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 strategy for teaching decision-making skills utilizing simulation techniques Whitson, Marcella Fortner. Education 1974 Doctor of Education
Prolonged teacher stress as a function of teachers' perceptions of principal leadership style adaptability and teachers' belief systems Paré, Pamela. Education 1995 Doctor of Education
A study of the relationship between the mathematics and reading achievement of students with disabilities and the inclusive practice in elementary schools Siler, Sharon E. Education 2008 Doctor of Education
The development of a dietitian selection scale and a comparison of therapeutic and administrative dietitians Hodges, Patricia Ann, 1938- Education 1981 Doctor of Education
Alumni as givers : an analysis of donor nondonor behavior at a Comprehensive I institution Burgess-Getts, Linda, 1946- Education 1992 Doctor of Education
Mattering doesn't matter : an analysis of adult undergraduate persistence patterns Fauber, Terri Laskey. Education 1996 Doctor of Education
Peer influence within the student residential environment : the effectiveness of educational crime prevention programming Bisese, Stephen Damian, 1961- Education 1992 Doctor of Education
The personal motivation system of Hispanic female students as measured by the picture identification test Muguira, Martha Lazeano, 1946- Education 1991 Doctor of Education
Student attendance and its relationship to achievement and student engagement in primary classrooms Thayer-Smith, Roberta Adams. Education 2007 Doctor of Education
The effects of client centered group counseling and relaxation on the self concept and negative bahavior of junior high school students who are disciplinary problems Kaggwa, Gladys Hammond, 1934- Education 1979 Doctor of Education
A comparison of the relative efficiencies of reinforcement and trait-expectancy theories in the prediction and control of self-esteem Dooley, David Edward, 1936- Education 1976 Doctor of Education
Adult attentional functioning in families with children diagnosed as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder McDonough, Michael C., 1950- Education 1996 Doctor of Education
A study of professional development at three midwestern, urban, public elementary schools with increased student achievement in reading Gregory, Valerie Hastings, 1950- Education 2001 Doctor of Education
Helping first-year college students climb the academic ladder : report of a national survey of freshman seminar programming in American higher education Barefoot, Betsy O. 1944- Education 1992 Doctor of Education
An analysis of the effects of a faculty advisor training program and certain other variables upon student satisfaction Reichard, Donald Leroy. Education 1981 Doctor of Education
A history of governance at Lee College : a study in Pentecostal higher education Stephens, Raphael Weller, 1940- Education 1981 Doctor of Education
A comparative study of students served in a transitional first grade with students retained in grade and regularly promoted students Iovino, Philip, 1948- Education 1991 Doctor of Education
The relationships between socioeconomic status, sex, self-concept, academic achievement, and course selection of urban black tenth-grade students Chappell, Earl Birges, 1944- Education 1979 Doctor of Education
Training peer professionals in career services : an analysis of current practices Whitt, Melissa Jayne, 1964- Education 1993 Doctor of Education
School climate and state standards : a study of the relationships between middle school organizational climate and student achievement on the Virginia standards of learning tests Parish, Jennifer Bishop, 1966- Education 2002 Doctor of Education
A policy analysis of the federally mandated undergraduate desegregation criteria measured by retention strategies for minority students at a senior public traditionally white institution in Virginia Simmonds, Robert M., 1947- Education 1985 Doctor of Education
The relationship between trait anxiety, locus of control and counselor interpersonal process variables Hollingsworth, Lawrence Adrian, 1949- Education 1979 Doctor of Education
Predictors of role conflict, role ambiguity, and propensity to leave among academic department secretaries Vrooman, Rona J., 1953- Education 1990 Doctor of Education
Children left behind : an examination of the effects of a school counselor coordinated career development program and student and contextual factors on the post-secondary educational plans of students with learning disabilities Lamm, Cindy Robins, 1956- Education 2008 Doctor of Education
A study of student attrition at a small, rural community college : a test of the Bean and Metzner model Harris, Alan Michael, 1953- Education 1992 Doctor of Education
The relationship of selected variables to stress and job satisfaction of elementary school principals Murphy, Mary L., 1943- Education 1982 Doctor of Education
An exploratory study of factors that relate to academic success among high-achieving African American males Thomas, Kianga Rhea, 1972- Education 2008 Doctor of Education
A meta-analysis of the effectiveness of educational treatment programs for emotionally disturbed students Rosenbaum, Claire Millhiser, 1934- Education 1983 Doctor of Education
Institutional origin : labor market signaling in higher education Wyer, Jean Conover, 1950- Education 1980 Doctor of Education
Fostering parental engagement in a rural Title I elementary school McDowell, Joyce R., 1957-, Education 2014 Doctor of Education
A study of battered women utilizing the California Psychological Inventory - Revised, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, the Constructive Thinking Inventory and the demographic variable of times previously separated Grenier, Martha Miller, 1940- Education 1992 Doctor of Education
What predicts alumni satisfaction? : the impact of investment, involvement, and post-college outcomes Barnes, Amy Catherine, 1976- Education 2007 Doctor of Education
Faculty sense of academic optimism and its relationship to students' achievement in well performing high schools Cromartie, Michael Tyrone, 1974-, Education 2013 Doctor of Education
Faculty trust and its impact on voluntary teacher turnover intentions Reid, Loree Cobb. Education 2008 Doctor of Education
Relationships between selected teacher characteristics and tendencies toward collective action Sternberg, Richard Stephen. Education 1975 Doctor of Education
ROTC continuation model : a model for predicting whether Army ROTC cadets will terminate with the basic course or continue into the advanced course Ivey, George Napoleon. Education 1982 Doctor of Education
Food for thought : the collegiate way of living Charlton, David Holland, 1951- Education 1985 Doctor of Education
President J.A.C. Chandler and the first women faculty at the College of William and Mary Whittenburg, Carolyn Sparks, 1946- Education 2004 Doctor of Education
An historical analysis of the development of teacher training at the State Normal School Farmville, Virginia, 1884-1924 Simmons, Betty Jo Whitaker, 1939- Education 1988 Doctor of Education
A study of the differential effects of three career counseling techniques on career-related activities and attitudes of black college freshmen Burke, Judith Glenn, 1939- Education 1978 Doctor of Education
Quality practices of alternative education learning environments as represented in Virginia's Individual Student Alternative Education Plan (ISAEP) program Feltman, Doris R., 1956-, Education 2012 Doctor of Education
Language disability and measures of intelligence in handicapped children : a comparison of the McCarthy scales of children's abilities and the Leiter international performance scale Vulpe, Shirley-Ann German, 1939- Education 1983 Doctor of Education
A comparison of the critical thinking dispositions of arts and non-arts undergraduates Lampert, Nancy Ann. Education 2005 Doctor of Education
Counselor reputation and previous performance as an influence upon counselee interaction and attitude in a group experience Harris, Janice Lee, 1936- Education 1973 Doctor of Education
The impact of live supervision on the family therapist's level of immediacy, anxiety, responsiveness, and genuineness Bistline, John L. Education 1982 Doctor of Education
Effects of hotline voice quality on willingness to self-disclose Musika, Nancy Sherman, 1939- Education 1978 Doctor of Education
Principals' knowledge of legal issues related to search and seizure issues in Virginia Kalafatis, Nicholas Everett. Education 1999 Doctor of Education
Career patterns of collegiate administrators in Virginia Rowland, Hugh Carrington, 1951- Education 1987 Doctor of Education
An exploratory study of teachers' critical thinking in elementary language arts classrooms McGowan, Susan. Education 2007 Doctor of Education
The relationships between teacher self-efficacy beliefs, teacher job satisfaction, socioeconomic status and student academic success Gresham, Dana Elizabeth. Education 2001 Doctor of Education