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
Effects of methyl parathion on the cellular immune responses in giant black tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon Bodhipaksha, Nantarika. Marine Science 1994 Doctor of Philosophy
Classical conditioning of a phase-shift response in tau-mutant golden hamsters Bockweg, Sarah Allyn. Psychology 1997 Master of Arts
Virginia's pelagic recreational fishery : biological socioeconomic and fishery compenents Bochenek, Eleanor A. 1955- Marine Science 1989 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
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
The mythical monolith: American China policy and the Sino-Soviet split, 1945-1972 Blunt, Rhonda Smither, 1947- History 1978 Master of Arts
Piercing the corporeal veil : the extra stanza of Pearl as spiritual focal point Blum, Michael, 1966- English 1996 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
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
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
A study and comparison of the consumption basis of taxation Blevins, Douglas Wayne. Business Administration 1964 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
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
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
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
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
Solar cycle effects on inner belt protons Blanchard, Robert C. Physics 1964 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
Issue conflict among party followers : a re-examination Blakemore, John Haywood, 1950- Government 1975 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
Archaeology of a female landowner c. 1768-1832 Blake, Marie E. 1970- Anthropology 1994 Master of Arts
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
Continuous improvement monitoring : an analysis of state special education compliance procedures Blake, Barbara Richmond. Education 2012 Doctor of Education
The rise of the Burwells Blair, John L., 1935- 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 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
Seed burial in the seagrass Zostera marina : the role of infauna Blackburn, Natalia J., 1987- Marine Science 2012 Master of Science
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
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
Analysis of data-based decision-making : the perceptions and roles of teachers and administrators Bishop, Richard Byron, 1968- Education 2005 Doctor of Philosophy
A social history of the private fence in nineteenth-century America Bishop, Lisa Brenner, 1967- American Studies 2000 Master of Arts
The effect of stimulus differentiation and intertrial interval on spontaneous alternation behavior in rats Bisese, Vernon Stephen, 1933- Psychology 1961 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 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
Space and power in eighteenth-century Ephrata, Pennsylvania Birkett, Courtney J. Anthropology 2004 Master of Arts
St. George Tucker's essay For the old batchellor The history of contentment, an allegory Bird, Vance Crockett, 1951- English 1974 Master of Arts
Analysis of role perceptions of trustees, administrators, faculty, and students of four-year public institutions of higher education in Virginia Bird, Betty, 1942- Education 1978 Doctor of Education
Sediment deposition and reworking : a modeling study using isotopically tagged sediment classes Birchler, Justin J., 1988- Marine Science 2014 Master of Science
Ultrasonic guided wave interpretation for structural health inspections Bingham, Jill Paisley, 1982- Applied Science 2009 Doctor of Philosophy
Comparing relationships : Same-sex friendships, cross-sex friendships, and Romantic love Bilbro, Kathryn Gray, 1968- Psychology 1992 Master of Arts
Black pilots, patriots, and pirates : African-American participation in the Virginia state and British navies during the Revolutionary War in Virginia Bilal, Kolby, 1974- History 2000 Master of Arts
Intrapsychic and interpersonal personality and temperament changes in marital dyads resulting from a marriage enrichment program based on rational-emotive therapy Bigney, Russell Everett, 1933- Education 1978 Doctor of Education
John Leacock's The fall of British Tyranny in the Whig propaganda offensive : the personalization of the Revolution Bigler, Philip. American Studies 1984 Master of Arts
The Morris reading-houses : a study in dissent Bidwell, Robert Leland, 1920- History 1948 Master of Arts
Parental bereavement and hospice participation : an evaluation of the Edmarc Hospice Program Biddle, Linda Diane, 1960- Psychology 1988 Master of Arts
Anthropogenic causes of copepod mortality and bacterial decomposition of copepod carcasses Bickel, Samantha L., 1983- Marine Science 2009 Master of Science
The first dissenter : Richard B. Russell and the Warren Commission Biancolli, Dani E., 1978- History 2002 Master of Arts
Apoptosis and cell cycle regulation as mechanisms of compensation from notch signaling perturbation in the developing nervous system of xenopus laevis Bianchi, Catherine Hope, Biology 2015 Master of Arts