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 thermographic nondestructive evaluation of iron aluminide green sheet Watkins, Michael L., 1959- Applied Science 1999 Doctor of Philosophy
Investigations into cataract formation in Sciaenid fish species from the Elizabeth River, Chesapeake Bay, Va. Williams, Christopher D. 1960- Marine Science 1994 Doctor of Philosophy
The effects of salinity on cadmium toxicity to the bay mysid, Mysidopisis bahia molenock De Lisle, Peter F., 1956- Marine Science 1988 Doctor of Philosophy
Extra dimensions and electroweak symmetry breaking Tan, Jong Anly. Physics 2010 Doctor of Philosophy
Adaptation of LR parsing to production system interpretation Slothouber, Louis Paul, 1961- Computer Science 1989 Doctor of Philosophy
The political-domestics : sectional issues in American women's fiction, 1852-1867 Peterson, Beverly 1950- American Studies 1994 Doctor of Philosophy
Turmoil in an orderly society, Colonial Virginia, 1607-1754 : a history and analysis Morgan, Timothy E. 1941- History 1976 Doctor of Philosophy
The talent process of successful academic women scientists at elite research universities in New York State Kaenzig, Lisa M. Education 2009 Doctor of Philosophy
Fate and transport processes for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the surface microlayer of southern Chesapeake Bay Liu, Kewen, 1963- Marine Science 1996 Doctor of Philosophy
A search for a new gauge boson Jensen, Eric Lyle, Physics 2014 Doctor of Philosophy
Constantly vulnerable yet persistantly strong : a study of the financial condition of the liberal arts college Bouressa, Robert Joseph. Education 1993 Doctor of Philosophy
On certain sets of matrices : Euclidean squared distance matrices, ray-nonsingular matrices and matrices generated by reflections Milligan, Thomas W. Applied Science 2004 Doctor of Philosophy
Comparative evolution of molecular markers: An analysis of genetic variation within the blue marlin (Makaira nigricans). Buonaccorsi, Vincent Patrick Marine Science 1998 Doctor of Philosophy
Early life history of weakfish Cynoscion regalis (Bloch and Schneider) Szedlmayer, Stephen T., 1955- Marine Science 1988 Doctor of Philosophy
To seek the good, the true, and beautiful : white, Greek-letter sororities in the U.S. South and the shaping of American 'ladyhood', 1915-1975 Freeman, Margaret Lynn. American Studies 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
Interspecific and intraspecific variability in placoid scale morphology in relation to body form variability in Squaliformes Tabit, Christopher R. Marine Science 1993 Doctor of Philosophy
Neither bedecked nor bebosomed : Lucy Randolph Mason, Ella Baker and women's leadership and organizing in the struggle for freedom Glisson, Susan M., 1967- American Studies 2000 Doctor of Philosophy
Propagation of guided acoustic waves in composite media Seale, Michael David, 1967- Physics 1996 Doctor of Philosophy
The effects of mediation on relationships between families of students with disabilities and school personnel Creasey, Mary Suzanne, 1952- Education 2003 Doctor of Philosophy
Optimizing combat capabilities by modeling combat as a complex adaptive system Mains, Steven, 1958- Computer Science 2004 Doctor of Philosophy
Interactive effects of cadmium and benzo[a]pyrene in mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) Hurk, Peter van den, 1959- Marine Science 1998 Doctor of Philosophy
Elizabeth City County, Virginia, 1782-1810 : the economic and social structure of a Tidewater county in the early national years Hughes, Sarah S. History 1975 Doctor of Philosophy
31p Knight shifts in amorphous NiP and NiCoP alloys Gustafson, Paul Stuart. Physics 1981 Doctor of Philosophy
Theoretical and experimental study of generation mechanisms for laser ultrasound in woven graphite/epoxy composites with translaminar stitching Friedman, Adam D., 1972- Applied Science 2000 Doctor of Philosophy
On the anatomy and phylogeny of the Zoarcidae (Teleostei, Perciformes) Anderson, M. Eric. Marine Science 1984 Doctor of Philosophy
Larval development of Pagurus longicarpus Say in laboratory culture Roberts, Morris H. Marine Science 1969 Doctor of Philosophy
Chaotic scattering in an open vase-shaped cavity : topological, numerical, and experimental results Novick, Jaison Allen. Physics 2009 Doctor of Philosophy
Dynamic load balancing via thread migration Cronk, David. Computer Science 1999 Doctor of Philosophy
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) as tracers of environmental change and Antarctic seabird ecology Geisz, Heidi N. C., 1974- Marine Science 2010 Doctor of Philosophy
Keep on keeping on : the NAACP and the implementation of Brown v. Board of Education in Virginia Daugherity, Brian J., 1972- History 2010 Doctor of Philosophy
Improved calculations of the complex dielectric constant of semiconductors Breckenridge, Roger Allen, 1938- Physics 1974 Doctor of Philosophy
A measurement of the branching ratio of K0(L)-->mu+mu- Witkowski, Michael Thomas, 1963- Physics 1993 Doctor of Philosophy
Expectancy-value classes as predictors of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) occupational choice : differences related to ability, gender, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status Andersen, Lori, Education 2013 Doctor of Philosophy
Characterization of exotic pathogens associated with the Suminoe oyster, Crassostrea ariakensis Moss, Jessica A., 1979- Marine Science 2007 Doctor of Philosophy
The Richmond junto and politics in Jacksonian Virginia Shaffer, Wade Lee, 1963- History 1993 Doctor of Philosophy
Experimental studies of antiprotonic atoms in hydrogen and helium Lindemuth, Jeffrey R. Physics 1982 Doctor of Philosophy
The contribution of ego development level to degree of burnout in school counselors Lambie, Glenn William. Education 2002 Doctor of Philosophy
Gamma-ray imaging detector for small animal research Weisenberger, Andrew Gerard, 1957- Applied Science 1998 Doctor of Philosophy
An examination of the relationship between ego development and parenting styles Harrell, Cheri R. Education 2004 Doctor of Philosophy
Monograph of the North American freshwater fish leeches (Oligochaeta: Hirudinida: Piscicolidae) and molecular phylogeny of the family Piscicolidae Williams, Julianne I., 1979- Marine Science 2007 Doctor of Philosophy
The sedimentary processes and geomorphic history of Wreck Shoal, an oyster reef of the James River, Virginia DeAlteris, J. T. Marine Science 1986 Doctor of Philosophy
Transport in chaotic systems Tang, Xianzhu, 1968- Physics 1995 Doctor of Philosophy
Secure and efficient data extraction for ubiquitous computing applications Tan, Chiu Chiang. Computer Science 2010 Doctor of Philosophy
R.C. Scott : a history of African-American entrepreneurship in Richmond 1890-1940 Plater, Michael A., 1956- American Studies 1993 Doctor of Philosophy
The voice of Virginia : WRVA and conversations of a modern South Morris, Caroline Chandler, 1980- History 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
Effects of low dissolved oxygen on the macrobenthos of the lower Rappahannock River, Chesapeake Bay Llanso, Roberto Javier, 1955- Marine Science 1990 Doctor of Philosophy
Solution to quantum Liouville equation in phase space via a stochastic process John, Sarah, 1953- Physics 1986 Doctor of Philosophy
Africa as a regional and global source of atmospheric gases and particulates Mtetwa, Lawrence, 1969- Applied Science 1998 Doctor of Philosophy
A mycobacterium-inducible Nramp in striped bass Morone saxatalis Burge, Erin Jeffrey, 1974- Marine Science 2003 Doctor of Philosophy
In search of the right place : institutional image, person-environment fit and college choice Greenough, Amy Stuart. Education 2003 Doctor of Philosophy