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
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
Development of a quantitative competetive polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection and quantitation of Perkinsus marinus in oyster tissues and environmental water samples Yarnall, Heather A., 1971- Marine Science 1998 Master of Science
Heavy metal complexes of mixed S,N donor ligands : x-ray crystallography and solution-state 1H NMR Lai, Wei, 1976- Chemistry 2005 Master of Science
Reactive sulfur : redox reactions of cysteines and methionines in the cytoskeletal protein tubulin Hagedorn, Tara Dawn. Chemistry 2011 Master of Science
Effects of light and salinity stress on Vallisneria americana (wild celery) French, Gail T., 1974- Marine Science 2001 Master of Science
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
Songbirds, pesticides, and golf courses : exposure and effects Burdge, Ryan Brennan. Biology 2009 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
Recent sedimentation patterns and facies distribution on the Waipaoa River Shelf, N.Z. Rose, Lila Eve, 1981- Marine Science 2008 Master of Science
The lateral extent and spatial variation of mercury exposure in birds and their prey near a polluted river Howie, Mikaela Gioia Selene. Biology 2010 Master of Science
Effects of metal-based montmorillonite clay and zeolite additives on the fire retardance and smoke suppression of poly(vinyl chloride) Zestos, Alexander George. Chemistry 2008 Master of Science
Development of a method for quantifying the air-sea flux of volatile organic carbon Jayne, Emily A., 1987- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science
BI(III) initiated cyclization reactions and iodonium fragmentation kinetics Lian, Yajing, 1981- Chemistry 2005 Master of Science
Anthropogenic causes of copepod mortality and bacterial decomposition of copepod carcasses Bickel, Samantha L., 1983- Marine Science 2009 Master of Science
Investigations of the fragmentation spectra of dipeptides containing lysine and its non-protein amino acid homologs Hamdy, Omar. Chemistry 2011 Master of Science
Genetic investigation of interspecific and intraspecific relationships within the genus Rapana Gensler, Arminda L., 1976- Marine Science 2001 Master of Science
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
Using an occupancy modeling framework to test the effects of habitat variables on pond occupancy of Mabee's salamander (A. mabeei) and marbled salamander (A. opacum) Fairman, Christy Michelle. Biology 2009 Master of Science
The development of an operating system for the Microdata 32/S Butler, George Edward, 1955- Applied Science 1979 Master of Science
Influences of habitat conditions on submerged aquatic vegetation development in the Chickahominy River and other Virginia tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay Shields, Erin C., 1981- Marine Science 2008 Master of Science
Survival in an urbanized landscape : radio-tracking fledgling eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis) on golf courses Jackson, Allyson Kathleen. Biology 2010 Master of Science
Automatically generating random test data for relevant and implicitly defined subdomains Murphy, John Alexander, 1984- Computer Science 2008 Master of Science
Ecological, physiological, and bio-optical characteristics of Phaeocystis globosa in coastal waters of south central Vietnam Liu, Xiao, 1987- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science
Synthesis and characterization of hydrogen-rich polyimide materials for radiation shielding Yang, Sha, 1980- Chemistry 2005 Master of Science
Quantifying the overwash component of barrier island morphodynamics : Onslow Beach, NC Foxgrover, Amy C. Marine Science 2009 Master of Science
An evaluation of the accuracy of the growing season used for wetland delineation in SE Virginia Arenson, Rebecca L., 1969- Marine Science 2003 Master of Science
The total synthesis of the lolium alkaloids Hovey, Michael Todd. Chemistry 2011 Master of Science
Morphological variation of three populations of the veined rapa whelk, Rapana venosa, an invasive predatory gastropod species Green, Rebecca A., 1976- Marine Science 2001 Master of Science
Life history attributes of mid-Atlantic Menidia menidia (Pisces: Atherinidae) and a comparison with northern (Massachusetts) and southern (South Carolina) populations Holmquist, Richard K., 1969- Marine Science 2001 Master of Science
Myctophid feeding ecology and carbon transport along the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge Hudson, Jeanna M. Marine Science 2012 Master of Science
Water quality in headwater streams : a test of best management practices Holley, Jonathan Worth. Biology 2009 Master of Science
Magneto-optical imaging of superconducting MgB2 thin films Hummert, Stephanie Maria. Applied Science 2007 Master of Science
Effects of adaptive foragers on the diversity and functioning of assembled model communities Tarantino, William J., 1983- Marine Science 2008 Master of Science
Assessing the functional status of created wetlands in eastern Virginia via a soil and vegetative developmental trajectory Kreisel, Sara Elizabeth, 1985- Biology 2010 Master of Science
Parallel unstructured grid generation for complex real-world aerodynamic simulations Zagaris, George, 1982- Computer Science 2008 Master of Science
The effects of seagrass species and trophic interactions in experimental seagrass communities Moore, Althea F. P., 1980- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science
Markov chain modeling for multi-server clusters Hua, Zhili. Computer Science 2005 Master of Science
Hydrography and phytoplankton distribution in the Amundsen and Ross Seas Fragoso, Glaucia M., 1984- Marine Science 2009 Master of Science
The wind effects on the evaluation of proposed Craney Island expansions in the lower James and Elizabeth Rivers Chen, Momo. Marine Science 2003 Master of Science
Investigation of Hg(II) solution speciation by ESI-MS and proton NMR Nestor, Madeline R. Chemistry 2011 Master of Science
Sediment deposition and reworking : a modeling study using isotopically tagged sediment classes Birchler, Justin J., 1988- Marine Science 2014 Master of Science
Use of pop-up satellite tag technology to estimate survival of blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) released from pelagic longline gear Kerstetter, David. Marine Science 2001 Master of Science
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
Female plumage coloration in eastern bluebirds, Sialia sialis : is it a sexually selected trait? Hubbard, Joanna Kay. Biology 2009 Master of Science
Magnetization dynamics and anisotropy in ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic Ni/NiO bilayers Petersen, Andreas. Applied Science 2007 Master of Science
Modeling mercury biomagnification in the South River Tom, Kyle R., 1984- Marine Science 2008 Master of Science
Nekton utilization of intertidal fringing salt marsh and revetment hardened shorelines Carroll, Robert A., 1968- Marine Science 2002 Master of Science
In vitro application of gold nanoprobes in live neurons for phenotypical classification, connectivity assessment, and electrophysiological recording Mendoza, Karl C. Biology 2010 Master of Science
An ultra structural study of sporogenesis, vegatative morphology, and host-parasite interactions in Choreonema thuretii (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) LaPointe, Elizabeth Anne, 1969- Biology 1995 Master of Science
Evaluating the use of flow-through larval culture for the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica Reiner, Stephanie L., 1985- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science