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.

Showing 901 - 950 of 5288 entries
Title Author Department Year Degree
Structure and function of crustacean hemocyaninis Reese, John Edwin, 1962- Biology 1989 Master of Arts
The function of the cellular hemoglobin in the arcid clam Noetia ponderosa (Say) Freadman, Marvin Alan, 1949- Biology 1974 Master of Arts
Developmental ultrastructure of spermatia in Polysiphonia nigrescens and Dasya baillouviana (Rhodophyta) Haskell, Amy, 1950- Biology 1974 Master of Arts
Using a sonic net to deter pest bird species : excluding European starlings from food sources by disrupting their acoustic environment Mahjoub, Ghazi, Biology 2014 Master of Science
A Taxonomic treatment of the Gentianaceae in Virginia Hammond-Soltis, Georgia A., 1953- Biology 1979 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
Interactions between feather-degrading bacteria and feather coloration Gunderson, Alexander Rahn. Biology 2008 Master of Science
A study of food hoarding in freely growing laboratory populations of prairie deermice Rice, Linda Zawadsky, 1946- Biology 1972 Master of Arts
The roles of the pituitary-adrenal axis in the reproductive physiology of male prairie deermice (Peromyscus maniculatus bairdi) Coppes, John Charles, 1955- Biology 1980 Master of Science
Bird conservation value of golf courses LeClerc, Joshua Elliott, 1977- Biology 2004 Master of Arts
Anion and urea sensitivity of three elasmobranch hemoglobins Scholnick, David Allen, 1964- Biology 1989 Master of Arts
Seasonal phenotypic change and its effect on some life-history characteristics in Daphnia retrocurva (Cladocera) Bebak, Julie Anne, 1957- Biology 1983 Master of Arts
Ultrastructure of the seminiferous epithelium of prairie deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii) from a freely-growing, confined population Keller, Stephen Richard, 1950- Biology 1974 Master of Arts
Using human footprint models and land-cover variability to predict ecological processes Pouder, Jessica Anne, Biology 2014 Master of Science
Chitinoclastic bacteria from the mid-Atlantic shelf : distribution, taxonomy, and effect of oil on growth and chitin degradation Lister, Darbie Anne, 1953- Biology 1979 Master of Arts
Effects of urban development on breeding bird diversity : the role of diet and migration Larsen, Elise Anne. Biology 2008 Master of Science
Vascular flora of the Yorktown Colonial Parkway between Brackens Pond and Kings Creek Salle, Emily Depp, 1948- Biology 1972 Master of Arts
Azalea tissue culture Curry, Albert G., 1953- Biology 1980 Master of Arts
Specification and determination of GABAergic and glutamatergic neural phenotypes in Xenopus laevis Li, Mei. Biology 2004 Master of Arts
Nutritional influences on aging in Aspergillus ornatus Shah, Jaydeep Shantilal, 1966- Biology 1989 Master of Arts
Suboptimal foraging behavior by herring gulls Gamble, Jennifer R., 1976- Biology 2000 Master of Arts
The peregrine falcon in Virginia : survey of historic eyries and reintroduction effort Gabler, Johannes Kurt, 1957- Biology 1983 Master of Arts
Evidence for a role of the gill in osmotic regulation in the horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus Linnaeus Jackson, Susan Ann, 1958- Biology 1986 Master of Arts
The feeding ecology of the Chesapeake Bay ospreys and the growth and behavior of their young McLean, Peter Kleppinger, 1956- Biology 1986 Master of Arts
Edaphic adaptations in Talinum teretifolium (Portulacaceae) Pinion, Gary Eugene, 1948- Biology 1974 Master of Arts
Natural variation in fertility and GnRH neurons in a wild, natural population of white-footed mice, Peromyscus leucopus Proffitt, Melissa, Biology 2014 Master of Science
Notes on the comparative ecology of Cottus bairdi and Cottus girardi in Naked Creek, Virginia Matheson, Richard Edmond, 1952- Biology 1979 Master of Arts
Analysis of sequence variation at two Helicobacter pylori genetic loci potentially involved in virulence Liechti, George Warren. Biology 2008 Master of Science
An experimental study of movement in natural populations of three species of rodents Staples, Patti Pawl, 1947- Biology 1972 Master of Arts
The osmotic fragility of red blood cells of marine animals : a comparative study Demanche, Robert, 1955- Biology 1980 Master of Arts
The influence of salinity on diet composition, provisioning patterns, and nestling growth in bald eagles in the lower Chesapeake Bay Markham, Ann Catherine. Biology 2004 Master of Arts
Vascular flora of northwestern Highland County, Virginia Theodose, Theresa Alee, 1962- Biology 1989 Master of Arts
Function and regulation of alternative isoforms of the transcription factor Pax-5 during B lymphocyte differentiation Lowen, Marina A., 1971- Biology 2000 Master of Arts
Vascular flora of eastern Middlesex County, Virginia North, Gretchen Barrow, 1951- Biology 1983 Master of Arts
Effects of dominance/subordination, encounter site and olfactory cues on behavior and spatial dynamics of male peromyscus leucopus noveboracensis Norcross, Janet L., 1962- Biology 1986 Master of Arts
Diversifying selection and ecotypic variation in experimental populations of Drosophila melanogaster Todd, James Richard, 1950- Biology 1974 Master of Arts
Effects of sublethal methylmercury exposure on pigment coloration in a model songbird Spickler, Jessica Lynn, Biology 2014 Master of Arts
A comparison of the herpetofauna of four different-aged wooded stands Rosa, George Joseph, 1955- Biology 1979 Master of Arts
Phylogenetic Implications of Tetrasporangial Ultrastructure in Coralline Red Algae with Reference to Bossiella Orbigniana (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) Wilson, Christina, 1969- Biology 1933 Master of Arts
Study, partial description and age determination of two human embryos Bernabe-Prida, Belen Maria, 1917- Biology 1941 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
Nest site selection and foraging behavior of the bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) in Virginia Jaffee, Norman Bernard, 1952- Biology 1980 Master of Arts
Cytophotometric estimation of nuclear DNA content variation in ten species of geniculate coralline algae (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta) Bailey, Jeffrey Craig, 1968- Biology 1992 Master of Arts
Sperm-oocyte membrane interactions during fertilization in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans Richmond, Alissa Gale. Biology 2004 Master of Arts
Caching by Carolina chickadees : minimizing starvation risk vs. maximizing harvest rate Walter, Lynn R., 1959- Biology 1989 Master of Arts
Cell division in the multicellular marine red alga Agardhiella Subulata Klepacki, Karel Joan, 1959- Biology 1994 Master of Arts
Plant species of the Virginia coastal plain flora that are disjunct from the mountains : their distribution, abundance and substrate selectivity McDonald, Leah E., 1974- Biology 2000 Master of Arts
The existence and nature of hypothyroidism in reproductively inhibited prairie deermice (peromyscus maniculatus bairdi) from laboratory populations Pitman, John Mathews, 1957- Biology 1983 Master of Arts
Barn owl habitat and prey use in agricultural eastern Virginia Rosenburg, Charles Patrick, 1961- Biology 1986 Master of Arts
Development of podocysts of the scyphozoan, Chrysaora quinquecirrha, after removal of the cyst covering Tseng, Lan-Ping Amy, 1949- Biology 1974 Master of Arts