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
You can't say 'no' to a soldier : sexual violence in the United States during World War II Smith, Michaele Katherine, American Studies 2013 Doctor of Philosophy
To draw pleasure and instruction : Robert Gilmor, Jr. and collecting the early republic Yorimoto, Janine M., American Studies 2013 Master of Arts
Individual differences in three types of motive congruence : normative, configural and temporal Martin, Chris Clement, Psychology 2013 Master of Arts
Fixing what has been broken : the United States' actions in the aftermath of the looting of the Iraq National Museum during the 2003 invasion Yost, Jonathan David, American Studies 2013 Master of Arts
Applications of holographic dualities Albrecht, Dylan Judd, 1984-, Physics 2013 Doctor of Philosophy
Peripheral vision : mimesis and materiality along the James River, Virginia, 1619-1660 Sikes, Kathryn Lee McClure, Anthropology 2013 Doctor of Philosophy
Catalogue of interventions for systemic family therapy assessment Tafuri, Sydney Marissa, Psychology 2013 Master of Arts
Improving energy efficiency and security for pervasive computing systems Xu, Fengyuan, Computer Science 2013 Doctor of Philosophy
Exile from my native shore: the loyalist diaspora and the epistolary family Elliott, Cara Anson, History 2013 Master of Arts
History written with lightning : religion, white supremacy, and the rise and fall of Thomas Dixon, Jr. Kidd, David Michael, American Studies 2013 Doctor of Philosophy
Impact of the Bologna process and German higher education reforms on professorial work and role definition at the University of Potsdam : a case study Hairston, Christen Cullum, 1979-, Education 2013 Doctor of Education
Dwelling in space through knowledge of place : building on epistemological understandings of the seventeenth-century British Atlantic Bassett, Hayden Frith, Anthropology 2013 Master of Arts
An allegory for life : an 18th century African-influenced cemetery landscape, Nassau, Bahamas Turner, Grace S. R., Anthropology 2013 Doctor of Philosophy
College students' implicit attentional and affective responses to alcohol cues Young, Chelsie Marie, Psychology 2013 Master of Arts
Honor from the trenches : why Confederate soldiers fought at Petersburg Hussey, Patrick John, History 2013 Master of Arts
Ontological blackness : an investigation of 18th century burial practices among captive Africans on the Island of Barbados Brown, Brittany Leigh, Anthropology 2013 Master of Arts
The Nottoway of Virginia : a study of peoplehood and political economy, c. 1775-1875 Woodard, Buck W., Anthropology 2013 Doctor of Philosophy
Low energy tests of the standard model Rislow, Benjamin Carl, 1986-, Physics 2013 Doctor of Philosophy
Integrating the Star City of the South: Roanoke school desegregation and the politics of delay Jones, Peter Carr, History 2013 Master of Arts
Merrymaking at the Madisons' : feasting, alcohol, and political strategy Heacock, Christine Hope, Anthropology 2013 Master of Arts
The schoolteacher and the secretary: the newspapers and community of a revolutionary French-American, 1754-1784 Madison, Katherine S., History 2013 Master of Arts
Here stands a high bred horse: a theory of economics and horse breeding in Colonial Virginia, 1750-1780; a statistical model Kleppertknoop, Lily, Anthropology 2013 Master of Arts
Narratives of reversion: portrayals of Haiti in the Old South/ Reidy, Skyler Robert, History 2013 Master of Arts
A union of church and state : the Freedmen's Bureau and the education of African Americans in Virginia from 1865-1871 Butler, Aaron Jason, 1978- Education 2013 Doctor of Education
Virginia Indians, NAGPRA, and cultural affiliation: revisiting identities and boundaries in the Chesapeake/ Masur, Laura Elizabeth, Anthropology 2013 Master of Arts
From the unpolished to the refined : the evolution of the furniture trades at Hampton Institute, 1868-1960s Thaxton-Ward, Vanessa Darlene, American Studies 2013 Doctor of Philosophy
Nothing tame about them : dogs and the symbolism of civility in the Jamestown Settlement Rusek, Rebecca Ann, History 2013 Master of Arts
Derogatory to the rights of free-born subjects: racialization and the identity of the Williamsburg area's free black population from 1723-1830/ Schumann, Rebecca Anne, Anthropology 2013 Master of Arts
Virtue in corruption: privateers, smugglers, and the shape of empire in the eighteenth-century Caribbean. Schmitt, Casey Sylvia, History 2013 Master of Arts
Plough deep while sluggards sleep; and you shall have corn to sell and to keep : an analysis of plow ownership in eighteenth century York county Virginia Waske, Zachary John, Anthropology 2013 Master of Arts
A critical study of black parents' participation in special education decision-making Freeman-Nichols, Tamara Lynn, Education 2013 Doctor of Education
Her correspondence is dangerous : women in the fashion trades negotiating the opportunities and challenges of doing business in the Chesapeake, 1766-75 Stevenson, Kaylan Michelle, History 2013 Master of Arts
The self on the page : using student teachers' written stories as a reflective tool during the student teaching internship Farina, Deborah O., Education 2013 Doctor of Education
From the middle of nowhere : place-making on my supermodern American road Werner, Maxwell Allen, Anthropology 2013 Master of Arts
Letters to Annie : ordinary women in late nineteenth century Maine Thomas, Rachel Catherine, History 2013 Master of Arts
Studies of molecular dynamics of Fmoc-Alanine-d3 through solid state deuteron nuclear magnetic resonance Sun, Jianhua, 1986-, Applied Science 2013 Master of Science
Nanoscale mechanical characterization of graphene/polymer nanocomposites using atomic force microscopy Cai, Minzhen, Applied Science 2013 Doctor of Philosophy
The revolutionary career of Louis Philippe de Segur : caught between tradition and reform Wallace, Lauren, History 2013 Master of Arts
Evaluating the potential for adaptive response to mercury in captive-dosed Zebra finches/ Buck, Kenton August, Biology 2013 Master of Science
Co-teaching : perceptions of urban, secondary co-teachers Boyd, Michelle, Education 2013 Doctor of Education
An investigation of relationships among school counselors' ethical professional identity development, moral reasoning, and attitudes toward confidentiality with minors Riechel, Morgan E. Kiper, Education 2013 Doctor of Education
Outlaw reproduction : childbearing and the making of colonial Virginia, 1634-1785 Westcot, Andrea Kathleen, 1976-, American Studies 2013 Doctor of Philosophy
Friendly fire : Free Quakers, fatherhood and religious identity in the Early Republic Wells, Samuel S., History 2013 Master of Arts
Epidemic models on adaptive networks with network structure constraints Tunc, Ilker, Applied Science 2013 Doctor of Philosophy
Network traffic aware smartphone energy savings Pyles, Andrew Joseph, Computer Science 2013 Doctor of Philosophy
Sublethal effects of methylmercury on flight performance and molt in European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) Carlson, Jenna Rae, Biology 2013 Master of Science
Southern orientation : reimagining Asian American identity and place in the global south Cha, Frank Sung, American Studies 2013 Doctor of Philosophy
Faculty sense of academic optimism and its relationship to students' achievement in well performing high schools Cromartie, Michael Tyrone, 1974-, Education 2013 Doctor of Education
Conflict at the college: William and Mary 1750-1776 Williams, Andrea Lynn, History 2013 Master of Arts
Developmental plasticity in response to familiar and unfamiliar predators in the mud snail, Ilyanassa obsoleta Hoolihan, Kelly Strickland, Biology 2013 Master of Science