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 cognitive-development approach to professional ethics training for counselor education students Chase, Nicole Marie, 1954- Education 1998 Doctor of Education
Faculty ritual, solidarity, and cohesion : thirty-five years of change at Eastern Mennonite University Alleman, Nathan F., 1975- Education 2008 Doctor of Education
Serving students from a distance : a content analysis of persistent characteristics in distance learners Sorensen, Ann L., 1959- Education 2010 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
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
The relationship between cooperating teachers' feedback styles and the intrinsic motivation of student teachers Weber, Richard N., 1952- Education 1991 Doctor of Education
Organizational citizenship behaviors and technologically proficient university faculty Sechrist, Scott R. Education 2000 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
The role of the superintendent in improving student achievement Boone, Melinda J. Education 2001 Doctor of Education
An assessment of the impact of changes in the student-faculty ratio used in the budget formula for Virginia's colleges and universities on instructional costs per student, institutional complexity, and financial stability Tyree, L. Mark, 1953- Education 1984 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
Effective teaching practices and teacher efficacy beliefs of International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme teachers Hutchings, Gregory C., 1977- Education 2010 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
Teacher self-efficacy, content and pedagogical knowledge, and their relationship to student achievement in algebra I Fox, Antonia M., Education 2014 Doctor of Education
Fostering student achievement : a study of the relationship of collective teacher efficacy and student achievement Barr, Marilyn F. Education 2002 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 self-disclosure prediction and two types of interviewer modeling in the counseling interview Sykes, John David, 1943- Education 1976 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 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
Academic optimism and instructional leadership in urban elementary schools Allen, Angela M., 1974- Education 2011 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
A procedure to measure the effects of covert death anxiety on the physiological and affective responses of student nurses Weeks, John Luther, 1933- Education 1990 Doctor of Education
A comparative study of the course taking and performance patterns of high achieving secondary students Selberg, Dewelynn Joyce Heeb. Education 2009 Doctor of Education
A comparison of the critical thinking dispositions of arts and non-arts undergraduates Lampert, Nancy Ann. Education 2005 Doctor of Education
Information gathering by trustees for decision-making : informal and formal sources Bostain, Dyanne Strohkorb, 1948- Education 1988 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
Psychological characteristics of non-custodial fathers involved in child custody litigation Underwood, Sandra Wells, 1954- Education 1987 Doctor of Education
Effects of hotline voice quality on willingness to self-disclose Musika, Nancy Sherman, 1939- Education 1978 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
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
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
The effects of Preparing for Life as a University Student (PLUS) on student achievement, persistence, & integration Barreau, Pascal P., 1970- Education 2008 Doctor of Education
Fostering parental engagement in a rural Title I elementary school McDowell, Joyce R., 1957-, Education 2014 Doctor of Education
History of the Virginia Teachers Association, 1940-1965 Talbot, Alfred Kenneth, 1916- Education 1981 Doctor of Education
An experimental study of the effects of classroom instruction and clinical learning experiences on the attitudes of students of nursing toward the aged Hinchliffe, Elizabeth Barfield, 1936- Education 1979 Doctor of Education
Maintaining diversity in the shadows of conformity : Can a systematic attempt to maintain a university's distinctive mission override societal pressures for conformity? Clarin, Delrina Marie, 1937- Education 1996 Doctor of Education
Faculty trust and its impact on voluntary teacher turnover intentions Reid, Loree Cobb. Education 2008 Doctor of Education
An investigation of eligibility decision congruence among school administrators, psychologists, and social workers for Virginia's developmentally delayed population Faircloth, John William, 1956- Education 1991 Doctor of Education
An exploration into the induction of greater reflectiveness and lucidity in nocturnal dream reports Sparrow, Gregory Scott, 1951- Education 1983 Doctor of Education
An analysis of the perceptions of Virginia school superintendents and school board chairpersons concerning the role of the superintendent of schools in collective negotiations Hanna, Ira Richard, 1935- Education 1977 Doctor of Education
The effects of peer facilitator self-disclosure upon adolescent self-disclosure in a group interview Butler, William Arthur, 1946- Education 1977 Doctor of Education
The public service aspect of William and Mary's mission, 1906-1972 Patterson, Kathryn Jean Scarborough, 1952- Education 1991 Doctor of Education
A study of programs designed to stimulate students' independent reading Welsh, Elizabeth K. Education 1992 Doctor of Education
The relationship of principal-teacher attitude similarity to principal evaluations of teacher effectiveness Sellew, Joseph Frank, 1941- Education 1975 Doctor of Education
Jumping off the couch : infusing creativity into counselor education Lawrence, Christopher, Education 2012 Doctor of Education
Environmental and political correlates of appropriations for higher education in Virginia, 1950-1972 Bounds, Stuart Murray, 1944- Education 1974 Doctor of Education
Psychological development of infants conceived through in vitro fertilization Van de Water, Virginia Lee, 1949- Education 1988 Doctor of Education