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
Let all things be done decently and in order : gender segregation in the seating of early American churches Warner, Caroline Everard Athey. American Studies 2009 Master of Arts
The impact of organizational culture on the academic success of historically Black college and university athletes : a case study Charlton, Ralph. Education 2009 Doctor of Education
The mandate for social justice advocacy in counselor education : using service learning to train masters' students as social justice advocates Wyatt, Kristi-Anne Lee, 1979- Education 2009 Doctor of Philosophy
The image of a woman's authority : representations of Elizabeth I in portrait and film McLees-Frazier, Heather Armstrong. History 2009 Master of Arts
Pamunkey pottery and cultural persistence Atkins, Ashley. Anthropology 2009 Master of Arts
Guarding the other frontier : the Virginia State Navy and its men, 1775-1783 Owen, Margaret Elizabeth. History 2009 Master of Arts
Propagating status : gentlemen planters and their greenhouses in the eighteenth-century Chesapeake Chesney, Sarah Jane. Anthropology 2009 Master of Arts
American languages : Indians, ethnology, and the empire for liberty Harvey, Sean P.(Sean Patrick), 1978- History 2009 Doctor of Philosophy
The relationship between thinking style differences and career choice for high-achieving high school students Kim, Mihyeon. Education 2009 Doctor of Education
Topics in particle physics beyond the Standard Model Glover, Brian Audley, 1982- Physics 2009 Doctor of Philosophy
For all men love to see the country as well as to heare of it : views of unsettled Virginia, 1649-1676 Page, Sarah Zella Bowden. History 2009 Master of Arts
A shop in the back street : late eighteenth century Williamsburg through the ledgers of blacksmith James Anderson Child, Kathleen Marie. Anthropology 2009 Master of Arts
Academic optimism and community engagement in urban elementary schools Kirby, Misty M., 1976- Education 2009 Doctor of Philosophy
Patronage and courtiership in sixteenth-century Spain : a case study of Fernando de Valdés, Inquisitor-General Ross, Katie Melissa. History 2009 Master of Arts
Bottomless pits : the decline of subfloor pits and rise of African American consumerism in Virginia Hatch, Danny Brad. Anthropology 2009 Master of Arts
Spatial and temporal patterns in erosional and depositional processes : physical and biological controls in the York River, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Rodrʹiguez-Calderʹon, Cielomar, 1983- Marine Science 2010 Master of Science
Heavy metal archaeology : an examination of lead's significance for the interpretation of archaeological bone Regan, Peter Andrew. Anthropology 2010 Master of Arts
Prospective principals for the 21st century : factors that motivate and inhibit the pursuit of school leadership for educational administration students Pope, Tambra Michelle. Education 2010 Doctor of Education
Spatial and temporal analysis of fecal coliform distribution in Virginia coastal waters Huang, Jie, 1972- Marine Science 2010 Doctor of Philosophy
Partial year tagging models : accounting for changing tag visibility and delayed mixing Waterhouse, Lynn, 1985- Marine Science 2010 Master of Science
The preservation and deconstruction of Hawaiʻi plantation style architecture : Aiea, Waipahu, and Ewa Way, Jessica Margaret. Anthropology 2010 Master of Arts
Choosing to succeed : an exploration of the relationship between college choice and freshman retention Walke, James Tomlin, 1971- Education 2010 Doctor of Philosophy
Estimating detection probabilities in beach seine surveys for estuarine fishes Williams, Branson D., 1984- Marine Science 2010 Master of Science
Extra dimensions and electroweak symmetry breaking Tan, Jong Anly. Physics 2010 Doctor of Philosophy
Electron scattering from an almost free neutron in deuterium Baillie, Nathan Kidd. Physics 2010 Doctor of Philosophy
From sight to site to website : travel-writing, tourism and the American experience in Haiti, 1900-2008 Yarrington, Landon Cole. Anthropology 2010 Master of Arts
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) as tracers of environmental change and Antarctic seabird ecology Geisz, Heidi N. C., 1974- Marine Science 2010 Doctor of Philosophy
Keep on keeping on : the NAACP and the implementation of Brown v. Board of Education in Virginia Daugherity, Brian J., 1972- History 2010 Doctor of Philosophy
Quantifying the ecosystem role of a suspension and a facultative deposit feeding bivalve in the New River Estuary, NC : with responses to changes in nutrient and sediment inputs Wiseman, Heather Marie, 1984- Marine Science 2010 Master of Science
Middle school students' participation in extracurricular activities : relationships to school identification and achievement Byrd, Stenette. Education 2010 Doctor of Education
Flow cytometric analyses on the activation, proliferation, and differentiation state of B cells in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Barr, Maggie Jeanne. Biology 2010 Master of Science
Secure and efficient data extraction for ubiquitous computing applications Tan, Chiu Chiang. Computer Science 2010 Doctor of Philosophy
Dunmore's new world : political culture in the British Empire, 1745-1796 David, James Corbett, 1977- History 2010 Doctor of Philosophy
The effects of cumulative risk experience and violence exposure on children's prosocial behaviors Aaron, Lauren. Psychology 2010 Master of Arts
The lateral extent and spatial variation of mercury exposure in birds and their prey near a polluted river Howie, Mikaela Gioia Selene. Biology 2010 Master of Science
Battling girlhood : sympathy, race and the tomboy narrative in American literature Proehl, Kristen Beth, 1980- American Studies 2010 Doctor of Philosophy
Professional development practices in literacy and technology integration at socioeconomically different schools Boykin, Kendra M. Education 2010 Doctor of Philosophy
The logarithmic method and the solution to the TPâ‚‚-completion problem Nasserasr, Shahla. Applied Science 2010 Doctor of Philosophy
Effects of habitat quality on secondary production in shallow estuarine waters and the consequences for the benthic-pelagic food web Gillett, David James, 1975- Marine Science 2010 Doctor of Philosophy
Possible regulatory effects of coalition computations on the mu rhythm Gagnon, Kyle Timothy. Psychology 2010 Master of Arts
Advancements in dual-pump broadband CARS for supersonic combustion measurements Tedder, Sarah Augusta. Physics 2010 Doctor of Philosophy
Advanced learner perceptions of psychological well-being and school satisfaction in two educational settings Robertson, Janice C. Education 2010 Doctor of Education
Survival in an urbanized landscape : radio-tracking fledgling eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis) on golf courses Jackson, Allyson Kathleen. Biology 2010 Master of Science
Administrator and teacher perceptions of the qualities of effective teachers Williams, Robert Eugene, 1966- Education 2010 Doctor of Philosophy
Aging and cognitive control : discriminating stimulus from response deficits of attention Holt, Kathryn A. Psychology 2010 Master of Arts
Assessing the functional status of created wetlands in eastern Virginia via a soil and vegetative developmental trajectory Kreisel, Sara Elizabeth, 1985- Biology 2010 Master of Science
The spectacle of citizenship : halftones, print media, and constructing Americanness, 1880-1940 Grunder, Sarah Lucinda, 1975- American Studies 2010 Doctor of Philosophy
Incorporating industry based dredge surveys into the assessment of sea scallops, Placopecten magellanicus Rudders, David B., 1970- Marine Science 2010 Doctor of Philosophy
The 2008 election : prior belief strength, cognitive dissonance, and voter reactions Lair, Elicia Chelsey. Psychology 2010 Master of Arts
Applications of pattern classification to time-domain signals Bertoncini, Crystal Ann, 1982- Physics 2010 Doctor of Philosophy