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
A case study of the predictive ability of placement tests for principles of accounting Villaire, Sonja Ann, 1943- Education 1991 Doctor of Education
A comparison of the performance of students prepared for study at Old Dominion University through a developmental program with those accepted directly from secondary schools Villaire, Nathaniel Elias, 1940- Education 1991 Doctor of Education
Muon transfer from munni deuterium to carbon Viel, David William, 1963- Physics 1993 Doctor of Philosophy
Ecology of estuarine fish assemblages in Patos Lagoon, Brazil (32 degrees S), and York River, USA (37 degrees N), with a review of zoogeography of fishes in western Atlantic warm-temperate and tropical estuaries Vieira, Joao P., 1954- Marine Science 1991 Doctor of Philosophy
Rogue fishermen : codfish, Atlantic items, and the Isles of Shoals Victor, Megan. Anthropology 2012 Master of Arts
Eggshell thinning and pesticide residues in ospreys from the lower Chesapeake Bay Via, Jerry Waller, 1949- Biology 1975 Master of Arts
Prologue to a life : Dorothy West's Harlem Renaissance years. 1926-1934 Veselits, Karen Rose, 1949- American Studies 2001 Doctor of Philosophy
Facing Philadelphia : the social functions of silhouettes, miniatures, and daguerreotypes, 1760-1860 Verplanck, Anne Ayer, 1958- American Studies 1996 Doctor of Philosophy
Benjamin Trott : miniature painter Verplanck, Anne Ayer, 1958- American Studies 1990 Master of Arts
Collaborative practices in schools : the impact of school-based leadership teams on inclusive education Vernon, Lisa Jo, 1968- Education 2003 Doctor of Philosophy
An examination of some rural community houses in Virginia Verner, Coolie. Sociology 1950 Master of Arts
An investigation of progress toward fiscal neutrality in expenditures for public education in Virginia, 1969-70-1979-80 Vernall, Raymond E., 1937- Education 1982 Doctor of Education
Athletic women in fiction and fact : the portrayal of women involved in athletic activity in novels from 1890-1920's Vera, Kristi Marie, 1961- American Studies 1992 Master of Arts
Persistent organic pollutant transport and fate : assessment by molecular tracers Venkatraman, Padma T., 1969- Marine Science 2001 Doctor of Philosophy
Comparative toxicity of creosote and creosote contaminated sediments Venkatraman, Padma T., 1969- Marine Science 1994 Master of Arts
Plasma source ion implantation of high voltage electrodes Venhaus, Thomas J., 1968- Applied Science 1999 Doctor of Philosophy
Transfer of essential fatty acids by marine plankton Veloza, Adriana J., 1980- Marine Science 2005 Master of Science
The role of social cognitions on children's emotion regulation decisions : links to internalizing and externalizing symptomatology Veits, Gina Marie. Psychology 2009 Master of Arts
Middlesex County, New Jersey gravestones 1687-1799 : shadows of a changing culture Veit, Richard Francis, 1968- Anthropology 1991 Master of Arts
Effects of objective self-awareness upon self concepts of persons with high or low empathy Vehrs, Lawrence Bryant, 1950- Psychology 1979 Master of Arts
How gardening pays : leisure, labor and luxury in nineteenth-century transatlantic culture Veder, Robin, 1968- American Studies 2000 Doctor of Philosophy
Dying virgins and mourning mothers : a study in American mourning iconography Veder, Robin, 1968- American Studies 1995 Master of Arts
Planktonic molluscan faunal structure across a large scale environmental gradient Vecchione, Michael, 1949- Marine Science 1979 Doctor of Philosophy
Parental perceptions of children clinically diagnosed as affective disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or conduct disorder : theimplications for family therapy Vaught, Pamela McComas, 1958- Education 1990 Doctor of Education
Mark Twain, Richard Irving Dodge, and the Indian : myth and disillusionment Vaugh, Carol Van Dessel, 1961- American Studies 1984 Master of Arts
Seneca hair combs as material culture : a study Vasey, April Jean, 1964- Anthropology 1991 Master of Arts
Vascular flora of southeastern King and Queen County, Virginia Vascott, Anna Lord, 1952- Biology 1985 Master of Arts
Experimental and computational techniques in carbon-13 NMR Varner, Samuel John, 1969- Physics 1999 Doctor of Philosophy
Mr. Rockefeller's other city : background and response to the restoration of Williamsburg, Virginia, 1927-1939 Varnado, Roy Brien, 1939- History 1974 Master of Arts
Uptake, distribution, metabolism and clearance of kepone by channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) VanVeld, Peter A., 1952- Marine Science 1980 Master of Arts
Acoustic measurement and modeling of waves in estuarine and coastal environments Vandever, Justin P. Marine Science 2007 Master of Science
Cromwell and Augustus non-partisan historical comparisons in Andrew Marvell's An Horatian Ode Vanderplas, Steven Elworthy, 1959- English 1988 Master of Arts
The New Orleans riot of 1866 : the anatomy of a tragedy Vandal, Gilles. History 1978 Doctor of Philosophy
Chloe Tyler Whittle : religion, gender, and identity in Norfolk, Virginia, 1865-1876 van Zelm, Antoinette Gray, 1966- History 1992 Master of Arts
On the front lines of freedom : black and white women shape emancipation in Virginia, 1861-1890 Van Zelm, Antoinette Gray, 1966- History 1998 Doctor of Philosophy
Aspects of the ecology of estuarine light with special reference to seagrasses of the Chesapeake Bay : measurements and models Van Tine, Robin Francis, 1947- Marine Science 1987 Doctor of Philosophy
Relationships among therapists' family background, personality traits, and therapeutic approach Van Pelt, Jeffrey Neil, 1954- Education 1993 Doctor of Education
A review of tenure policies in private higher education in the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1964 to 1974 Van Newkirk, Jack C., 1936- Education 1975 Doctor of Education
A study of the assessment center as a process for identifying prospective school principals and assistant principals Van Newkirk, Carolyn J., 1937- Education 1984 Doctor of Education
Vascular flora of Mathews County, Virginia van Montfrans, Margaret Norman, 1946- Biology 1980 Master of Arts
Quantitative analysis of oral movements in a mouthbrooding chichlid, Orcochromis esculentus Van Lieu, Erin, 1973- Biology 2000 Master of Arts
Electrophoretic stock identification of summer flounder, Paralichthys dentatus Van Housen, Garret, 1958- Marine Science 1984 Master of Arts
Robert Cohn in The sun also rises : a failure of vision Van Horn, Jan Garnett, 1950- English 1974 Master of Arts
Photosynthetic response and nutrient uptake dynamics of phytoplankton in the Ross Sea, Antarctica Van Hilst, Christina Marie, 1971- Marine Science 2000 Master of Science
The symbolic significance of the houses in William Faulkner's Light in August Van Epps, Wendy English 1983 Master of Arts
Psychological development of infants conceived through in vitro fertilization Van de Water, Virginia Lee, 1949- Education 1988 Doctor of Education
Matrix approach to quadric surfaces Vallas, Maria, 1939- Mathematics 1965 Master of Arts
Predicting partner violence in college couples : the role of global self-esteem, domain-specific self-esteem, and jealousy Valencia, Alelhie, 1974- Psychology 2001 Master of Arts
The history of an industrial community, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1741-1920 Vadasz, Thomas Patrick, 1943- History 1975 Doctor of Philosophy
Aqueous solubililty of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures containing dissolved solid components Vadas, George G., 1956- Marine Science 1990 Master of Arts