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 water quality model in Baltimore Harbor, Back River, and the adjacent upper Chesapeake Bay Liu, Hui, 1972- Marine Science 2002 Master of Science
Heavy metal complexes of mixed S,N donor ligands : x-ray crystallography and solution-state 1H NMR Lai, Wei, 1976- Chemistry 2005 Master of Science
Prey utilization and energy demand of a breeding peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) population Long, Elizabeth Claire. Biology 2009 Master of Science
Inactive sulfide mounds of the Manus Basin : invertebrate composition and potential for a chemoautotrophic food web Erickson, Kristin Lynn, 1973- Biology 2007 Master of Science
A molecular phylogeny of the genus Bonamia based on sequence data of the ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene complex White, Delonna M., 1982- Marine Science 2008 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
Silver-polyimide nanocomposite films : single-stage synthesis and analysis of metalized partially-fluorinated polyimide BTDA/4-BDAF prepared from silver(I) complexes Abelard, Joshua Erold Robert. Chemistry 2010 Master of Science
Evaluation of opercular bones for aging eight species of Chesapeake Bay fishes Sipe, Ann M., 1973- Marine Science 2001 Master of Science
The total synthesis of the lolium alkaloids Hovey, Michael Todd. Chemistry 2011 Master of Science
Environmental analysis of selected estrogens and androgens : applying ultra-performance liquid chromatography and combating matrix interference Rice, Stacie L. Marine Science 2009 Master of Science
Sources of sedimentary organic matter in the Mississippi River and adjacent Gulf of Mexico Waterson, Elizabeth J., 1977- Marine Science 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
Comparison of the fate of dissolved organic matter in two coastal systems : Hog Island Bay, VA (USA) and Plum Island Sound, MA (USA) Lunsford, Tami L., 1976- Marine Science 2002 Master of Science
BI(III) initiated cyclization reactions and iodonium fragmentation kinetics Lian, Yajing, 1981- Chemistry 2005 Master of Science
Previous experience shapes mate preferences of female zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) Minton, Kelly Caroline. Biology 2009 Master of Science
Mercury exposure in terrestrial insectivorous birds Friedman, Scott Lawrence. Biology 2007 Master of Science
Variability in geologic framework and shoreline change : Assateague and Wallops Islands, Eastern Shore of Virginia Wikel, Geoffrey L., 1976- Marine Science 2008 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
Multifunctional polymer synthesis and incorporation of gadolinium compounds and modified tungsten nanoparticles for improvement of radiation shielding for use in outer space Harbert, Emily Grace. Chemistry 2010 Master of Science
Reproductive biology of Atlantic croaker, Micropogonias undulatus, in the Chesapeake Bay Watkins, Elizabeth Shaw, 1974- Marine Science 2001 Master of Science
Investigation of Hg(II) solution speciation by ESI-MS and proton NMR Nestor, Madeline R. Chemistry 2011 Master of Science
Development of a storm surge model using a high-resolution unstructured grid over a large domain Shen, Tao, 1983- Marine Science 2009 Master of Science
Myctophid feeding ecology and carbon transport along the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge Hudson, Jeanna M. Marine Science 2012 Master of Science
Effects of habitat fragmentation on the utilization of eelgrass (Zostera marina) by mobile epifauna and macrofauna Marion, Scott R., 1976- Marine Science 2002 Master of Science
Synthesis and characterization of hydrogen-rich polyimide materials for radiation shielding Yang, Sha, 1980- Chemistry 2005 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
Mortality of diamondback terrapins in blue crab traps : population changes and conservation in southeastern Virginia Rook, Megan Ann. Biology 2009 Master of Science
Repeatability of mate preferences and mate-choice copying in female zebra finches Houck, Amanda Karen, 1983- Biology 2007 Master of Science
Evaluating the use of flow-through larval culture for the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica Reiner, Stephanie L., 1985- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science
Computational and experimental investigations of gas-phase thermodynamics of non-protein amino acids Janiga, Ashley R. Chemistry 2010 Master of Science
A descriptive study of the reproductive biology of the veined rapa whelk (Rapana venosa) in the Chesapeake Bay Westcott, Erica S., 1977- Marine Science 2001 Master of Science
Synthesis and fluorescence studies of spirooxazine-functionalized poly(phenylene vinylene) prepared via Gilch polymerization and click chemistry Peth, Kathryn Anne. Chemistry 2011 Master of Science
Toxicology of decabromodiphenyl ether in avian embryos : disposition of the flame retardant BDE-209 in yolk-injected chicken embryos (Gallus gallus) Sifleet, Samantha D., 1980- Marine Science 2009 Master of Science
Sediment deposition and reworking : a modeling study using isotopically tagged sediment classes Birchler, Justin J., 1988- Marine Science 2014 Master of Science
Habitat utilization and trophic interactions by fauna in a shallow estuary : comparisons between clam aquaculture and natural sites Kling, Lara Gates, 1987- Marine Science 2012 Master of Science
Use of remote sensing to identify essential habitat for Aeschynomene virginica (L.) BSP, a threatened tidal freshwater wetland plant Mountz, Elizabeth M., 1974- Marine Science 2002 Master of Science
Markov chain modeling for multi-server clusters Hua, Zhili. Computer Science 2005 Master of Science
A computer-assisted instruction program in mathematics Lawrence, William Lindsay, 1947- Applied Science 1973 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
Targeting wetland preservation areas for compensatory mitigation utilizing a GIS protocol Dancy, Lynn M., 1970- Marine Science 1997 Master of Science
Identification and quantification of polycyclic musks and methyl-triclosan in unknown freshwater fish tissue samples Jacobs, Elizabeth Mara. Chemistry 2009 Master of Science
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
Effects of mercury on condition and coloration of belted kingfishers White, Ariel Elizabeth, 1982- Biology 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
Monogenetic trematodes from some Chesapeake Bay fishes McMahon, John Walter. Marine Science 1959 Master of Science
Processing and conversion of algae to bioethanol Kampfe, Sara Katherine. Chemistry 2010 Master of Science
An examination of potential conflict between SAV and hard clam aquaculture in the lower Chesapeake Bay Woods, Helen. Marine Science 2001 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
Treatment of synchronizations in compiling fine-grained SPMD-threaded programs for CPU Guo, Ziyu. Computer Science 2011 Master of Science
Investigating the relationships between recruitment indices and estimates of adult abundance for striped bass, weakfish, and Atlantic croaker Woodward, Justine R., 1981- Marine Science 2009 Master of Science