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
A study of the relation of organizational climate to individually guided education programs in selected elementary schools in an eastern Virginia city school division Forte, Theodore L. Education 1981 Doctor of Education
A study of the relationship of territoriality and teacher sense of efficacy to job satisfaction of elementary school teachers Smith, Barbara Elizabeth, 1954- Education 1992 Doctor of Education
A study of core special education competencies needed for public school building administrators Carver, JoAnne Yarbrough, 1949- Education 1992 Doctor of Education
Incentives for faculty participation in professional service at selected public urban universities in Virginia Wallace, Barbara King, 1950- Education 1988 Doctor of Education
Examination of a stress process model in people living with AIDS/HIV Sawyer, Bret Morgan, 1969- Education 1998 Doctor of Education
An investigation of personality characteristics of Negroes attending a predominantly white university and Negroes attending a black college Brown, Nina W. Education 1973 Doctor of Education
Virginia teachers' perceptions and knowledge of test accommodations for students with disabilit[i]es Brown, William Michael, 1952- Education 2007 Doctor of Education
Factors influencing school board decisions on redistricting Morgan, Frank E. Education 1999 Doctor of Education
A descriptive study of offices of institutional research in Virginiaʼs public senior colleges and universities Jordan, Janie C., 1936- Education 1976 Doctor of Education
A study of teacher's instructional planning as revealed by an analysis of objectives, strategies and indicators of student achievement Davis, Barbara Sewell, 1940- Education 1992 Doctor of Education
The effects of self-care training on the self-concept, self-care behavior, and metabolic control of diabetic children Zorumski, Caryle Hopkins, 1947- Education 1997 Doctor of Education
Advanced learner perceptions of psychological well-being and school satisfaction in two educational settings Robertson, Janice C. Education 2010 Doctor of Education
Career-bound and place-bound orientation of educational executives : implications for organizational role change in the education of the deaf Bellefleur, Karen M. Notebloom, 1941- Education 1985 Doctor of Education
The effect of a performance curriculum in human relations on attitudes, verbal communication, and interpersonal relationship of teacher trainee Graham, Frances D. Education 1979 Doctor of Education
Relationship between parental incarceration and African-American high school students' attitudes towards school and family Stroble, Willie Lee, 1958- Education 1997 Doctor of Education
Use of visualization in the treatment of substance abusing adolescents Cook, Candice. Education 1996 Doctor of Education
A study of certain attitudinal and biographical characteristics of upper echelon administrators in the Virginia community college system Hurd, Paul St. Clair, 1936- Education 1973 Doctor of Education
Faculty perceptions of selected characteristics of full-time students attending Rappahannock Community College, fall quarter 1975 Prater, Oscar L., 1939- Education 1977 Doctor of Education
The impact of district and school climate on student achievement Smith, Kathleen M. Education 2008 Doctor of Education
Comprehensive services for students with serious emotional disturbances : an analysis of state legislation and policy Hill, Elizabeth B., 1946- Education 1996 Doctor of Education
Principals as managers and leaders : a qualitative study of the perspectives of selected elementary school principals Cascadden, Dean S. T. Education 1996 Doctor of Education
Performance of school age children of prenatal cocaine exposure : five case studies Wallace, Susan Larson, 1964- Education 1996 Doctor of Education
To be or merely to seem? : investigating the image of the modern education governor Krotseng, Marsha V., 1955- Education 1987 Doctor of Education
Implementing state transfer policies : a case study of Virginia's state policy on transfer Schaffer, Lonnie J., 1948- Education 2000 Doctor of Education
Reactions to spousal death resulting from cancer : a descriptive study of anticipatory grief and the cognitive appraisal of the loss of a spouse Elison, Jennifer Claire Kinyon, 1957- Education 1991 Doctor of Education
Postwar martial arts program in Japanese higher education : case of Nippon College of Physical Education Hamada, Hiroyuki, 1941- Education 1984 Doctor of Education
Retention of novice teachers : a study of factors that affect their decisions to stay Handley, Kimberly Dawn. Education 2005 Doctor of Education
The Richmond School Board and the desegregation of Richmond public schools, 1954 to 1971 Bruce, Mildred Davis, 1931- Education 1988 Doctor of Education
Women returning to community college : a response to life changes and a desire for a revised identity (a case study of Paul D. Camp Community College) Morgan, Margaret Irene. Education 1987 Doctor of Education
Faculty's relationship to the identity problem of the community college : a study of faculty support for specific institutional directions for the Virginia community college system Townsend, Barbara Kate, 1944- Education 1983 Doctor of Education
Modest pioneers : a study of a sample of the first-female class at the University of Virginia, 1970-1974 Robertson, Louise Lilley, 1953- Education 1986 Doctor of Education
The relationship of personality to ability-achievement of college freshmen Cooper, Carolyn I. Allen, 1942- Education 1979 Doctor of Education
Effective teaching practices and teacher efficacy beliefs of International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme teachers Hutchings, Gregory C., 1977- Education 2010 Doctor of Education
Making routine curriculum changes at the College of William and Mary in Virginia : are faculty influenced by trends in students' pursuits? Pratt, Anne M., 1947- Education 1984 Doctor of Education
Middle school innovation : interpretation and assessment Williams, William Bryant, 1940- Education 1989 Doctor of Education
Teacher self-efficacy, content and pedagogical knowledge, and their relationship to student achievement in algebra I Fox, Antonia M., Education 2014 Doctor of Education
An exception to the rule : Bank Steet College of Education as an independent professional school (1916-1990) Bailey, June M., 1950- Education 1991 Doctor of Education
Separation-individuation and older adolescents with disruptive classroom behavior Lockwood, Eunice Esther, 1942- Education 1995 Doctor of Education
The organizational culture of the academic department : a case study of a department of biological sciences Smith, Martha Anne, 1955- Education 1992 Doctor of Education
The effects of a program of structured group counseling on the self-concept and leadership skills of disadvantaged gifted elementary school students Hill, Sheila Gibbs, 1949- Education 1982 Doctor of Education
Adults making meaning at Colonial Williamsburg : a descriptive study of planners' intentions and audience members' constructions of the 1996 history forum Casey, Joan Ellen. Education 1997 Doctor of Education
A phenomenological investigation of women's experience in family counseling : interviews with ten mothers Krumpe, Sharon W., 1947- Education 2002 Doctor of Education
The relationship between teachers' computer self-efficacy and technology integration in a school district's Bring Your Own Technology initiative Ellis, Ashley F., Education 2014 Doctor of Education
Faculty moonlighting : an exploratory study of the motivation for seeking outside employment and its relationship to the effectiveness of community college faculty Hanks, Joanna Davis. Education 1996 Doctor of Education
A study of the 45-15 cycled-attendance plan for year-round operation of schools in Prince William County, Virginia Mounie, James Colin, 1934- Education 1972 Doctor of Education
The relationships between cognitive appraisal, coping and physical functioning in a work hardening population Townsend, Linda Susan, 1948- Education 1994 Doctor of Education
The impact of legislation and litigation on the education of students with autism spectrum disorders Joy, Selena M. Education 2008 Doctor of Education
The relationship of principal-teacher life style and interpersonal need compatibilities to principals' ratings of teacher performance Davis, Joseph Roland, 1943- Education 1977 Doctor of Education
Interorganizational relationships in higher education : a case study Roche, Paul Edward, 1957- Education 2002 Doctor of Education
D-Q University : a history and case study Berger, Mary Josephine, 1942- Education 1994 Doctor of Education