants and woes might be our righteous lot : excavating Phillis Wheatley's transcending voice of accent Bly, Antonio T. American Studies 1999 Master of Arts
Breaking with tradition : slave literacy in early Virginia, 1680-1780 Bly, Antonio T. American Studies 2006 Doctor of Philosophy
An investigation of one and two state molecular systems based on the results of elastic differential scattering experiments Bobbio, Stephen Michael, 1943- Physics 1971 [ProQuest 1972] Doctor of Philosophy
Virginia's pelagic recreational fishery : biological socioeconomic and fishery compenents Bochenek, Eleanor A. 1955- Marine Science 1989 Doctor of Philosophy
Classical conditioning of a phase-shift response in tau-mutant golden hamsters Bockweg, Sarah Allyn. Psychology 1997 Master of Arts
Effects of methyl parathion on the cellular immune responses in giant black tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon Bodhipaksha, Nantarika. Marine Science 1994 Doctor of Philosophy
Mechanisms of larval spot transport and recruitment to the Chesapeake Bay. Bodolus, Deborah A. Marine Science 1994 Doctor of Philosophy
Distribution and structure of benthic communities in a gradient estuary Boesch, Donald F. Marine Science 1971 Doctor of Philosophy
Cerebral dominance, its measurements and its role in letter recognition and spelling Bogart, Edward Humphrey, 1938- Psychology 1974 Master of Arts
Correlates of self-esteem and social desirability in fifth grade mainstream and special education classes Bogart, Susan K. 1944- Sociology 1974 Master of Arts
Development of a watershed and stream-reach spawning habitat model for river herring (Alosa pseudoharengus and A. aestivalis) Boger, Rebecca A. 1962- Marine Science 2002 Doctor of Philosophy
Regionalism and recent voting trends in Virginia politics : focus on the Wallace electorate Boland, Dorothy Susan, 1949- Sociology 1973 Master of Arts
On compactness and related concepts Boland, Willard Robert, 1937- Mathematics 1963 Master of Arts
The military career of William Booth Taliaferro, April 1861-February 1863 Bolander, Robert Charles, 1940- History 1964 Master of Arts
Potential for population regulation of the zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha, in the Hudson River Boles, Larry C., 1970- Marine Science 1996 Master of Arts
Theories and treatment of anorexia nervosa Boll, Pamela Guyler. Education 1979 Master of Education
Interactional characteristics of facial pain patients and their spouses : assessment of self-report and behavioral observation measures of cohesion, adaptability, and marital satisfaction Boll, Pamela Guyler. Education 1990 Doctor of Education
The revolutionary writings of Mary and Royall Tyler : marital, medical, and political discourse in an early-nineteenth-century family Bond, Elizabeth Anne, 1983- History 2008 Master of Arts