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
The development of a state system of teacher certification in Virginia, 1870-1950 Helmer, James McKinley, 1912- Education 1950 Master of Education
The development of the elementary music curriculum guide for Princess Anne County-Virginia Beach city schools Korte, Irene Altheide, 1920- Education 1962 Master of Education
Role of the school in a cooperative program for prevention of juvenile delinquency Killinger, Josephine Peters. Education 1948 Master of Education
An evaluation of the public relations program of the public schools of Alleghany County, Virginia Hodnett, Walter Lee. Education 1950 Master of Education
Educational implications of local property assessments in the lower peninsula region of Virginia Peele, Benjamin Thomas, 1912- Education 1948 Master of Education
The relation between improvement in reading achievement and self-concept in fifth-grade groups Hedrick, Alice Margaret. Education 1971 Master of Education
Enhancing organizational effectiveness through use of the Myers- Briggs type indicator Thompson, Patricia Sclater. Education 1988 Master of Education
An analysis of the functions of the visiting teacher in Virginia Sawyer, Edith Alva, 1913- Education 1948 Master of Education
A study of college admissions policies in Virginia as a limitation on the development of the high school curriculum MacGregor, John M. Education 1950 Master of Education
A proposed physical education curriculum for boys in Virginia high schools Simonson, Louis Asbury, 1911- Education 1948 Master of Education
Suggested activities for exploration and guidance in the eighth grade at Fieldale High School Atkinson, Paul Tulane Education 1952 Master of Education
A suggested procedure for developing a handbook in an elementary school Moore, Charles Nottingham. Education 1950 Master of Education
The establishment of sixth grade reading norms Dunn, Julian Bascom. Education 1954 Master of Education
The development and appraisal of a reporting system in Kilmarnock school Chase, Henri Bertram. Education 1952 Master of Education
The continuing school census system in a small city Good, Horace James, 1919- Education 1947 Master of Education
Leisure time activities of intermediate grade children at Mat[t]hew Whaley School Schneider, Berta Lynnette. Education 1950 Master of Education
The initiation and development of student government in a junior high school Wilkins, Ruth Jones, 1904- Education 1948 Master of Education
Teaching as guidance Etheridge, Jeanne Bell. Education 1954 Master of Education
The development of an industrial arts measurement knowledge test Gutzler, Chester H. Education 1952 Master of Education
A study of personnel practices and teacher morale Jeter, Margaret Jeter, 1900- Education 1947 Master of Education
An analysis and appraisal of the women's intramural sports program at the College of William and Mary, 1945-1950 Smith, Inez Lois, 1926- Education 1950 Master of Education
Human induced cyclical erosion due to altered sediment bypassing mechanisms of a barrier island and the resultant impact on the housing market Fallon, Andy (Andrew R.), Marine Science 2015 Master of Science
Diet of the sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus, in Chesapeake Bay and adjacent waters Ellis, Julia K., 1974- Marine Science 2003 Master of Science
A framework for construction and analysis of juvenile abundance indices for American shad (Alosa sapidissima) in the York River, Virginia Aiken, Mary Lynn, 1975- Marine Science 2000 Master of Science
A new packet filter : fast packet filtering by exploiting CISC and SIMD ISA Wu, Zhenyu, 1982- Computer Science 2007 Master of Science
Dynamics and Composition of the Extracellular Polymeric Substances Produced by Benthic Microalgae: An in situ 13C and 15N Approach Salisbury, Stephanie Kara, 1985- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science
Studies of molecular dynamics of Fmoc-Alanine-d3 through solid state deuteron nuclear magnetic resonance Sun, Jianhua, 1986-, Applied Science 2013 Master of Science
Physical processes behind delta propagation and flood layer dynamics, Po River, Italy Bever, Aaron J. Marine Science 2006 Master of Science
Treatment of synchronizations in compiling fine-grained SPMD-threaded programs for CPU Guo, Ziyu. Computer Science 2011 Master of Science
Long-term change in copepod community structure in the western Antarctic Peninsula : linkage to climate and implications for carbon cycling Gleiber, Miram Rayzel, Marine Science 2014 Master of Science
Oyster reef restoration in Virginia : broodstock addition & nutrient exchanges Sorabella, Laurie Ann, 1972- Marine Science 2002 Master of Science
Quantifying watershed loads to a low relief, coastal plain estuary, the New River Estuary, N.C. Koroknay, Brittani J. Marine Science 2012 Master of Science
Pax5 signatures : the identification of Pax5 isoforms in developing and activated B cell populations of rainbow trout MacMurray, Elizabeth Anne. Biology 2012 Master of Science
The influence of Zostera marina and Ruppia maritima on habitat structure and function in a changing environment in the Chesapeake Bay French, Emily D., Marine Science 2015 Master of Science
Spatial, geostatistical, and fractal measures of seafloor microtopography across the Eel River shelf, off northern California Cutter, George Randall. Marine Science 1997 Master of Science
Biology of mated triploid Crassostrea ariakensis in multiple environments : gametogenesis, sex ratio, disease prevalence, and reversion Erskine, Alan J., 1971- Marine Science 2003 Master of Science
Bioremediation of tributyltin contaminated sediment using Spartina alterniflora in a created tidal wetland Anderson, Britt-Anne, 1974- Marine Science 2000 Master of Science
Molecular marker development for the discrimination of Atlantic and Pacific blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) Sorenson, Laurie, 1981- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science
Evaluating the potential for adaptive response to mercury in captive-dosed Zebra finches/ Buck, Kenton August, Biology 2013 Master of Science
Population genetic structure of escolar (Lepidocybium flavobrunneum) and a molecular phylogeny of the Trichiuroidea Brendtro, Kirsten, 1982- Marine Science 2006 Master of Science
Vegetation dynamics of a tidal freshwater marsh : long-term and inter-annual variability and their relationship to salinity Davies, Sarah B., 1976- Marine Science 2004 Master of Science
Seasonal movements, habitat utilization, and comparative scale morphology of white marlin (Kajikia albida) and roundscale spearfish (Tetrapturus georgii) Loose, Emily L., 1976-, Marine Science 2014 Master of Science
Temporal and spatial variation in reproductive output of the veined rapa whelk (Rapana venosa) in the Chesapeake Bay Ware, Catherine C., 1979- Marine Science 2002 Master of Science
Shedding light on the estuarine coastal filter : the relative importance of benthic macroalgae in shallow photic systems Maxey, Johnathan Daniel. Marine Science 2012 Master of Science
Sexual dimorphism, diet, and body condition of Rusty Blackbirds wintering in Virginia McGann, Andrew John. Biology 2012 Master of Science
The reproductive biology of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) in Chesapeake Bay Gervasi, Carissa L., 1989- Marine Science 2015 Master of Science
Targeting wetland preservation areas for compensatory mitigation utilizing a GIS protocol Dancy, Lynn M., 1970- Marine Science 1997 Master of Science
Imposex as an indication of butyltin exposure in the veined rapa whelk (Rapana venosa), a Chesapeake Bay invader Jestel, Ethan Alexander, 1976- Marine Science 2003 Master of Science
Seasonal residence, movement, and activity patterns of adult tautog, Tautoga onitis, in lower Chesapeake Bay Arendt, Michael D., 1974- Marine Science 2000 Master of Science
Mercury exposure assessment of South River floodplain birds Wang, Jincheng, 1986- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science