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.

Showing 201 - 250 of 5288 entries
Title Author Department Year Degree
Understanding the origins, dispersal, and evolution of Bonamia species (Phylum Haplosporidia) based on genetic analyses of ribosomal RNA gene regions Hill, Kristina M., 1981- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science
Understanding the friendship processes of individuals with Asperger's syndrome : a phenomenological study of reflective college experiences Lee, Kammie Bohlken. Education 2010 Doctor of Philosophy
Understanding roadkill through an animal method Monahan, Linda Angela, American Studies 2015 Master of Arts
Understanding general and specific information Roth, James David, 1947- Psychology 1980 Master of Arts
Understanding and leveraging virtualization technology in commodity computing systems Le, Duy, Computer Science 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
Underdevelopment and violence in Latin America Mandros, William Platon, 1960- Government 1988 Master of Arts
Uncertainty of relative performance level within the SEM context Smith, Karen Ann, 1973- Psychology 1997 Master of Arts
Ultraviolet sources for advanced applications in the vacuum UV and near UV Peng, Sheng. Physics 2004 Doctor of Philosophy
Ultrastructure of the seminiferous epithelium of prairie deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii) from a freely-growing, confined population Keller, Stephen Richard, 1950- Biology 1974 Master of Arts
Ultrastructure of mitosis and gametogenesis in Cladophora flexuosa (Dillwyn) Harvey Bullock, Kenneth Wilson, 1950- Biology 1974 Master of Arts
Ultrastructure and mitosis of Glaucosphaera vacuolata Goss, Steven Philip Allan, 1968- Biology 1993 Master of Arts
Ultrastructure and development of the female reproductive branches of Polysiphonia harveyi Broadwater, Sharon Thompson, 1984- Biology 1981 Master of Arts
Ultrastructural features of tetrasporgenesis within the corallinoideae and taxonomic implications for coralline red algae (corallinales, rhodophyta) Mays, Kristin Leigh, 1971- Biology 1997 Master of Arts
Ultrastructural analysis of vegetative and mitotic cells of the unicellular red alga rhodella violacea Patrone, Laura May, 1962- Biology 1988 Master of Arts
Ultrasonographic measurement of periodontal attachment levels Lynch, John Edward, 1969- Applied Science 2001 Doctor of Philosophy
Ultrasonic signal detection and recognition using dynamic wavelet fingerprints Hou, Jidong, 1970- Applied Science 2004 Doctor of Philosophy
Ultrasonic guided wave tomography of pipes : a development of new techniques for the nondestructive evaluation of cylindrical geometries and guided wave multi-mode analysis Leonard, Kevin Raymond, 1977- Applied Science 2004 Doctor of Philosophy
Ultrasonic guided wave interpretation for structural health inspections Bingham, Jill Paisley, 1982- Applied Science 2009 Doctor of Philosophy
Ultrasonic determination of thermoelastic properties of stressed solids Chern, Engmin J. Physics 1981 Doctor of Philosophy
Ultrafast laser spectroscopy of half-metallic chromium dioxide Huang, Hailong, 1979- Physics 2006 Doctor of Philosophy
Ultra structure of cell division in the unicellular red alga Porphyridium purpureum Schornstein, Kathleen L. Biology 1981 Master of Arts
U.S. Vietnam policy and NATO Calandro, Alan Peter, 1963- Government 1989 Master of Arts
U(1) string tension Griesser, Arthur Francis, 1954- Physics 1990 Doctor of Philosophy
Two-dimensional, intratidal model study of salinity intrusion structure and motion in partially-mixed estuaries Cerco, C. F. Marine Science 1982 Doctor of Philosophy
Two techniques of modifying an impulsive tempo Hargrove, Patricia Ann, 1949- Psychology 1973 Master of Arts
Two steps from the blues : creating discourse and constructing canons in blues criticism Dougan, John M., 1954- American Studies 2001 Doctor of Philosophy
Two electron bond-orbital model Huang, Chuping. Physics 1976 Doctor of Philosophy
Twine-top modifications of sea-scallop dredges : reducing yellowtail-flounder bycatch Milleville, Kelli A. Marine Science 2008 Master of Science
Twilight is not good for maidens : vampirism and the insemination of evil in Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market Morrill, David Frederick, 1961- English 1987 Master of Arts
Tweakable blockciphers secure against generic exponential attacks Crump, Elizabeth Ann, 1983- Computer Science 2007 Master of Science
Tuscarora trails : Indian migrations, war, and constructions of colonial frontiers Feeley, Stephen D., 1974- History 2007 Doctor of Philosophy
Turmoil in an orderly society, Colonial Virginia, 1607-1754 : a history and analysis Morgan, Timothy E. 1941- History 1976 Doctor of Philosophy
Turbulent disruptions from the Strauss equations Dahlburg, Jill Potkalitsky, 1956- Physics 1985 Doctor of Philosophy
Turbulence in binary fluid flow systems : a Lattice Boltzmann approach Wah, Darren M. Physics 1999 Doctor of Philosophy
Tuition discounting through unfunded institutional aid at private baccalaureate colleges Martin, Jeremy Paul. Education 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
Truth and exclusion : verbal dominance in the House of Mirth Genaro, Teresa A., 1965- English 1993 Master of Arts
Trust and cheater detection : evolved cognitive mechanisms for social exchange Stroub, Kori James, 1977- Psychology 2008 Master of Arts
Trouble to the eastward : the failure of Anglo-Indian relations in early Maine Baker, Emerson W. History 1986 Doctor of Philosophy
Trophodynamics of estuarine (salt marsh) heterotrophic nanoplankton Fritz, Alyce T. Marine Science 1986 Doctor of Philosophy
Trophic ecology and growth dynamics of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) in Chesapeake Bay, with reference to mycobacteriosis McNamee, Kathleen Anne, 1979- Marine Science 2007 Master of Science
Tree-searching algorithms on parallel architectures Mebrotra, Mala, 1954- Computer Science 1985 Master of Arts
Treatment of synchronizations in compiling fine-grained SPMD-threaded programs for CPU Guo, Ziyu. Computer Science 2011 Master of Science
Treasonous patriots : the Secret Committee of Six and violent abolitionism Epps, Kristen Kimberly, 1982- History 2005 Master of Arts
Transport in chaotic systems Tang, Xianzhu, 1968- Physics 1995 Doctor of Philosophy
Transport and fate of sediment on the Waipaoa River continental shelf : implications for the formation and reworking of flood deposits Moriarty, Julia M. Marine Science 2012 Master of Science
Transport analysis in polymeric liquids and films : investigations in ionic mobility isolation techniques and permeability control Warner, Julia D., 1975- Applied Science 2003 Doctor of Philosophy
Transpacific internments : constructing Little America and dismantling Little Tokyo Cohen, Jack Edward. History 2011 Master of Arts
Transmission and nutritional contribution of dual bacterial symbionts in deep-sea mussels Salerno, Jennifer L., 1979- Biology 2003 Master of Arts
Transitivity of probability and strength : a test of three discounting models Carosella, Ann Marie. Psychology 1993 Master of Arts
Transitional women in the southern works of Constance Fenimore Woolson Stanton, Carol Ann McGowan, 1962- American Studies 1988 Master of Arts