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 descriptive case study of appreciative inquiry as an approach to strategic planning for special education in a public school Ruhlman, Paul L., 1974-, Education 2014 Doctor of Education
Effects of sublethal methylmercury exposure on pigment coloration in a model songbird Spickler, Jessica Lynn, Biology 2014 Master of Arts
Rise of a floater class : behavioral adjustments by breeding bald eagles in a population approaching saturation Turrin, Courtney L., Biology 2014 Master of Arts
Spirited enterprises : Venezuela, the United States, and the independence of Spanish America, 1789-1823 Pompeian, Edward P., 1983- History 2014 Doctor of Philosophy
New insights into fibrous body protein complexes involved in C. elegans spermatogenesis Uyehara, Christopher M., Biology 2014 Master of Science
Culture clash : a case study of the issues that non-traditional college presidents face in adjusting to academic culture Heuvel, Sean M., Education 2014 Doctor of Philosophy
Development of the Involuntary Autobiographical Memory Questionnaire (IAMQ) Kang, Song Hee, Psychology 2014 Master of Arts
Women in the trenches : barriers to female staff's advancement in higher education Costello, Carla A., Education 2014 Doctor of Philosophy
Impact of mercury exposure on birds and the effect of molt on mercury depuration in songbirds Whitney, Margaret Crossley, Biology 2014 Master of Arts
Females and STEM : determining the K-12 experiences that influenced women to pursue STEM fields Petersen, Anne Marie, Education 2014 Doctor of Education
The relation between selective cross-modal attention and emotional multisensory integration Klein, Jamie Christine, Psychology 2014 Master of Arts
The effects of medium on the UV-induced photodegradation of Rhodamine B dye Carta, Carolyn Louise, Chemistry 2014 Master of Science
An analysis of state and local alignment of teacher evaluations in Maryland Peterson, Serene N., 1981-, Education 2014 Doctor of Education
Meaningful nonsense: Invented words reveal characteristics of emotional stimuli Moldovan, Emil G. Psychology 2014 Master of Arts
Amine- and sulfide-sensing copper(I) iodide films and the structure, dynamics, and photophysics in the copper(I) iodide-tetrahydrothiophene system Henline, Kylie Marie, Chemistry 2014 Master of Science
Studying and enabling reuse in Android mobile apps Holtzhauer, Andrew Steven, Computer Science 2014 Master of Science
Evaluating a school-based day treatment program for students with challenging behaviors Hickman, Antoine Lewis, 1970-, Education 2014 Doctor of Education
Within-person relationships among prayer, well-being, and daily events Newman, David Benjamin, Psychology 2014 Master of Arts
Neurocognitive mechanisms of social influence on emotion Willroth, Emily Catherine, Psychology 2015 Master of Arts
In noe wise cruelly whipped: indentured servitude, household violence, and the law in seventeenth-century Virginia Carbonell, Caylin Elizabeth History 2015 Master of Arts
A mode of correcting the existing evils : swindlers, inland passage tickets, and the federalization of immigration policy in the Antebellum United States Fitzgibbon, Joseph Patrick, History 2015 Master of Arts
Of circuit riders and circuit courts : a case study of the Methodist border conflict in antebellum Virginia Gleason, Douglas Paul, History 2015 Master of Arts
Hawaiian emancipation? : slavery, free labor, and indentured labor in nineteenth-century Hawaii Guerci, Mark Thomas, History 2015 Master of Arts
The corporate person : how U.S. courts transformed a legal phantom into a powerful citizen DeMeola, Zachariah J., American Studies 2015 Master of Arts
The pretended riot explained : citizen sovereignty and the Mashpee revolt Kleber, Michaela, History 2015 Master of Arts
African American civil rights museums : a study of the R.R. Moton Museum in Farmville, Virginia Draper, Christina S., American Studies 2015 Master of Arts
The Brafferton estate : Harvard, William and Mary, and religion in the early modern English Atlantic world Mulligan, Mark History 2015 Master of Arts
Members, don't git weary : Max Roach, Treme, and the sound of resistance Jones, Brian Edward, American Studies 2015 Master of Arts
In the spirit of investigation and experiment : John Minson Galt II and social reform at the Easter Asylum Salles, Elise Aminta, History 2015 Master of Arts
Staging the Asian American in Hong Kong : examining transcultural performances of Asian American identity in Hong Kong English language amateur theatre productions of Thoroughly modern Millie and Yellow face Mein, Iris Eu Loa, American Studies 2015 Master of Arts
False emissaries : the Jesuits among the Piscataways in early colonial Maryland, 1634-1648 Scorza, Kathleen Elizabeth, History 2015 Master of Arts
Understanding roadkill through an animal method Monahan, Linda Angela, American Studies 2015 Master of Arts
Distresses of mind, body, and estate : the connection between status and property in colonial Virginia as exhibited by Loyalist claims Sease, Kasey Marie, History 2015 Master of Arts
Nineteenth century enslaved African Americans' coping strategies for the stresses of enslavement in Virginia Campo, Allison Michelle, Anthropology 2015 Master of Arts
From Charlesfort to Jamestown : French and English imperial efforts in early American history Thompson, Cornelia, History 2015 Master of Arts
Afro-Barbadian Foodways : analysis of the use of ceramics by freed Afro-Barbadian estate workers Chambers, Camille Lois, Anthropology 2015 Master of Arts
Networks in favor of liberty : St. Eustatius as an entrepôt of goods and information during the American Revolution Vlasity, Sarah Marie, History 2015 Master of Arts
Inviting the principle gentlemen of the city : privacy, exclusivity, and food complexity in colonial taverns Gryctko, Lauren Elizabeth, Anthropology 2015 Master of Arts
The Continental Army : leadership school of the early Republic Ward, David Lawrence, History 2015 Master of Arts
Could you point me to your nearest clay source, please? : a XRF study of Barbadian historic era ceramics Kirby, Benjamin Crossley, Anthropology 2015 Master of Arts
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
Canary red : preserving cochineal and contrasting colonial histories on Lanzarote Mattes, Sarah , Anthropology 2015 Master of Arts
The influence of Zostera marina and Ruppia maritima on habitat structure and function in a changing environment in the Chesapeake Bay French, Emily D., Marine Science 2015 Master of Science
From path to portage : issues of scales, process, and pattern in understanding New Brunswick Riverine Trail Moran, Mallory Leigh, Anthropology 2015 Master of Arts
The land remembers : the construction of movement possibility among Woodland period communities of the Virginia Peninsula Nieves, Josue Roberto, Anthropology 2015 Master of Arts
The reproductive biology of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) in Chesapeake Bay Gervasi, Carissa L., 1989- Marine Science 2015 Master of Science
Streaking and straight pins : constructing macsulinity on an Antebellum college campus Schwartz, Erin Stock, Anthropology 2015 Master of Arts
Diel, seasonal, and interannual patterns in mesozooplankton abundance in the Sargasso Sea Ivory, Jami Alora, 1990- Marine Science 2015 Master of Science
Apoptosis and cell cycle regulation as mechanisms of compensation from notch signaling perturbation in the developing nervous system of xenopus laevis Bianchi, Catherine Hope, Biology 2015 Master of Arts
The influence of environmental factors and resource availability on Zostera marina flowering intensity Johnson, Andrew J., 1988- Marine Science 2015 Master of Science