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
The kinship between Moby Dick and the Divine Comedy Thornton, Lynne Elizabeth, 1949- English 1973 Master of Arts
Comparative ecology of the parasites of the Spot, Leiostomus xanthurus Lacepede, and the Atlantic croaker, Micropogonias undulatus Linnaeus (Sciaenidae), in the Cape Hatteras Region Thoney, Dennis A., 1954- Marine Science 1989 Doctor of Philosophy
The early auditors of Virginia, 1680-1716 Thompson, William John, 1942- History 1969 Master of Arts
A consideration of idealism in Joseph Conrad's Heart of darkness and Lord Jim Thompson, Wilbur Lee, 1949- English 1978 Master of Arts
A comparison of counselor, principal and teacher perceptions of the role and function of the school counselor in Virginia public secondary school Thompson, Rosemary A. Education 1986 Doctor of Education
A statewide survey of professionals' opinions and practices concerning the assessment of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children Thompson, Roberta Waller, 1962- Education 1998 Doctor of Philosophy
An investigation of cognitive and affective prerequisites for conventional moral reasoning Thompson, Robert Bowers, 1954- Psychology 1983 Master of Arts
Enhancing organizational effectiveness through use of the Myers- Briggs type indicator Thompson, Patricia Sclater. Education 1988 Master of Education
The Friendship Fest : perfecting friendship through transnational musical performance Thompson, Nancy LeAnne. American Studies 2008 Master of Arts
A study of the circadian rhythm and pre and post puberty concentrations of serum prolactin in male prairie deermice (Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii) Thompson, Michael Kevin, 1950- Biology 1978 Master of Arts
The hidden life in The golden bowl : an imagery of ambiguity Thompson, Mary Elizabeth, 1923- English 1980 Master of Arts
Cultural determinism in Their Eyes Were Watching God Thompson, Lynda Ann, 1958- English 1994 Master of Arts
The acting motif in Tender is the night : the man and the mask Thompson, John M., 1959- English 1983 Master of Arts
The cultivation theme in Hawthorne's novels Thompson, Jill Meznar, 1954- English 1978 Master of Arts
Metallization of polyimide films to enhance dimensional stability and to achieve reflective and conductive surfaces Thompson, David Scott, 1972- Chemistry 1995 Master of Arts
From Charlesfort to Jamestown : French and English imperial efforts in early American history Thompson, Cornelia, History 2015 Master of Arts
Multi-image classification and compression using vector quantization Thompson, Beverly J., 1964- Computer Science 1999 Doctor of Philosophy
The scar must remain' : memory and the first world war in the Ruth Fielding and Beverly Gray series Thompson, Anna Murell, American Studies 2014 Master of Arts
Arthur Miller : the individual and society Thompson, Anna Kathryn, 1954- English 1987 Master of Arts
Down the Great Wagon Road : the ironworking Pennybackers of Shenandoah County, Virginia Thomas, Sarah Elaine. History 2012 Master of Arts
Letters to Annie : ordinary women in late nineteenth century Maine Thomas, Rachel Catherine, History 2013 Master of Arts
The evolution of education in Gloucester County, Virginia Thomas, Norris Linwood, 1905- Education 1934 Master of Arts
Pacific trade winds : towards a global history of the Manila Galleon Thomas, Matthew F. History 2011 Master of Arts
Weaving fearful vision : Malcolm Lowry's poetry Thomas, Mark Ellis, 1955- English 1984 Master of Arts
An exploratory study of factors that relate to academic success among high-achieving African American males Thomas, Kianga Rhea, 1972- Education 2008 Doctor of Education
Broken branches : the search for ancestry in Toni Morrison's novels Song of Soloman and Beloved Thomas, Joan Potter, 1963- English 1991 Master of Arts
The political imaginings of slave conspirators : Atlantic contexts of the 1710 slave conspiracy in Martinque Thomas, Jeffrey Scott. History 2011 Master of Arts
Orphans Ì“courts in colonial Virginia Thomas, Evelyn McNeill, 1940- History 1964 Master of Arts
The effects of differential prenatal and postnatal social environments on sexual maturation of young prairie deermice Thomas, Donna Block, 1947- Biology 1972 Master of Arts
Freedom and association in the poetry of Robert Frost Thirkell, Adrian Marcus, 1963- English 1991 Master of Arts
Vascular flora of northwestern Highland County, Virginia Theodose, Theresa Alee, 1962- Biology 1989 Master of Arts
Silicon oxynitride : a field emission suppression coating Theodore, Nimel D., 1978- Applied Science 2006 Doctor of Philosophy
The Indian trade in colonial Virginia Theobald, Mary Miley, 1952- History 1980 Master of Arts
Student attendance and its relationship to achievement and student engagement in primary classrooms Thayer-Smith, Roberta Adams. Education 2007 Doctor of Education
From the unpolished to the refined : the evolution of the furniture trades at Hampton Institute, 1868-1960s Thaxton-Ward, Vanessa Darlene, American Studies 2013 Doctor of Philosophy
Preserving their form and features : the role of coffins in the American understanding of death, 1607-1870 Tharp, Brent W., 1964- American Studies 1996 Doctor of Philosophy
Elixirs, drops, powders, and pills : the origins and foundation of the American patent medicine industry Tharp, Brent W., 1964- History 1988 Master of Arts
Hans Dietrich Genscher and the CSCE process Thanner, Christopher Josef, 1967- Government 1994 Master of Arts
The commercial endeavors of a Virginia merchant during the confederation period : the rise and fall of Richard Blow, 1781-1790 Teute, Fredrika J., 1947- History 1976 Master of Arts
An analysis of the National War College Terwilliger, Thom H., 1958- Education 1992 Doctor of Education
Age, growth, and reproductive biology of blackcheek tonguefish, Symphurus plagiusa (Cynoglossidae: Pleuronectiformes), in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Terwilliger, Mark Richard, 1971- Marine Science 1996 Master of Arts
Albert McKisco's role in Dick Diver's Intricate destiny Terry, Laura Hampton, 1961- English 1987 Master of Arts
Family empires : a frontier elite in Virginia and Kentucky, 1740-1815 Terry, Gail S. History 1992 Doctor of Philosophy
Prejudicial attitudes toward homosexuals : the competing roles of moral reasoning and the moral emotion of disgust Terrizzi, John Anthony, 1981- Psychology 2007 Master of Arts
Relative growth, reproduction and distribution of the rock crab, Cancer irroratus, in Chesapeake Bay during the winter Terretta, Roy Tim, 1946- Marine Science 1973 Master of Arts
Cross-linking additives as smoke suppressants for poly(vinyl chloride) Terranova, Steven Alfred, 1970- Chemistry 1993 Master of Arts
Studies of energy recovery linacs at Jefferson Laboratory : 1 GeV demonstration of energy recovery at CEBAF and studies of the multibunch, multipass beam breakup instability in the 10 kW FEL upgrade driver Tennant, Christopher D., 1979- Physics 2006 Doctor of Philosophy
Development of a textbook concerned with municipal government for use in secondary schools in Danville, Virginia Temple, Theodore Edward. Education 1965 Master of Education
Reproduction and feeding biology of selected syngnathids (Pisces: Teleostei) of the western Atlantic Teixeira, Rogerio Luiz, 1959- Marine Science 1995 Doctor of Philosophy
An approach to the measurement of unit costs in higher education Teitelbaum, Robert David, 1933- Education 1977 Doctor of Education