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.

Showing 901 - 950 of 5288 entries
Title Author Department Year Degree
Vertebral cartilage of the clearnose skate, Raja eglanteria : development, structure, ageing, and hormonal regulation of growth Gelsleichter, James J. Marine Science 1998 Doctor of Philosophy
Classification of non-heat generating outdoor objects in thermal scenes for autonomous robots Fehlman, William L. Applied Science 2008 Doctor of Philosophy
Dunmore's new world : political culture in the British Empire, 1745-1796 David, James Corbett, 1977- History 2010 Doctor of Philosophy
Experimental and computational techniques in carbon-13 NMR Varner, Samuel John, 1969- Physics 1999 Doctor of Philosophy
Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of relaxor ferroelectrics Brouwer, William J., 1976- Physics 2005 Doctor of Philosophy
Faculty instructional development and oral communication in freshman seminars at the College of William and Mary Burk, Tamara L. Education 1997 Doctor of Philosophy
Predisposing characteristics of learner success in online education Tonkin, Shauna E. Education 2003 Doctor of Philosophy
Advanced turbulence closure models and their application to buoyant and non-bouyant flows Moustafa, Mohamed Zaki, 1951- Marine Science 1988 Doctor of Philosophy
Lookahead scheduling in a real-time context : models, algorithms, and analysis Coleman, Benjamin J., 1975- Computer Science 2004 Doctor of Philosophy
Small-kernel image restoration Reichenbach, Stephen Edward, 1954- Computer Science 1989 Doctor of Philosophy
Major General William Farrar Smith : critic of defeat and engineer of victory Siciliano, Stephen Nicholas, 1955- History 1984 Doctor of Philosophy
Sites and diffusion of muons in FCC metal hydride systems Kempton, James Russell, 1960- Physics 1987 Doctor of Philosophy
Tenured teacher dismissal for incompetence and the law : a study of state legislation and judicial decision, 1983-2003 DeSander, Marguerita Kalekas. Education 2005 Doctor of Philosophy
Uptake kinetics and toxicity of diazinon in the American oyster, Crassostrea, Virginica gmelin Williams, Ruth L., 1951- Marine Science 1989 Doctor of Philosophy
Analysis of data-based decision-making : the perceptions and roles of teachers and administrators Bishop, Richard Byron, 1968- Education 2005 Doctor of Philosophy
Floristic quality index : ecological and management implications in created and natural wetlands DeBerry, Douglas A. Marine Science 2006 Doctor of Philosophy
Community bulding after emancipation : an anthropological study of Charles' Corner, Virginia, Mahoney, Shannon Sheila, Anthropology 2013 Doctor of Philosophy
Faculty enacting their daily work-life : a contextual analysis of the academic role in a comprehensive university Matveev, Alexei G., 1970- Education 2007 Doctor of Philosophy
Enhancement of mass spectra signal processing for improved cancer biomarker discovery Si, Qian, Physics 2014 Doctor of Philosophy
The thermographic nondestructive evaluation of iron aluminide green sheet Watkins, Michael L., 1959- Applied Science 1999 Doctor of Philosophy
Wild Yankees : settlement, conflict, & localism along Pennsylvania's northeast frontier, 1760-1820 Moyer, Paul Benjamin, 1970- History 1999 Doctor of Philosophy
A theory of associative detachment Haywood, Susan Elizabeth. Physics 1984 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
Distribution and abundance of calanoid copepods in the York River estuary Virginia, 1968 and 1969 Burrell, Victor G. Marine Science 1972 Doctor of Philosophy
The political-domestics : sectional issues in American women's fiction, 1852-1867 Peterson, Beverly 1950- American Studies 1994 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
Photodetachment of H-in perpendicular electric and magnetic fields by Aaron D. Peters. Peters, Aaron David, 1956- Physics 1991 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
Spin polarization in electron scattering off few-body nuclei Dmitrasinovic, Veljko, 1960- Physics 1990 Doctor of Philosophy
A correlational study of dimensions of organizational conflict, management styles, and burnout among directors of special education in Virginia Livers, Allan Fleming. Education 2003 Doctor of Philosophy
Movements and behavior of wild and head-started sea turtles Keinath, John A. Marine Science 1993 Doctor of Philosophy
Africa as a regional and global source of atmospheric gases and particulates Mtetwa, Lawrence, 1969- Applied Science 1998 Doctor of Philosophy
Characterization of transient behaviors in a colliding pulse mode-locked (CPM) laser Yang, Wei, 1973- Physics 2004 Doctor of Philosophy
Fate of organic compounds associated with extractable and bound phases of estuarine sediments deposited under varying depositional regimes Arzayus, Krisa Murray, 1973- Marine Science 2002 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
First-principles calculations of electric field gradients in complex perovskites Mao, Dandan, 1978- Physics 2007 Doctor of Philosophy
A systematic revision of the South American freshwater stingrays (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae) Rosa, Ricardo de Souza, 1954- Marine Science 1985 Doctor of Philosophy
Optimizing combat capabilities by modeling combat as a complex adaptive system Mains, Steven, 1958- Computer Science 2004 Doctor of Philosophy
Teacher self-efficacy and beliefs for teaching mathematics in inclusive settings Aerni, Pamela W. Education 2008 Doctor of Philosophy
A qualitative exploration of twelve licensed professional counselors' perspectives on the construct of shame Kresser, Mary. Education 2003 Doctor of Philosophy
Effects of habitat quality on secondary production in shallow estuarine waters and the consequences for the benthic-pelagic food web Gillett, David James, 1975- Marine Science 2010 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
Julia Gardiner Tyler : a nineteenth-century southern woman Delaney, Theodore Carter, 1943- History 1995 Doctor of Philosophy
Muon transfer from munni deuterium to carbon Viel, David William, 1963- Physics 1993 Doctor of Philosophy
Selective inversion in solid state deuteron NMR Brown, Marco J., 1968- Physics 1996 Doctor of Philosophy
Teacher instructional practices designed to meet the individual learning needs of mathematically gifted/talented students in middle school algebra I Tonneson, Virginia Caine, 1958- Education 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
A systematic revision of Atlantic tonguefishes (Symphurus: cynoglossidae: pleuronectiformes) with a preliminary hypothesis of species group relationships by Thomas A Munroe. Munroe, Thomas A., 1951- Marine Science 1987 Doctor of Philosophy
Dynamic load balancing via thread migration Cronk, David. Computer Science 1999 Doctor of Philosophy
Towards confident body sensor networking Ren, Zhen, Computer Science 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
Economic development in revolutionary Virginia : Fredericksburg, 1750-1810 Siener, William H., 1945- History 1982 Doctor of Philosophy