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 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
Bioremediation of tributyltin contaminated sediment using Spartina alterniflora in a created tidal wetland Anderson, Britt-Anne, 1974- Marine Science 2000 Master of Science
Understanding the origins, dispersal, and evolution of Bonamia species (Phylum Haplosporidia) based on genetic analyses of ribosomal RNA gene regions Hill, Kristina M., 1981- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science
Quantifying the overwash component of barrier island morphodynamics : Onslow Beach, NC Foxgrover, Amy C. Marine Science 2009 Master of Science
Meiofauna abundance and distribution in Chesapeake Bay : relationships with environmental stressors, sediment toxicity and macrofauna Metcalfe, William J., 1977- Marine Science 2005 Master of Science
Reactive sulfur : redox reactions of cysteines and methionines in the cytoskeletal protein tubulin Hagedorn, Tara Dawn. Chemistry 2011 Master of Science
Effects of salinity and nitrogen on the distribution and growth of Phragmites australis along the Rappahannock River Packett, Carmen Rebekah, 1981- Biology 2005 Master of Science
Evaluating persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and mercury in the west Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) food web, with a focus on Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) Brault, Emily K. Marine Science 2012 Master of Science
Using an occupancy modeling framework to test the effects of habitat variables on pond occupancy of Mabee's salamander (A. mabeei) and marbled salamander (A. opacum) Fairman, Christy Michelle. Biology 2009 Master of Science
Chesapeake Coastal Community Flood Vulnerability - Prediction and Verification Renaud, Alexander D., 1987- Marine Science 2016 Master of Science
Spatial and temporal distributions of organic matter and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in surface waters of the York River, VA estuary Countway, Rebecca E. Marine Science 1999 Master of Science
Influences of habitat conditions on submerged aquatic vegetation development in the Chickahominy River and other Virginia tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay Shields, Erin C., 1981- Marine Science 2008 Master of Science
Survival in an urbanized landscape : radio-tracking fledgling eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis) on golf courses Jackson, Allyson Kathleen. Biology 2010 Master of Science
Automatically generating random test data for relevant and implicitly defined subdomains Murphy, John Alexander, 1984- Computer Science 2008 Master of Science
A framework for implementing bioinformatics knowledge-exploration systems Hayes, John A., 1979- Applied Science 2004 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
Development of a method for quantifying the air-sea flux of volatile organic carbon Jayne, Emily A., 1987- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science
Hydrography and phytoplankton distribution in the Amundsen and Ross Seas Fragoso, Glaucia M., 1984- Marine Science 2009 Master of Science
Shore-oblique bars, nearshore gravel outcrops, and their correlation to shoreline change Schupp, Courtney A., 1978- Marine Science 2005 Master of Science
Investigations of the fragmentation spectra of dipeptides containing lysine and its non-protein amino acid homologs Hamdy, Omar. Chemistry 2011 Master of Science
Response to selection of Peromyscus leucopus : response of spermatogenesis and reproductive behavior to selection on gonadal development in an outbred population of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) Sharp, Kathleen Rathbun, 1979- Biology 2005 Master of Science
The consequences of shoreline development for near-shore communities in Chesapeake Bay, USA : a before-after control-impact study Davenport, Theresa M. Marine Science 2012 Master of Science
Water quality in headwater streams : a test of best management practices Holley, Jonathan Worth. Biology 2009 Master of Science
On shelf-slope water mass exchanges near Washington Canyon and Norfolk Canyon in the Mid-Atlantic Bight Wang, Haixing, Marine Science 2016 Master of Science
Magneto-optical imaging of superconducting MgB2 thin films Hummert, Stephanie Maria. Applied Science 2007 Master of Science
Indo-Pacific population structure of the black marlin, Makaira indica, inferred from molecular markers Falterman, Brett, 1974- Marine Science 1999 Master of Science
Mycobacteriosis in striped bass, Morone saxatilis, from Virginia waters of Chesapeake Bay Cardinal, Jennifer L., 1975- Marine Science 2001 Master of Science
Small mammal habitat uses of two natural and created wetlands in southeastern Virginia Mueller, Amanda McKenney, 1972- Marine Science 1997 Master of Science
Effects of adaptive foragers on the diversity and functioning of assembled model communities Tarantino, William J., 1983- Marine Science 2008 Master of Science
Assessing the functional status of created wetlands in eastern Virginia via a soil and vegetative developmental trajectory Kreisel, Sara Elizabeth, 1985- Biology 2010 Master of Science
Parallel unstructured grid generation for complex real-world aerodynamic simulations Zagaris, George, 1982- Computer Science 2008 Master of Science
Microgeographic population genetic structure of the mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus L.) inhabiting an industrialized waterway Arzayus, Luis Felipe, 1964- Marine Science 2000 Master of Science
Ecological, physiological, and bio-optical characteristics of Phaeocystis globosa in coastal waters of south central Vietnam Liu, Xiao, 1987- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science
Egg capsule hatching success in Rapana venosa and Urosalpinx cinerea in relation to temperature and salinity Gera, Stephanie M., 1984- Marine Science 2009 Master of Science
Transfer of essential fatty acids by marine plankton Veloza, Adriana J., 1980- Marine Science 2005 Master of Science
The total synthesis of the lolium alkaloids Hovey, Michael Todd. Chemistry 2011 Master of Science
Reproductive attributes of polynoid polychaetes from hydrothermal vents on the East Pacific Rise Wallace, Jessica Lynn, 1981- Biology 2005 Master of Science
Relationships among fine sediment settling and suspension, bed erodibility, and particle type in the York River Estuary, Virginia Fall, Kelsey A. Marine Science 2012 Master of Science
Female plumage coloration in eastern bluebirds, Sialia sialis : is it a sexually selected trait? Hubbard, Joanna Kay. Biology 2009 Master of Science
Magnetization dynamics and anisotropy in ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic Ni/NiO bilayers Petersen, Andreas. Applied Science 2007 Master of Science
Medium- and long-term changes in fluvial discharge to the sea : the Yellow River case study Galler, John J. 1975- Marine Science 1999 Master of Science
Growth patterns of three species of catfish (Ictaluridae) from three Virginia tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay Connelly, William J. Marine Science 2001 Master of Science
Modeling mercury biomagnification in the South River Tom, Kyle R., 1984- Marine Science 2008 Master of Science
In vitro application of gold nanoprobes in live neurons for phenotypical classification, connectivity assessment, and electrophysiological recording Mendoza, Karl C. Biology 2010 Master of Science
Field measurement of mixed grain size suspension in the nearshore under waves Battisto, Grace M. Marine Science 2000 Master of Science
The effects of seagrass species and trophic interactions in experimental seagrass communities Moore, Althea F. P., 1980- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science
Nutrient loading and system response in the coastal lagoons of the Delmarva Giordano, Juliette Christina Poleto, 1983- Marine Science 2009 Master of Science
Hypoxia in shallow coastal waters : a case study in Onancock Creek, Virginia Wang, Taiping, 1978- Marine Science 2005 Master of Science
Investigation of Hg(II) solution speciation by ESI-MS and proton NMR Nestor, Madeline R. Chemistry 2011 Master of Science
A new approach to the synthesis of PVC graft copolymers Chen, Guangde, 1981- Chemistry 2005 Master of Science