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
A comparative analysis of school-based performance of mobile and nonmobile students Smith-Jones, Yvonne Darcel, 1956- Education 1997 Doctor of Education
Virginia Business Higher Education Council : a case study of interest group formation Groth, Christiane, 1968- Education 2003 Doctor of Education
Analysis of the effectiveness of an instructional strategy to teach selected problem-solving skills to nursing students Rice, Rebecca Baum, 1944- Education 1984 Doctor of Education
Campus and consortium in an era of large scale research : an historical study of the Virginia Associated Research Center, 1962-1967 Ward, Elizabeth Buchanan, 1953- Education 1993 Doctor of Education
Nursing in the university : an historical analysis of nursing education at the Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia School of Nursing Bampton, Betsy A. 1937- Education 1987 Doctor of Education
A study of the factors which influences computer adoption by community college faculty in Virginia Scott, Larry Joe, 1945- Education 1986 Doctor of Education
The comparison of student engagement rates during classroom discussion, cooperative learning and lecture methods of instruction in secondary schools Geiger, Wendy Meadors, 1951- Education 1996 Doctor of Education
Leadership challenges in implementing a balanced literacy model in elementary schools Colley, Amy C., 1965-, Education 2014 Doctor of Education
The effects of microcomputer use on the critical thinking skills of middle school students Perkins, Harvey William, 1948- Education 1984 Doctor of Education
The use of social interest, activity and affect as reflected in early recollections as predictors of stress in an analogue social situation Traver, Michael D., 1947- Education 1978 Doctor of Education
A balancing act : Division III student-athletes time demands and life roles Hoover, Daniel R. Education 2012 Doctor of Education
The use of active memory encoding strategies by thought disordered and non-thought disordered schizophrenics Abramczyk, Lois, 1942- Education 1977 Doctor of Education
Social perceptions and verbal interactions in tape-directed and counselor-directed encounter groups Ficht, John C. Education 1973 Doctor of Education
A study of the effects of the Program for Effective Teaching on academic secondary teacher behavior and general mathematics student achievement in the Newport News public schools, Newport News, Virginia Lebold, Alfred William, 1944- Education 1979 Doctor of Education
The relationship of job preview to absenteeism, turnover, and job satisfaction of public school teachers Hedley, Harold Hastings, 1947- Education 1985 Doctor of Education
Outcomes for students declassified from special education Carlson, Elaine. Education 1997 Doctor of Education
Strategies and leadership options for internationalizing the comprehensive community college : a case study of Tidewater Community College Nichols, Harriet Hanna. Education 1995 Doctor of Education
Women's perceptions of high risk drinking : understanding binge drinking in a gender biased setting Russett, Jill Lynne. Education 2008 Doctor of Education
The effect of chemical dependency counselors' spiritual well-being on the spiritual well-being of their clients Brooks, Clifford Wilson, 1961- Education 1996 Doctor of Education
Political factors affecting the establishment and growth of Richard Bland College of the College of William and Mary in Virginia 1958-1972 McNeer, James B. Education 1981 Doctor of Education
The use of the career motivation process as a means of influencing the self concept and career development of tenth grade students Snider, Sanford Dean, 1940- Education 1977 Doctor of Education
Academic advising in distance education Curry, Robert Furman, 1953- Education 1997 Doctor of Education
An investigation of the effects of breach of confidentiality of adolescents' level of trust Warrick, Carolyn Bosta, 1945- Education 1991 Doctor of Education
Student trust in teachers and its relationship to student identification with school, student perceptions of academic press, and achievement Bankole, Regina A., 1966- Education 2010 Doctor of Education
The effects of gender similarities and differences between subject and stimulus on dropout prediction George, Joan James, 1937- Education 1976 Doctor of Education
A procedure for the utilization of subliminal perception to assess and modify personlity Collins, Daniel Ralph, 1942- Education 1974 Doctor of Education
Administrative response to teacher incompetence : the role of teacher evaluation systems Tucker, Pamela DuPriest, 1954- Education 1997 Doctor of Education
Demographic and clinical characteristics as predictors of the reinstitutionalization rate of emotionally disturbed adolescents Hopewell, Lou Ross. Education 1980 Doctor of Education
Institutional image : a case study of George Mason University Acosta-Lewis, Elizabeth Anne, 1958- Education 1989 Doctor of Education
A study of the relationship between the importance of certain feedback sources and classroom teacher performance Helliesen, Mary Tillotson, 1943- Education 1978 Doctor of Education
A study of equity and adequacy in the Virginia public school finance system Carr, Edward Walter, 1944- Education 1987 Doctor of Education
The long-term effectiveness of the reading recovery program Rozzelle, Mary Jan {Nikas, Jan Rozzelle] Education 1996 Doctor of Education
The relationship of interpersonal problem-solving skills to adjustment Russo, James Alan, 1957- Education 1990 Doctor of Education
Selected family therapy outcomes with Bowen, Haley, and Satir Winter, Joan Elizabeth, 1947- Education 1993 Doctor of Education
The attitudes of community college faculty toward academically disadvantaged students Brown, Carolyn Rudd, 1950- Education 1978 Doctor of Education
The founding of the permanent denominational colleges in Virginia, 1776-1861 Medlin, Stuart Bowe, 1942- Education 1975 Doctor of Education
The efficacy of special education services for students with learning disabilities : a longitudinal study Sobczak, Modeline N. Education 1992 Doctor of Education
A comparison of elementary, middle, and high school principals' teacher selection practices and perceptions of teacher effectiveness Grove, Sharmaine Denise, 1971- Education 2008 Doctor of Education
The relationship among registered nurse's years of experience, credentials, work location, completed non-required continuing education hours, moral development and conceptual level Dado-Parks, Agatha Custodio. Education 1999 Doctor of Education
The relationship between moral and ego development and treatment foster parent effectiveness and attitudes Richardson, Brent Gentry. Education 1996 Doctor of Education
The effects of a locus of control group guidance program upon children's self-esteem, classroom behavior, and locus of control Watts, George William. Education 1980 Doctor of Education
An experimental study of the effects of goal interdependence on the anxiety levels and attitudes of prospective teachers towards visually impaired persons Banks, Clarrissa D. Jackson, 1917- Education 1984 Doctor of Education
Emancipated foster youth's transition from care to Virginia community colleges Scott, Shylan E. Education 2012 Doctor of Education
Accounting accountability : an exploratory model for the evalution of Virginia community college accounting programs Colmie, Joseph Victor, 1933- Education 1984 Doctor of Education
Females and STEM : determining the K-12 experiences that influenced women to pursue STEM fields Petersen, Anne Marie, Education 2014 Doctor of Education
A study of the effect of interactive language in the stimulation of cognitive functioning for students with learning disabilities Hopkins, Kathleen Ricards. Education 1996 Doctor of Education
School system merger : a study of power and redistribution of resources Adams, Rebecca Clark White, 1944- Education 1992 Doctor of Education
A study of the relationship of achievement motivation to attribution and activity characteristics of military wives Fineran, Linda Joseph, 1950- Education 1979 Doctor of Education
The effects of role modeling as a technique in counteracting sexual stereotyping in the occupational election of high school girls Helms, Nancy Eddins. Education 1982 Doctor of Education
Relationship between teacher self-efficacy and use of evidence-based practices in managing students with challenging behaviors Carr, Sheila R. Education 2012 Doctor of Education