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
Turmoil in an orderly society, Colonial Virginia, 1607-1754 : a history and analysis Morgan, Timothy E. 1941- History 1976 Doctor of Philosophy
What are the characteristics of effective teaching? : a comparative study of stakeholder perceptions Hill, Christine Lucille, 1964- Education 2002 Doctor of Philosophy
Anguilla and the art of resistance McKinney, Jane Dillon, 1943- American Studies 2002 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
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
A measurement of the branching ratio of K0(L)-->mu+mu- Witkowski, Michael Thomas, 1963- Physics 1993 Doctor of Philosophy
The millennial generation : Howe and Strauss disputed Alexander Agati, Holly. Education 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
A mycobacterium-inducible Nramp in striped bass Morone saxatalis Burge, Erin Jeffrey, 1974- Marine Science 2003 Doctor of Philosophy
Experimental studies of antiprotonic atoms in hydrogen and helium Lindemuth, Jeffrey R. Physics 1982 Doctor of Philosophy
Calculations of the interactions of energetic ions with materials for protection of computer memory and biological systems Kim, Myung-Hee Y., 1957- Applied Science 1995 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
Science and imagination in Anglo-American children's books, 1760-1855 Burr, Sandra. American Studies 2005 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
Transport in chaotic systems Tang, Xianzhu, 1968- Physics 1995 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
Au integration of case-based and model-based reasoning and its application to physical system faults Karamouzis, Stamos T., 1963- Computer Science 1993 Doctor of Philosophy
Aggregate matrix-analytic techniques and their applications Riska, Alma. Computer Science 2002 Doctor of Philosophy
On the anatomy and phylogeny of the Zoarcidae (Teleostei, Perciformes) Anderson, M. Eric. Marine Science 1984 Doctor of Philosophy
On-line system identification for control system applications in particle accelerators Chowdhary, Mahesh, 1966- Applied Science 1996 Doctor of Philosophy
Larval development of Pagurus longicarpus Say in laboratory culture Roberts, Morris H. Marine Science 1969 Doctor of Philosophy
Solution to quantum Liouville equation in phase space via a stochastic process John, Sarah, 1953- Physics 1986 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
A qualitative study of clergy career satisfaction, functioning, and clergy-congregant relations Mc Donald, Brian R. Education 2004 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
Analysis of (iso)surface reconstructions : quantitative metrics and methods Beauchat, Tracey Allen, 1967- Computer Science 1996 Doctor of Philosophy
Improved calculations of the complex dielectric constant of semiconductors Breckenridge, Roger Allen, 1938- Physics 1974 Doctor of Philosophy
Propagation of guided acoustic waves in composite media Seale, Michael David, 1967- Physics 1996 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
31p Knight shifts in amorphous NiP and NiCoP alloys Gustafson, Paul Stuart. Physics 1981 Doctor of Philosophy
The freemasonry of the race : the cultural politics of ritual, race, and place in postemancipation Virginia Walker, Corey D. B. American Studies 2001 Doctor of Philosophy
Cutting up the melon : a case study of academic earmarking at selected institutions Foster, Sherrell Anthony, 1958- 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
A correlational study of school principals' perceptions of self-efficacy and the availability & quality of gifted programming in their schools Lloyd-Zannini, Louis Paul, 1950- Education 2001 Doctor of Philosophy
Chaotic scattering in an open vase-shaped cavity : topological, numerical, and experimental results Novick, Jaison Allen. Physics 2009 Doctor of Philosophy
Thermochemistry of amino acids and constrained diamines Tullo, Erica Jane. Applied Science 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
The voice of Virginia : WRVA and conversations of a modern South Morris, Caroline Chandler, 1980- History 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
A publisher's hand : strategic gambles and cultural leadership by Moses Dresser Phillips in antebellum America McMaster, MaryKate. American Studies 2001 Doctor of Philosophy
A more perfect sympathy : college students and social service 1889-1914 Mieras, Emily, 1968- American Studies 1998 Doctor of Philosophy
Chemical, isotopic and microbial characterization of dissolved and particulate organic matter in estuarine, coastal and open ocean systems Loh, Ai Ning, 1972- Marine Science 2002 Doctor of Philosophy
First measurement of the induced proton polarization, P(n), in the C-12 (e, e'p) reaction Woo, Rhett J., 1971- Physics 1996 Doctor of Philosophy
Distribution and abundance of calanoid copepods in the York River estuary Virginia, 1968 and 1969 Burrell, Victor G. Marine Science 1972 Doctor of Philosophy
Charmed hadron spectrum and interactions Liu, Liuming. Physics 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
How direct descendants of a school lockout achieved academic success : resilience in the educational attainments of Prince Edward County's children Williams, Randolph, 1974-, Education 2013 Doctor of Philosophy
Structured eigenvectors, interlacing, and matrix completions Kroschel, Brenda K., 1963- Applied Science 1996 Doctor of Philosophy
Reproduction and feeding biology of selected syngnathids (Pisces: Teleostei) of the western Atlantic Teixeira, Rogerio Luiz, 1959- Marine Science 1995 Doctor of Philosophy
Southern orientation : reimagining Asian American identity and place in the global south Cha, Frank Sung, American Studies 2013 Doctor of Philosophy
Lateral variability in a coastal plain estuary Huzzey, Linda Mary, 1954- Marine Science 1986 Doctor of Philosophy
Theory of electron detachment in collisions of negative ions with atoms Taylor, Ronald David. Physics 1979 Doctor of Philosophy