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 energetics of seasonal reproductive inhibition in white-footed mice Rightler, Michelle E., 1972- Biology 2001 Master of Arts
Parasitism in deep-sea chemosynthetic mussels : parasitism in Bathymodiolus mussels from deep-sea seep and hydrothermal vents Ward, Megan E., 1978- Biology 2004 Master of Arts
The vascular flora of western Isle of Wight County, Virginia Plunkett, Gregory Michael, 1965- Biology 1990 Master of Arts
The influence of hypothalamic steroid implants on ovulation and ovarian growth and function in the iguanid lizard, Sceleporus cyanogenys McConnell, William F. Biology 1970 Master of Arts
Immunological identification of a centrin homologue in the red alga Gracilaria tikvahiae Dassler, Christopher Lee, 1966- Biology 1991 Master of Arts
Asymmetrical sensory and motor patterns in individuals with inverted and noninverted handwriting postures Pope, James Brian, 1962- Biology 1988 Master of Arts
Effect of parietalectomy on oxygen consumption, heart rate and ventilatory in Sceloporus occidentalis Francis, Cleveland, 1944- Biology 1969 Master of Arts
Vascular flora of the Yorktown Colonial Parkway between Brackens Pond and Kings Creek Salle, Emily Depp, 1948- Biology 1972 Master of Arts
Eggshell thinning and pesticide residues in ospreys from the lower Chesapeake Bay Via, Jerry Waller, 1949- Biology 1975 Master of Arts
The response of freely growing laboratory populations of prairie deermice (Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii) to the administration of synthetic FSH/LH-RH Beier, John Martin, 1949- Biology 1974 Master of Arts
Edaphic factors and forest vegetation in Virginia coastal plain swamps Parsons, Susan Emily, 1954- Biology 1978 Master of Arts
The influence of golf course landscapes on the occupancy and reproductive success of eastern bluebirds Pitts, Marie Louise, 1984- Biology 2011 Master of Science
Nest site selection and foraging behavior of the bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) in Virginia Jaffee, Norman Bernard, 1952- Biology 1980 Master of Arts
Role of the cytoskeleton in nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of the thyroid hormone receptor Brock, Mandi Leigh Payne, 1977- Biology 2003 Master of Arts
A floristic study of Hone Quarry watershed, Rockingham County, Virginia Roe, Gerald Francis, 1943- Biology 1977 Master of Arts
Plumage as a habitat for bacilli Whitaker, Justine M., 1978- Biology 2004 Master of Arts
Reproduction in three species of lizards from Dominica, West Indies Somma, Carolynn Ann, 1946- Biology 1970 Master of Arts
Correlations between serum corticosterone level and reproductive fitness in laboratory populations of the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus LeucopusNoveboracensis) Ransone, Sterling Neblett, 1964- Biology 1988 Master of Arts
The secretion of antimicrobial material by aspen tissue (Populus tremuloides Michx.) Helton, Edward Dale, 1945- Biology 1969 Master of Arts
An experimental study of movement in natural populations of three species of rodents Staples, Patti Pawl, 1947- Biology 1972 Master of Arts
Vegetation and succession on Piedmont granitic outcrops of Virginia Berg, James D. Biology 1974 Master of Arts
A study of the circadian rhythm and pre and post puberty concentrations of serum prolactin in male prairie deermice (Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii) Thompson, Michael Kevin, 1950- Biology 1978 Master of Arts
The SUMO-targeted ubiquitin ligase subunit Slx5 functional interacts with the SUMO E3 ligase Siz1 Westerbeck, Jason William. Biology 2011 Master of Science
Reproductive biology of the egg parasite Gryon parkeri (Fouts) (Hymenoptera: scelionidae) Lampman, Richard Lee, 1953- Biology 1980 Master of Arts
Avian communities of created and natural wetlands : saltmarshes of southeast Virginia DesRochers, David William, 1977- Biology 2003 Master of Arts
The tidewater Virginia osprey population Seek, Gary Lynn, 1948- Biology 1977 Master of Arts
Breeding ecology, success, and population management of the piping plover (charadrius melodus) at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia Cross, Robert Richard, 1952- Biology 1996 Master of Arts
The pattern of RNA synthesis in dormant and germinating statoblasts of Pectinatella magnifica Proud, Virginia Kent, 1945- Biology 1969 Master of Arts
The effects of differential prenatal and postnatal social environments on sexual maturation of young prairie deermice Thomas, Donna Block, 1947- Biology 1972 Master of Arts
Ultrastructure of mitosis and gametogenesis in Cladophora flexuosa (Dillwyn) Harvey Bullock, Kenneth Wilson, 1950- Biology 1974 Master of Arts
Tolerance to soil type in rock outcrop plants Bennett, Nora Ann Coyne, 1962- Biology 1987 Master of Arts
Mate-guarding in the Australian zebra finch, Taeniopygia guttata : for males, protecting paternity is more important than extra-pair copulations Wilson, Leah Catherine, 1984- Biology 2011 Master of Science
Vegetative mitosis in the multinucleate green alga, Cladophora flexuosa : an ultrastructural study Lewis, Ruth Schwab, 1950- Biology 1980 Master of Arts
Analysis of prey selection in black skimmer, Rynchops niger, adults and chicks using continuous video monitoring Held, Renae Joyce, 1975- Biology 2003 Master of Arts
Social and reproductive consequences of bridging asymptotic laboratory populations of prairie deermice Swenson, Betty Ann, 1951- Biology 1977 Master of Arts
Evaluating the genotoxicity of quinacrine in mammals using the sister chromatid exchange test Ray, Sutapa, 1971- Biology 1996 Master of Arts
Plasma corticosterone levels in the male iguanid lizard, Sceloporus cyanogenys, under various physiological conditions Daugherty, David Reams, 1947- Biology 1971 Master of Arts
Cell division in the multicellular marine red alga Agardhiella Subulata Klepacki, Karel Joan, 1959- Biology 1994 Master of Arts
Microburst damage assessment and forest composition reconstruction after Hurricane Isabel in the College Woods, Williamsburg, VA Carlson-Drexler, Kjarstin Alane. Biology 2012 Master of Science
Spatial distribution, movement, and growth of the bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana Sebetich, Michael John, 1943- Biology 1969 Master of Arts
The effects of total body proton irradiation on the peripheral plasma corticosterone concentration and the ultrastructure of the zona fasciculata in Mus musculus Young, Robert James, 1946- Biology 1972 Master of Arts
The quantitative role of hemoglobin in oxygen uptake and oxygen storage in the ponderosa ark clam, Noetia Ponderosa Deaton, Lewis Edward, 1949- Biology 1974 Master of Arts
Reproductive success of the mute swan (Cygnus olor) in North central County Clare, Ireland McDonough, Catherine Anne, 1959- Biology 1987 Master of Arts
Seasonal changes in the growth and structure of the diatom Asterionella formosa Hassall in Lake Matoaka, Virginia Lundgren, Kathy Joyce, 1955- Biology 1980 Master of Arts
Homing success of migrants versus nonmigrants: do differences in spatial memory generalize across spatial scales? Keiser, Jeffrey T., 1966- Biology 2003 Master of Arts
Cyclic AMP and enzyme induction in aging cultures of Aspergillus ornatus Unger, Dennis Francis, 1951- Biology 1977 Master of Arts
Preferences of female Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii for proximity to males : implications for the evolution of the Bruce effect Sipe, Tavis Winton, 1973- Biology 1996 Master of Arts
Reproduction and estrogen induced vitellogenesis in Dipsosaurus dorsalis Gerstle, Jinny Franze. Biology 1971 Master of Arts
Social influences on reproductive maturation in female white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus noveboracensis) Mabry, Michelle Lee, 1968- Biology 1994 Master of Arts
Sublethal effects of methylmercury on the songbird immune response : an experimental study Lewis, Catherine Ann. Biology 2012 Master of Science