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
Gas-phase thermochemical properties of proline-containing dipeptides and fluorinated alcohols using the extended kinetic method Huynh, Kathy Tang Chemistry 2016 Master of Arts
Relationships, credit, and value : analyzing money as a social institution in late eighteenth-century Virginia Gibson, Amanda White History 2016 Master of Arts
The infusion of stars and stripes : sectarianism and national unity in Little Syria, New York, 1890-1905 Kabbani, Manal History 2016 Master of Arts
Cherries from the tree :national identity and the hero construction of George Washington, 1799-1829 Masterson, Jack Thomas History 2016 Master of Arts
A land not exactly flowing with milk & honey' : swan river mania in the British Isles and Western Australia , 1827-1832 Niendorf, Matthew John History 2016 Master of Arts
Patterns of abundance and community dynamics in Atlantic Coastal sharks Peterson, Cassidy, 1991- Marine Science 2016 Master of Science
Chesapeake Coastal Community Flood Vulnerability - Prediction and Verification Renaud, Alexander D., 1987- Marine Science 2016 Master of Science
On shelf-slope water mass exchanges near Washington Canyon and Norfolk Canyon in the Mid-Atlantic Bight Wang, Haixing, Marine Science 2016 Master of Science
Stressed, pregnant, and behind bars Kelsey, Caroline Malory, Psychology 2015 Master of Arts
Noble metal free catalysts for hydrogen genereation from aqueous solutions Liu, Dan Chemistry 2015 Master of Science
Neurotransmitter systems and age related cognitive decline : a focus on attention and plasticity Kozikowski, Christine Teal, Psychology 2015 Master of Arts
Determining the efficacy of the extended kinetic method for determination of thermochemical properties of small, high-entropy, organic molecules Pisano, Mary Grace, Chemistry 2015 Master of Arts
Confrontation of prejudice towards multiracials and monoracials Nicolas, Gandalf, Psychology 2015 Master of Arts
Enhancing bug reports for mobile apps Moran, Kevin Patrick, Computer Science 2015 Master of Science
Integration and differentiation as distinct dimensions of personality Oleynick, Victoria Claire , Psychology 2015 Master of Arts
A widow's purview : a microhistory of widowhood and gender relations in the late eighteenth-century Virginia backcountry Bourbeau-Allard, Eve, History 2015 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
The corporate person : how U.S. courts transformed a legal phantom into a powerful citizen DeMeola, Zachariah J., American Studies 2015 Master of Arts
Hawaiian emancipation? : slavery, free labor, and indentured labor in nineteenth-century Hawaii Guerci, Mark Thomas, 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 pretended riot explained : citizen sovereignty and the Mashpee revolt Kleber, Michaela, 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
The Brafferton estate : Harvard, William and Mary, and religion in the early modern English Atlantic world Mulligan, Mark 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
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
Understanding roadkill through an animal method Monahan, Linda Angela, 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
Nineteenth century enslaved African Americans' coping strategies for the stresses of enslavement in Virginia Campo, Allison Michelle, Anthropology 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
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 reproductive biology of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) in Chesapeake Bay Gervasi, Carissa L., 1989- Marine Science 2015 Master of Science
The land remembers : the construction of movement possibility among Woodland period communities of the Virginia Peninsula Nieves, Josue Roberto, 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
Streaking and straight pins : constructing macsulinity on an Antebellum college campus Schwartz, Erin Stock, Anthropology 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
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 short-term events on the hydrographic and biological structure of the southwestern Ross Sea Jones, Randolph M. 1984- Marine Science 2015 Master of Science
An investigation of Hermaphroditism in R. sp. SB 347 Farrell, Maureen Catherine, Biology 2015 Master of Arts