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 effects of mercury on the nesting success and return rate of tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) Brasso, Rebecka L., 1982- Biology 2007 Master of Science
A model of carrying capacity and ecosystem impacts in a large-scale, bivalve-dominated agro-ecosystem : hard clam aquaculture in Cherrystone Inlet, VA Kuschner, Michael A., 1987- Marine Science 2015 Master of Science
Signature of recent sediment accumulating in Prince William Sound, Alaska : a record of storms, earthquakes, and seasonal inputs Marshall, Nicole R., 1990- Marine Science 2015 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
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
Temperature, photoperiod, and life history traits in Drosophila subobscura MacLean, Heidi Joan, 1982- Biology 2015 Master of Science
An economic assessment of reducing incidental capture of sea turtles in the northwest Atlantic pelagic longline fishery Scott, Tara L., 1980- Marine Science 2004 Master of Science
A descriptive study of the reproductive biology of the veined rapa whelk (Rapana venosa) in the Chesapeake Bay Westcott, Erica S., 1977- Marine Science 2001 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
Basal food web dynamics in a natural eelgrass (Zostera marina) community : cage-free field experimentation Whalen, Matthew A., 1984- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science
Modeling mercury biomagnification in the South River Tom, Kyle R., 1984- Marine Science 2008 Master of Science
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
A genetic investigation of population structure and phylogenetics of the benthic polychaete Paraprionospio pinnata in Chesapeake Bay Stubbs, Julie Beck, 1977- Marine Science 2003 Master of Science
Habitat utilization and dive characterization of blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) and white marlin (Kajikia albida) in the Western Atlantic Ocean Dutton, Daniel J., 1983- Marine Science 2010 Master of Science
Artificial societies : a computational approach to studying combat Moore, Rachel J., 1976- Computer Science 1999 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
Developing methodologies for studying elasmobranchs and other data-poor species Omori, Kristen L., 1987- Marine Science 2015 Master of Science
Myctophid feeding ecology and carbon transport along the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge Hudson, Jeanna M. Marine Science 2012 Master of Science
Effect of noise on the social structure of European Starlings Swan, Autumn, Biology 2015 Master of Science
Spatial variations in benthic invertebrate assemblages in and around the Georges Banks closed areas Walker, Andrew Clayton, 1978- Marine Science 2004 Master of Science
An examination of potential conflict between SAV and hard clam aquaculture in the lower Chesapeake Bay Woods, Helen. Marine Science 2001 Master of Science
Mud and mucus : feeding selectivity in a suspension-feeding detritivorous fish Lammons, Marie Louise, 1985- Biology 2009 Master of Science
Time-resolved magneto-optical imaging of superconducting YBCO thin films in the high-frequency AC current regime Frey, Alexander, 1982- Applied Science 2006 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
Population dynamics of the smooth dogfish, Mustelus canis, in the northwest Atlantic Conrath, Christina L., 1973- Marine Science 2000 Master of Science
Sublethal effects of sediment contamination on an estuarine amphipod Vogt, Bruce W., 1976- Marine Science 2003 Master of Science
Exploring the potential for bay scallop, Argopecten irradians concentricus, restoration in the Lynnhaven River sub-estuary of Chesapeake Bay Hernández Cordero, Ana Liza, 1984- Marine Science 2010 Master of Science
Mercury exposure in terrestrial insectivorous birds Friedman, Scott Lawrence. Biology 2007 Master of Science
Repeatability of mate preferences and mate-choice copying in female zebra finches Houck, Amanda Karen, 1983- Biology 2007 Master of Science
Bay scallop, Argopecten irradians, restoration in the Virginia coastal bays : the role of predation on spring vs. fall cohort survival Schmitt, Erika L., 1990- Marine Science 2015 Master of Science
Habitat utilization and trophic interactions by fauna in a shallow estuary : comparisons between clam aquaculture and natural sites Kling, Lara Gates, 1987- Marine Science 2012 Master of Science
Assessment of development impacts on coastal zone : integrated approach, Northampton County, Eastern Shore, Virginia Zableckis, Sarunas, 1977- Marine Science 2001 Master of Science
Prey utilization and energy demand of a breeding peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) population Long, Elizabeth Claire. Biology 2009 Master of Science
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
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
Accuracy assessment of remote sensing in a tidal wetland Goldberg, Jason S., 1974- Marine Science 2000 Master of Science
Effects of sediment characteristics on the distribution of fiddler crabs (Uca spp.) at Goodwin Island, Virginia Ward, Landon Alan, 1975- Marine Science 2003 Master of Science
Modeling shoreline change and resulting wetland response due to erosion and sea-level rise : a case study in Dorchester County, Maryland Nunez, Mirtha Karinna, 1974- Marine Science 2010 Master of Science