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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
Towns in mind : urban plans, political culture, and empire in the colonial Chesapeake, 1607-1722 Musselwhite, Paul Philip, 1983- History 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
For their maintenance and education : an analysis of children entering Christ's Hospital, London, 1763-1803 Gardy, Kaitlyn Elizabeth. History 2011 Master of Arts
Dietary bioarchaeology : late Woodland subsistence within the coastal plain of Virginia Dore, Berek J. Anthropology 2011 Master of Arts
Ellen Churchill Semple and American geography in an era of imperialism Adams, Ellen E., 1976- History 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
Justice is a perpetual struggle : the public memory of the Little Rock school desegration crisis Devlin, Erin Krutko. American Studies 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
The wondrous chain of providence : Thomas Prince, the Puritan past, and New England's future, 1660-1736 Gillan, Thomas Joseph. History 2011 Master of Arts
Ghosts on the coast of paradise : identifying and interpreting the ephemeral remains of Bermuda's 18th century shipyards Dworsky, Joel Garrett. Anthropology 2011 Master of Arts
The millennial generation : Howe and Strauss disputed Alexander Agati, Holly. Education 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
Bondage on the border : slaves and slaveholders in Tazewell County, Virginia Kerr, Laura Lee. History 2011 Master of Arts
Growing up with violence : examining the role of moral development in mediating the effects of community violence exposure Dewell, John A. Education 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
Shellfishing, ceramics, and gender : shell midden ceramics from the Kiskiak Site Herlich, Jessica Marie. Anthropology 2011 Master of Arts
Eavesdropping on history : Olmstead v. U.S. and the emergence of privacy jurisprudence during Prohibition Krouse, Anna Leslie. History 2011 Master of Arts
Ghent gayland : a case study of the gay and lesbian community and media of Norfolk, Virginia Lusby, Michael Anthony. History 2011 Master of Arts
Fine art and clandestine identity : American Indian artists in the contemporary art market Kuizon, Jaclyn. Anthropology 2011 Master of Arts
Academic optimism and instructional leadership in urban elementary schools Allen, Angela M., 1974- Education 2011 Doctor of Education
National remedies for national evils : the problem of universal reform and race in the American Moral Reform Society, 1835-1841 Poznan, Kristina Elizabeth. History 2011 Master of Arts
Thin film and chemical ordering effects on the magnetic anisotropy in binary alloys Skuza, Jonathan Ronald. Physics 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
An analysis of the validity of the Enneagram Scott, Sara Ann, 1954- Education 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
Effects of dietary mercury exposure on spatial memory of zebra finches, Taeniopygia guttata Bessler, Amanda Mae Biology 2011 Master of Science
Slow and stored light under conditions of electromagnetically induced transparency and four wave mixing in an atomic vapor Phillips, Nathaniel Blair. Physics 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
On the real-time performance, robustness and accuracy of medical image non-rigid registration Liu, Yixun. Computer Science 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
To seek the good, the true, and beautiful : white, Greek-letter sororities in the U.S. South and the shaping of American 'ladyhood', 1915-1975 Freeman, Margaret Lynn. American Studies 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
From Astoria to annexation : the Hawaiian diaspora and the struggle for race and nation in the American empire Savage, Amanda Lee Heikialoha. History 2011 Master of Arts
Genetic diversity of the pathogen Streptococcus parauberis isolated from bovine and piscine hosts Cole, Stephen Douglas. Biology 2011 Master of Science
Jealous neighbors : rivalry and alliance among the native communities of Detroit, 1701-1766 Sturtevant, Andrew Keith, 1979- History 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
The consequences of shoreline development for near-shore communities in Chesapeake Bay, USA : a before-after control-impact study Davenport, Theresa M. Marine Science 2012 Master of Science
Executive search firms' consideration of person-organization fit in college and university presidential searches Turpin, James Christopher, 1965- Education 2012 Doctor of Education
The peculiar institution : gender, race and religion in the making of modern psychiatry, 1842-1932 Gonaver, Wendy, 1969- American Studies 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
Sexual indiscretions in Virginia's colonial capital Schmidt, Sarah Rebecca. Anthropology 2012 Master of Arts
Relationships among fine sediment settling and suspension, bed erodibility, and particle type in the York River Estuary, Virginia Fall, Kelsey A. Marine Science 2012 Master of Science
Factors that contribute to the academic success of African American males : perceptions of African American male high school students Swanson, Alexis C., 1966- Education 2012 Doctor of Education
Excellent clay for pots : an archaeological and microscopic investigation of Barbadian redware during the early colonial era Siedow, Erik Andre. Anthropology 2012 Master of Arts
Myctophid feeding ecology and carbon transport along the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge Hudson, Jeanna M. Marine Science 2012 Master of Science
Rogue fishermen : codfish, Atlantic items, and the Isles of Shoals Victor, Megan. Anthropology 2012 Master of Arts
Relationships among urban students' identification with school, and students', teachers', and parents' perceptions of academic press and safety, and reading achievement Parson, Kyleah A. Education 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
An input centric paradigm for program dynamic optimizations and lifetime evolvement Tian, Kai. Computer Science 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
Habitat utilization and trophic interactions by fauna in a shallow estuary : comparisons between clam aquaculture and natural sites Kling, Lara Gates, 1987- Marine Science 2012 Master of Science
Gone to the dogs : inter-species bonds and the building of bio-cultural capital in America, 1835-present Anglin, Merit Elfi, American Studies 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
Poverty Shelf, New Zealand from the Holocene to present : stratigraphic development and event layer preservation in response to sediment supply, tectonics and climate Pierce, Lila Eve Rose, 1981- Marine Science 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
Dark matter in the heavens and at colliders : models and constraints Primulando, Reinard, 1984-, Physics 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
Real talk : blackness and whiteness in the works of Jefferson Pinder, Dave Chappelle, and Aaron McGruder Hayes, Jeffreen M. American Studies 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
Maximizing archaeology's relevance to its publics through a pragmatist framework Walter, Kelley Marie. Anthropology 2012 Master of Arts
Faculty perceptions of principal support and change orientation in Virginia high schools Cagle, Karen E. Education 2012 Doctor of Education
Quantifying watershed loads to a low relief, coastal plain estuary, the New River Estuary, N.C. Koroknay, Brittani J. Marine Science 2012 Master of Science
Pax5 signatures : the identification of Pax5 isoforms in developing and activated B cell populations of rainbow trout MacMurray, Elizabeth Anne. Biology 2012 Master of Science
I'm really just an American : the archaeological importance of the Black towns in the American West and late-nineteenth century constructions of blackness Winsett, Shea Aisha. Anthropology 2012 Master of Arts
Shedding light on the estuarine coastal filter : the relative importance of benthic macroalgae in shallow photic systems Maxey, Johnathan Daniel. Marine Science 2012 Master of Science
Physiological and morphological characterization of genetically defined classes of interneurons in respiratory rhythm and pattern generation in neonatal mice Picardo, Maria Cristina De Guzman. Applied Science 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
Sexual dimorphism, diet, and body condition of Rusty Blackbirds wintering in Virginia McGann, Andrew John. Biology 2012 Master of Science
Esse quam videri, perhaps : state policy and institutional factors impacting low-income student enrollment at North Carolina's public and private four-year institutions Holly, Leslie Neal. Education 2012 Doctor of Philosophy

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