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
Gender roles and home computer use by children D'Alemberte, Trelles Whitfield, 1968- Sociology 1991 Master of Arts
The viability of the volunteers in courts programs : an analysis of the conceptual foundations and empirical research Baker, Eleanor Margaret, 1940- Sociology 1974 Master of Arts
Situational and interpersonal influences on the perception of prosocial behavior Clark, Rosemary Eleanore. Sociology 1977 Master of Arts
Voting patterns of hispanics in Texas, 1960-1986 Rogers, Rebecca Allen, 1961- Sociology 1989 Master of Arts
Racism, sexism and ageism in America Lyons, Bobbie Alexander, 1947- Sociology 1991 Master of Arts
Correlates of self-esteem and social desirability in fifth grade mainstream and special education classes Bogart, Susan K. 1944- Sociology 1974 Master of Arts
Differential association and patterns of drug use Gossweiler, Robert S. 1967- Sociology 1992 Master of Arts
Enclaves and enterprises : Chinese communities in the United States Huang, Xiaoyi, 1958- Sociology 1992 Master of Arts
The National Committee for Citizens in Education : a descriptive analysis Crutchfield, Elizabeth Lewis, 1931- Sociology 1977 Master of Arts
Role enactment and disaster response : a methodological exploration Russell, Stephen Thomas, 1966- Sociology 1989 Master of Arts
Toward a general model of social control and school related violations/ Sowell, Robin E., 1967- Sociology 1991 Master of Arts
Juvenile delinquency and the school : an application of control theory Colombano, Donna M., 1947- Sociology 1974 Master of Arts
Social activity amoung sociology alumni Riddle, Dawn June, 1967- Sociology 1992 Master of Arts
Crowding and housing satisfaction : an exploratory study Joyce, Kathleen Marie. Sociology 1977 Master of Arts
The treatment of servants and slaves in colonial Virginia Coyle, Betty Wade Wyatt, 1946- Sociology 1974 Master of Arts
Religion, philosophy, and the second law of thermodynamics Finn, Carter Braxton, 1935- Sociology 1974 Master of Arts
Affirmative action and self esteem : an exploratory analysis using attribution theory Simpson, Jacqueline Christine Coon, 1962- Sociology 1992 Master of Arts
Play preferences in children's art : a study of gender roles Pullen, Amelia Baxter, 1952- Sociology 1977 Master of Arts
The development of prisonersʼ rights : a study of judicial opinions Greenwood, Lynn Marie, 1949- Sociology 1974 Master of Arts
Ideology and change in the kibbutz Wilhelms, Jeffrey Jay, 1948- Sociology 1977 Master of Arts
Single mothers by choice McCreary, Candace Diane, 1954- Sociology 1979 Master of Arts
Drug use in a university setting : a subcultural approach Haen, Ineke A. M., 1950- Sociology 1974 Master of Arts
A role analysis of police chiefs in contemporary departments Wolf, Thomas, 1952- Sociology 1977 Master of Arts
Comparative social structure among mammals Rogers, Kenna Louise, 1949- Sociology 1979 Master of Arts
The post-war democratization of Japan : voting patterns of Osaka Prefecture Hamada, Hiroyuki, 1946- Sociology 1974 Master of Arts
Radical environmentalism and religion Bush, Evelyn Louise, 1967- Sociology 1996 Master of Arts
An environmental analysis of professionalization in police departments Spiers, Stephen M., 1950- Sociology 1979 Master of Arts
An examination of some rural community houses in Virginia Verner, Coolie. Sociology 1950 Master of Arts
A theory of future social change Sica, Alan, 1949- Sociology 1974 Master of Arts
The relationship between family structure and delinquency Smith, Kenneth McCaslin, 1969- Sociology 1995 Master of Arts
Toward a more inclusive structure of sport : is participation in coeducational physical activities related to perceptions of gender and athletic ability? La Croix, Rachel M. 1972- Sociology 1996 Master of Arts
The empathic accuracy of subordinate and superordinate in the social work bureaucracy West, Beverly Louise, 1948- Sociology 1974 Master of Arts
A cross-cultural comparison of selected medical students' perceptions of issues related to battered women Strickland, Anita, 1917- Sociology 1995 Master of Arts
Gender differences in knowledge of and interest in current social and political events Lellinger, Richard Eric, 1966- Sociology 1996 Master of Arts
Organization as process : the life histories of CORE and SNCC Farmer, Elizabeth M. Zeiders, 1962- Sociology 1986 Master of Arts
Comparing self-perceptions of skills and knowledge among college students : cross-sectional versus panel designs Wilson, Susan E., 1972- Sociology 1995 Master of Arts
Regional variations in third world development Wynn, Robert Dempsey, 1970- Sociology 1996 Master of Arts
Disaster and the restructuring of organization Linn, John Robert, 1944- Sociology 1986 Master of Arts
Status differentiation within American slavery Williams, Margaret Pratt, 1945- Sociology 1969 Master of Arts
The social organization of the hip hop graffiti subculture Wilson, Victoria Arriola, 1967- Sociology 1995 Master of Arts
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and Ayatollah Khomeini : in light of Shi'i history Neary, Brigitte U. Sociology 1986 Master of Arts
Resource allocation at the university : research on the determinants of faculty morale Schmidt, Douglas Craig, 1962- Sociology 1986 Master of Arts
Thomas Road Baptist Church : a study of the new fundamentalism Flint, Betty Gail, 1952- Sociology 1978 Master of Arts
Students and sociology : life histories and evaluations of the undergraduate experience Bunster, Mark, 1967- Sociology 1990 Master of Arts
A dialectical analysis of role enactment during the emergency period of natural disasters Myers, Kristen Anne, 1967- Sociology 1990 Master of Arts
Elderly clients' perceptions of human services Egly, Stephanie R., 1952- Sociology 1982 Master of Arts
The Negro American : images and identities Healey, Joseph F., 1945- Sociology 1970 Master of Arts
Air pollution, a sociological perspective Freymeyer, Robert Howard, 1951- Sociology 1976 Master of Arts
The Philippines in the twentieth century: Social change in recent decades Aguas y Quijano, Juan Vidal, 1951- Sociology 1987 Master of Arts
A study of black female assertiveness Golemba, Beverly, 1931- Sociology 1978 Master of Arts