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
Evolutionary analysis of the glutamic acid decarboxylase 67 immediate upstream region in African clawed frogs Boyd, Jonathan Lomax. Biology 2009 Master of Science
FRNA coliphages as a viral indicator of sewage pollution in an estuary Boyd, David Miller, 1955- Marine Science 1990 Master of Arts
A study of the T formation in relation to its defenses Bowman, William Ekron. Physical Education 1953 Master of Arts
An examination of John Osborne's Luther in light of Erik Erikson's Young man Luther and historical tradition Bowman, Anne Lawrence McIntosh, 1949- English 1975 Master of Arts
How may high school pupils be guided in their selection of science work other than by the mere general opinion of the teacher? Bowles, Rosewall Page. Education 1925 Master of Arts
Natural hair styling : a symbol and function of African- American women's self-creation Bowles, Juliette. American Studies 1990 Master of Arts
A numerical and spatial study of the meadow vole, Microtus pennsylvanicus Bowker, Margaret Whitney Higgins, 1946- Biology 1973 Master of Arts
A third grade's experience in creative writing Bowers, Mary Elizabeth. Education 1945 Master of Arts
The Pamunkey Indian Museum : collaboration, display, and the creation of a tribal museum Bowen, Rachel Elaine, Anthropology 2014 Master of Arts
Population structure of the white perch, morone americana, in lower Chesapeake Bay as inferred from mitochondrial DNA restriction analysis Bowen, Brian W. Marine Science 1987 Master of Arts
Alexithymia as related to the use of language and symptom reporting Boutemy, Gabrielle C., 1962- Psychology 2000 Master of Arts
Tennyson's Lady of Shalott in Pre-Raphaelite art : exonerated artist or fallen woman Bourke, Allyson McMahon, 1973- English 1996 Master of Arts
Constantly vulnerable yet persistantly strong : a study of the financial condition of the liberal arts college Bouressa, Robert Joseph. Education 1993 Doctor of Philosophy
Correlates of the joint attention disturbance in autism Bourdon, Linda S., 1955- Education 1999 Doctor of Education
A widow's purview : a microhistory of widowhood and gender relations in the late eighteenth-century Virginia backcountry Bourbeau-Allard, Eve, History 2015 Master of Arts
Environmental and political correlates of appropriations for higher education in Virginia, 1950-1972 Bounds, Stuart Murray, 1944- Education 1974 Doctor of Education
Frank LLoyd Wright : architect of an age Boulton, Alexander O. American Studies 1993 Master of Arts
The architecture of slavery : art, language, and society in early Virginia Boulton, Alexander O. History 1991 Doctor of Philosophy
Geomorphic interpretation of vegetation on Fisherman Island, Virginia Boulé, Mark Eliot, 1948- Marine Science 1976 Master of Arts
Disaster, action, and order : a substantive inquiry of Weber and Durkheim Bosworth, Susan Lovegren, 1958- Sociology 1985 Master of Arts
An investigation of hybridization between two serranid fishes, the coney (Cephalopholis fulva) and the creole fish (Paranthias furcifer) Bostrom, Meredith A., 1974- Marine Science 2000 Master of Science
Information gathering by trustees for decision-making : informal and formal sources Bostain, Dyanne Strohkorb, 1948- Education 1988 Doctor of Education
The Hymn to Pan and thematic structure in Endymion Bost, Nancy Kathryn, 1951- English 1980 Master of Arts
The ultrastructure of cell division in male reproductive branches of Polysiphonia denudata Bosco, Cynthia Louise, 1953- Biology 1978 Master of Arts
Effects of systemic and intrabasalis administration of the orexin-1 receptor antagonist, SB-334867, on attentional performance in rats Boschen, Karen Elizabeth. Psychology 2009 Master of Arts
Interactive simulations for knowledge acquisition Bosan, Sorel. Computer Science 1989 Master of Science
Emotional competence and co-rumination within early adolescent friendships : implications for emotion socialization Borowski, Sarah K., Psychology 2014 Master of Arts
Gathering places, cultivating spaces : an archaeology of a Chesapeake neighborhood through enslavement and emancipation 1775-1905 Boroughs, Jon Jason, Anthropology 2013 Doctor of Philosophy
I looked to the East-- : material culture, conversion, and acquired meaning in early African America Boroughs, Jason. Anthropology 2004 Master of Arts
Ego threat and noxious stimulation as a means of inducing the inhibition of associative recall Borghi, John Henry, 1937- Psychology 1961 Master of Arts
Nitrogen and phosphorus cycling strategies in two tidal freshwater macrophytes, Peltandra virginica and Spartina cynosuroides Booth, Paul Milton. Marine Science 1989 Doctor of Philosophy
The extraordinary case of James Allen : a study of gender and sexuality in early nineteenth-century Britain Booth, Maria Dale. History 2011 Master of Arts
Oxygen uptake and transport in the Lamellibranch mollusc Modiolus demissus Booth, Charles Edward, 1952- Biology 1976 Master of Arts
The role of the superintendent in improving student achievement Boone, Melinda J. Education 2001 Doctor of Education
Quantitative analysis of beach sand movement, Virginia Beach, Virginia Boon, John D. Marine Science 1968 Master of Arts
Sediment transport processes in a salt marsh drainage system Boon, John D. Marine Science 1973 Doctor of Philosophy
An economic and sociological survey of Lancaster County and the relationship to the educational program, 1930-1940 Booker, James Judson, 1907- Education 1942 Master of Arts
Attitudes toward drinking and drunkeness in seventeenth-century Virginia Bonnett, Kendra. History 1976 Master of Arts
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
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
Potential for population regulation of the zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha, in the Hudson River Boles, Larry C., 1970- Marine Science 1996 Master of Arts
The military career of William Booth Taliaferro, April 1861-February 1863 Bolander, Robert Charles, 1940- History 1964 Master of Arts
On compactness and related concepts Boland, Willard Robert, 1937- Mathematics 1963 Master of Arts
Regionalism and recent voting trends in Virginia politics : focus on the Wallace electorate Boland, Dorothy Susan, 1949- Sociology 1973 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
Correlates of self-esteem and social desirability in fifth grade mainstream and special education classes Bogart, Susan K. 1944- Sociology 1974 Master of Arts
Cerebral dominance, its measurements and its role in letter recognition and spelling Bogart, Edward Humphrey, 1938- Psychology 1974 Master of Arts
Distribution and structure of benthic communities in a gradient estuary Boesch, Donald F. Marine Science 1971 Doctor of Philosophy
Mechanisms of larval spot transport and recruitment to the Chesapeake Bay. Bodolus, Deborah A. Marine Science 1994 Doctor of Philosophy