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
The synthesis, characterization, and application of ether-containing polyimides Fay, Catharine Irene Croall, 1962- Applied Science 1995 Doctor of Philosophy
The synthesis of reflective and electrically conductive polyimide films via an in situ self-metallization procedure using silver(I) complexes Southward, Robin Elaine, 1959- Applied Science 1997 Doctor of Philosophy
The synthesis of quinone-capped cyclodextrins Cossette, Michael Vernie, 1956- Chemistry 1988 Master of Arts
The synthesis of N,N-disubstituted Hydroxylamines via rearrangement reactions between trialkylboranes and nitrones Cook, Stacie M., 1970- Chemistry 1993 Master of Arts
The synthesis of hindered aliphatic ketones for the future production of spiro [4.5] decane sesquiterpenes Hodges, Stephen Lee, 1957- Chemistry 1986 Master of Arts
The synthesis of benzophenone-3,5-diacid chloride for the double capping of beta-Cyclodextrin Eargle, Clyde Wesley, 1973- Chemistry 1997 Master of Arts
The synthesis of benzophenane 3,5-dicarboxylic acid for the double capping of β-cyclodextrin Cabral, Jaydee Dones, 1972- Chemistry 1995 Master of Arts
The synthesis of acetylisophthalic acid for the double capping of -cyclodextrin Sharma, Shuci, 1970- Chemistry 1993 Master of Arts
The synthesis of 6[superscript A],6[superscript B]-dideoxy-6[superscript A],6[superscript B]-(9,10-dicyanoanthracenyl-2,3-dimethylene)-beta-cyclodextrin Tan, Jonathan D., 1974- Chemistry 1997 Master of Arts
The synthesis of 5-benzoyl-1, 3-benzendediacids for the double-capping of Þ-cyclodextrin Williams, Daniel MacDougall, 1971- Chemistry 1994 Master of Arts
The synthesis of 2-pyridones and louisianin B Margrey, Kaila Ashley, Chemistry 2013 Master of Arts
The synthesis and spectroscopic study of a spirooxazine-functionalized poly(phenylenevinylene) Walk, Jordan Thomas. Chemistry 2009 Master of Science
The synthesis and photochemistry of anthraquinone-2,6-disulfonyl- -cyclodextrin Aquino, Angela Marie, 1966- Chemistry 1989 Master of Arts
The synthesis and characterization of Cu(I) networks with heterocyclic bridging ligands Maeyer, Jonathan Timothy, 1977- Chemistry 2001 Master of Arts
The symbolic significance of the houses in William Faulkner's Light in August Van Epps, Wendy English 1983 Master of Arts
The symbolic nature of mortuary act in the Royal Navy cemetary on Ireland Island, Bermuda, 1800-1899 Adinolfi, Christina Lynn, 1967- Anthropology 1995 Master of Arts
The survival benefit of benthic macroalgae Gracilaria vermiculophylla as an alternative nursery habitat for juvenile blue crabs Falls, Justin A. Marine Science 2008 Master of Science
The suppressions of the Chicago Times and the New York World and their constitutional implications Johnson, Laurie Ann, 1961- History 1985 Master of Arts
The SUMO-targeted ubiquitin ligase subunit Slx5 functional interacts with the SUMO E3 ligase Siz1 Westerbeck, Jason William. Biology 2011 Master of Science
The study and teaching of history in the College of William and Mary Trosvig, Ida, -1945. Education 1935 Master of Arts
The student-worker crisis in France May-June, 1968 Munroe, John Bingham, 1942- Education 1970 Master of Arts
The struggle for the South Carolina backcountry, 1775-1776 Bell, Pierson J., 1984- History 2007 Master of Arts
The structure of the holocephalan head and the relationships of the Chondrichthyes Grogan, Eileen D. Marine Science 1993 Doctor of Philosophy
The structure of South Carolina politics 1783-1787 Polites, Angeline, 1938- History 1965 Master of Arts
The structure of axisymmetric turbulence Smith, Charles W. 1955- Physics 1981 Doctor of Philosophy
The strong force : two calculations of strong interaction phenomena Kahler, Richard L., 1953- Physics 1996 Doctor of Philosophy
The stone ovens of St. Eustatius : a study of material culture Monteiro, Maria Lavinia Machado, 1954- Anthropology 1990 Master of Arts
The still life : domesticity, subjectivity, and the bachelor in nineteenth-century America Cohen, Matthew, 1970- American Studies 2002 Doctor of Philosophy
The stereospecific synthesis of tetrahydropyrans and tetrahydrofurans Winstead, Rhonda Carol, 1962- Chemistry 1986 Master of Arts
The status of marine turtles in Chesapeake Bay and Virginia coastal waters Lutcavage, Maryellen, 1955- Marine Science 1981 Master of Arts
The stated goals and purposes of Christian schools and the reasons parents give for choosing them Short, Cecelia R., 1950- Education 2001 Doctor of Education
The standing stock of organic matter in a man-made brackish marsh and its resource management implications Mason, Pamela Anne, 1961- Marine Science 1989 Master of Arts
The squared circle and that household box : the relationship between wrestling, television and American culture Stewart, Brian, 1978- American Studies 2001 Master of Arts
The spirit of the times : church, state and revolution in Virginia Rosenfeld, Kenneth William, 1970- Government 1996 Master of Arts
The spin structure of Helium-3 and the neutron at low Q2 : a measurement of the generalized GDH integrand Sulkosky, Vincent Anthony, 1976- Physics 2007 Doctor of Philosophy
The spectacle of citizenship : halftones, print media, and constructing Americanness, 1880-1940 Grunder, Sarah Lucinda, 1975- American Studies 2010 Doctor of Philosophy
The specific immune response in rainbow trout : somatic hypermutation and VH gene utilization Lewis, Teresa D. Marine Science 2000 Doctor of Philosophy
The spatial distribution and agonistic behavior of an eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) population on Jamestown Island, Virginia Youngblood, Marston Earl, 1952- Biology 1979 Master of Arts
The southern lady ideal in the life of Cynthia Beverly Tucker, 1840-1870 Sturzenberger, Doris C., 1953- History 1979 Master of Arts
The sources of John Keat's poem Hyperion Jackson, Elizabeth Grinnan, 1904- English 1937 Master of Arts
The sources and distributions of the state literary fund Chaplain, Oscar S., 1889- Education 1936 Master of Arts
The Somalia-Kenya relationship, 1962-1968 : a study in African nationalism Carroll, Murray Lee. Government 1969 Master of Arts
The solvolysis of triaryhaloallenes Moran, Henry Wayne, 1946- Chemistry 1971 Master of Arts
The soft bottom macrobenthic community of Arthur Harbor, Antarctica Lowry, James K., 1942- Marine Science 1969 Master of Arts
The socioeconomic and fisheries characteristics of Virginia's commercial sport fishing industry Marshall, Anne R., 1955- Marine Science 1981 Master of Arts
The Society of United Irishmen and the rebellion of 1798 Ridner, Judith A. History 1988 Master of Arts
The social organization of the hip hop graffiti subculture Wilson, Victoria Arriola, 1967- Sociology 1995 Master of Arts
The social mean : freedom and restraint in William Wycherley's plays Weidman, James Ray, 1950- English 1974 Master of Arts
The social institution of insanity Chesno, Frank A., 1943- Psychology 1968 Master of Arts
The slave in the swamp : disrupting the plantation narrative Cowan, William Tynes, 1963- American Studies 2001 Doctor of Philosophy