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
Reproductive attributes of polynoid polychaetes from hydrothermal vents on the East Pacific Rise Wallace, Jessica Lynn, 1981- Biology 2005 Master of Science
Female plumage coloration in eastern bluebirds, Sialia sialis : is it a sexually selected trait? Hubbard, Joanna Kay. Biology 2009 Master of Science
Magnetization dynamics and anisotropy in ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic Ni/NiO bilayers Petersen, Andreas. Applied Science 2007 Master of Science
Flow cytometric analyses on the activation, proliferation, and differentiation state of B cells in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Barr, Maggie Jeanne. Biology 2010 Master of Science
Growth patterns of three species of catfish (Ictaluridae) from three Virginia tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay Connelly, William J. Marine Science 2001 Master of Science
Modeling mercury biomagnification in the South River Tom, Kyle R., 1984- Marine Science 2008 Master of Science
Novel use of a natural isotope signature to track recruitment and evaluate age determination methods for the 2002 year class of American shad in the York River Upton, Sally A., 1982- Marine Science 2008 Master of Science
Development of a method for quantifying the air-sea flux of volatile organic carbon Jayne, Emily A., 1987- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science
Anthropogenic causes of copepod mortality and bacterial decomposition of copepod carcasses Bickel, Samantha L., 1983- Marine Science 2009 Master of Science
Investigations of the fragmentation spectra of dipeptides containing lysine and its non-protein amino acid homologs Hamdy, Omar. Chemistry 2011 Master of Science
Artificial societies : a computational model of disease transmission Moore, Nathan T. Computer Science 1999 Master of Science
Hypoxia in shallow coastal waters : a case study in Onancock Creek, Virginia Wang, Taiping, 1978- Marine Science 2005 Master of Science
The consequences of shoreline development for near-shore communities in Chesapeake Bay, USA : a before-after control-impact study Davenport, Theresa M. Marine Science 2012 Master of Science
On shelf-slope water mass exchanges near Washington Canyon and Norfolk Canyon in the Mid-Atlantic Bight Wang, Haixing, Marine Science 2016 Master of Science
Ordering events in a distributed system : a performance evalution Payne, Jeffrey E., 1963- Computer Science 1989 Master of Science
Application of the Shoreline Instability Model along the western side of the Chesapeake Bay, Va. Skunda, Kevin G., 1974- Marine Science 2000 Master of Science
Early secondary succession in the bottomland hardwood forests of southeastern Virginia Spencer, David Randolph, 1970- Marine Science 1998 Master of Science
A new approach to the synthesis of PVC graft copolymers Chen, Guangde, 1981- Chemistry 2005 Master of Science
Mud and mucus : feeding selectivity in a suspension-feeding detritivorous fish Lammons, Marie Louise, 1985- Biology 2009 Master of Science
The effects of mercury on the nesting success and return rate of tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) Brasso, Rebecka L., 1982- Biology 2007 Master of Science
The lateral extent and spatial variation of mercury exposure in birds and their prey near a polluted river Howie, Mikaela Gioia Selene. Biology 2010 Master of Science
Age, growth, and mortality of Atlantic croaker, Micropogonias undulatus, in the Chesapeake Bay region Foster, John R., 1975- Marine Science 2001 Master of Science
A molecular phylogeny of the genus Bonamia based on sequence data of the ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene complex White, Delonna M., 1982- Marine Science 2008 Master of Science
Ecological, physiological, and bio-optical characteristics of Phaeocystis globosa in coastal waters of south central Vietnam Liu, Xiao, 1987- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science
Quantifying the overwash component of barrier island morphodynamics : Onslow Beach, NC Foxgrover, Amy C. Marine Science 2009 Master of Science
The total synthesis of the lolium alkaloids Hovey, Michael Todd. Chemistry 2011 Master of Science
Artificial societies : a computational approach to studying combat Moore, Rachel J., 1976- Computer Science 1999 Master of Science
Sources of sedimentary organic matter in the Mississippi River and adjacent Gulf of Mexico Waterson, Elizabeth J., 1977- Marine Science 2005 Master of Science
Relationships among fine sediment settling and suspension, bed erodibility, and particle type in the York River Estuary, Virginia Fall, Kelsey A. Marine Science 2012 Master of Science
Photosynthetic response and nutrient uptake dynamics of phytoplankton in the Ross Sea, Antarctica Van Hilst, Christina Marie, 1971- Marine Science 2000 Master of Science
Development of a quantitative competetive polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection and quantitation of Perkinsus marinus in oyster tissues and environmental water samples Yarnall, Heather A., 1971- Marine Science 1998 Master of Science
Heavy metal complexes of mixed S,N donor ligands : x-ray crystallography and solution-state 1H NMR Lai, Wei, 1976- Chemistry 2005 Master of Science
Prey utilization and energy demand of a breeding peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) population Long, Elizabeth Claire. Biology 2009 Master of Science
Inactive sulfide mounds of the Manus Basin : invertebrate composition and potential for a chemoautotrophic food web Erickson, Kristin Lynn, 1973- Biology 2007 Master of Science
Survival in an urbanized landscape : radio-tracking fledgling eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis) on golf courses Jackson, Allyson Kathleen. Biology 2010 Master of Science
Effects of light and salinity stress on Vallisneria americana (wild celery) French, Gail T., 1974- Marine Science 2001 Master of Science
Genetic investigation of interspecific and intraspecific relationships within the genus Rapana Gensler, Arminda L., 1976- Marine Science 2001 Master of Science
Variability in geologic framework and shoreline change : Assateague and Wallops Islands, Eastern Shore of Virginia Wikel, Geoffrey L., 1976- Marine Science 2008 Master of Science
The effects of seagrass species and trophic interactions in experimental seagrass communities Moore, Althea F. P., 1980- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science
Hydrography and phytoplankton distribution in the Amundsen and Ross Seas Fragoso, Glaucia M., 1984- Marine Science 2009 Master of Science
Investigation of Hg(II) solution speciation by ESI-MS and proton NMR Nestor, Madeline R. Chemistry 2011 Master of Science
Myctophid feeding ecology and carbon transport along the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge Hudson, Jeanna M. Marine Science 2012 Master of Science
BI(III) initiated cyclization reactions and iodonium fragmentation kinetics Lian, Yajing, 1981- Chemistry 2005 Master of Science
Previous experience shapes mate preferences of female zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) Minton, Kelly Caroline. Biology 2009 Master of Science
Mercury exposure in terrestrial insectivorous birds Friedman, Scott Lawrence. Biology 2007 Master of Science
Assessing the functional status of created wetlands in eastern Virginia via a soil and vegetative developmental trajectory Kreisel, Sara Elizabeth, 1985- Biology 2010 Master of Science
Morphological variation of three populations of the veined rapa whelk, Rapana venosa, an invasive predatory gastropod species Green, Rebecca A., 1976- Marine Science 2001 Master of Science
HILDA : the flexible design and implementation of a database machine executive Fishwick, Paul Anthony, 1955- Mathematics and Computer Science 1983 Master of Science
Evaluating the use of flow-through larval culture for the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica Reiner, Stephanie L., 1985- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science
Egg capsule hatching success in Rapana venosa and Urosalpinx cinerea in relation to temperature and salinity Gera, Stephanie M., 1984- Marine Science 2009 Master of Science