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
Organizational justice perceptions of Virginia high school teachers : relationships to organizational citizenship behavior and student achievement Burns, William R. Travis. Education 2012 Doctor of Education
Teachers' perspectives of effective lesson planning : a comparative analysis Straessle, Jessica Miller Wunderle, 1979-, Education 2014 Doctor of Education
Factors influencing school board decisions on redistricting Morgan, Frank E. Education 1999 Doctor of Education
A descriptive study of offices of institutional research in Virginiaʼs public senior colleges and universities Jordan, Janie C., 1936- Education 1976 Doctor of Education
The relationships between experience, credentials, ego development, and conceptual level of national certified counselors Diambra, Joel Foster, 1960- Education 1997 Doctor of Education
In search of a home : an historical analysis of the major factors concerning the location of Virginia Commonwealth University Williams, Ann Laurens, 1947- Education 1985 Doctor of Education
Interorganizational relationships in higher education : a case study Roche, Paul Edward, 1957- Education 2002 Doctor of Education
Interactional characteristics of facial pain patients and their spouses : assessment of self-report and behavioral observation measures of cohesion, adaptability, and marital satisfaction Boll, Pamela Guyler. Education 1990 Doctor of Education
An historical policy analysis of educational articulation : a case study of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1966-1990 Singleton, Maxine Branch, 1945- Education 1991 Doctor of Education
The effect of a performance curriculum in human relations on attitudes, verbal communication, and interpersonal relationship of teacher trainee Graham, Frances D. Education 1979 Doctor of Education
A study of teacher effectiveness training upon secondary school teachers and their pupils Cox, William Norwood, 1936- Education 1978 Doctor of Education
Efficacy of self-instructional training in the management of test anxiety : a primary prevention model Wagner, Rita Schreyer, 1937- Education 1991 Doctor of Education
Declining student enrollment in Virginia 1972-1981 : an examination of its extent, State Board of Education policies, and changes effected by selected school divisions Pruden, Edward Hughes, 1950- Education 1983 Doctor of Education
A study of certain attitudinal and biographical characteristics of upper echelon administrators in the Virginia community college system Hurd, Paul St. Clair, 1936- Education 1973 Doctor of Education
The principal's role in fostering teacher collaboration for students with special needs Tindall, Evie Ruth, 1941- Education 1996 Doctor of Education
Comprehensive services for students with serious emotional disturbances : an analysis of state legislation and policy Hill, Elizabeth B., 1946- Education 1996 Doctor of Education
A cognitive-development approach to professional ethics training for counselor education students Chase, Nicole Marie, 1954- Education 1998 Doctor of Education
The relationship of principal's level of moral development and school organizational climate Young, James L. 1941-2012. Education 1978 Doctor of Education
A phenomenological investigation of women's experience in family counseling : interviews with ten mothers Krumpe, Sharon W., 1947- Education 2002 Doctor of Education
Retention of novice teachers : a study of factors that affect their decisions to stay Handley, Kimberly Dawn. Education 2005 Doctor of Education
A union of church and state : the Freedmen's Bureau and the education of African Americans in Virginia from 1865-1871 Butler, Aaron Jason, 1978- Education 2013 Doctor of Education
A study of the relationships of parents' locus of control and child-rearing attitudes to children's locus of control Strate, Mary Margaret, 1952- Education 1987 Doctor of Education
Women returning to community college : a response to life changes and a desire for a revised identity (a case study of Paul D. Camp Community College) Morgan, Margaret Irene. Education 1987 Doctor of Education
An analysis of the role of principals supervising programs for students with disabilities in effective schools as defined by Virginia's outcome accountability project Williams, Helen C., 1947- Education 1993 Doctor of Education
The role of the superintendent in improving student achievement Boone, Melinda J. Education 2001 Doctor of Education
A comparison of the perceptions of the characteristics of secondary teachers by black and white secondary school students in an urban school district Sizemore, Robert Wilson, 1942- Education 1979 Doctor of Education
Effective teaching practices and teacher efficacy beliefs of International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme teachers Hutchings, Gregory C., 1977- Education 2010 Doctor of Education
Descriptive characteristics of inpatients with tardive dyskinesia as distinguished from inpatients without tardive dyskinesia Savage, Lucy Glover, 1952- Education 1980 Doctor of Education
Teacher self-efficacy, content and pedagogical knowledge, and their relationship to student achievement in algebra I Fox, Antonia M., Education 2014 Doctor of Education
Separation-individuation and older adolescents with disruptive classroom behavior Lockwood, Eunice Esther, 1942- Education 1995 Doctor of Education
Dimensions of principal support behaviors and their relationship to organizational citizenship behaviors and student achievement in high schools Tindle, Jennifer A. Education 2012 Doctor of Education
The effects of a program of structured group counseling on the self-concept and leadership skills of disadvantaged gifted elementary school students Hill, Sheila Gibbs, 1949- Education 1982 Doctor of Education
An extension of dyadic counseling to multi-family group training with application for Head Start families Zanetti, Janet J. Education 1996 Doctor of Education
The effects of social skills training on the prevention of perceived stress, depression, and social anxiety of Taiwanese graduate students in the U.S. Kuo, Li-An, 1955- Education 1993 Doctor of Education
Faculty moonlighting : an exploratory study of the motivation for seeking outside employment and its relationship to the effectiveness of community college faculty Hanks, Joanna Davis. Education 1996 Doctor of Education
The college going choice in Virginia : a study in the demand for higher education Butler, Thomas Edward, 1949- Education 1987 Doctor of Education
Drivin' trucks, huntin' bucks, and reading Aristotle? : the rural student's college choice dilemma Strawn, Rachel Mayes, Education 2014 Doctor of Education
A study of the 45-15 cycled-attendance plan for year-round operation of schools in Prince William County, Virginia Mounie, James Colin, 1934- Education 1972 Doctor of Education
The impact of legislation and litigation on the education of students with autism spectrum disorders Joy, Selena M. Education 2008 Doctor of Education
Faculty and multicultural education : an analysis of the levels of curricular integration within a community college system Williams, Lillian Hoggard, 1948- Education 2000 Doctor of Education
The juggling act female administrators preform between their professional and nonprofessional lives Roesch, Betsy Taylor. Education 1995 Doctor of Education
Information gathering by trustees for decision-making : informal and formal sources Bostain, Dyanne Strohkorb, 1948- Education 1988 Doctor of Education
A study of administrators' perceptions of change in three private liberal arts women's junior colleges : Averett, Southern Seminary, Virginia Intermont, in Virginia from 1966 to 1976 Smith, Aine Marguerite Peterson, 1943- Education 1978 Doctor of Education
Metaphors we make school by : the debate on school of choice McConachie, Stephanie M. Education 1992 Doctor of Education
An investigation of the efficacy of group counseling with emotionally disturbed middle school students Grainer, Michael Scott, 1953- Education 1986 Doctor of Education
Relationships between job description, role behavior, and effectiveness of elementary school assistant principals in Virginia public elementary schools Craig, Elsie W., 1941- Education 1983 Doctor of Education
Adult children of alcoholics : measuring the personality characteristics of autonomy, inferiority and intimacy Walker, Cynthia Ann, 1955- Education 1994 Doctor of Education
Recommended practices for effective teaching in the international baccalaureate program : an examination of instructional skills, assessment practices, and teacher-efficacy beliefs of IB teachers Hutchinson, Linda Prince. Education 2004 Doctor of Education
Multi-directional learning between delinquent children and their parents : the child's relationship on caretaking control, and the caretaker's style on the child's self-concept and social interaction Savage, Ronald, 1942- Education 1979 Doctor of Education
A study of the relationship of age to psychological type in couples entering marriage Lockwood, William A., 1943- Education 1988 Doctor of Education