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
Effects of salinity and nitrogen on the distribution and growth of Phragmites australis along the Rappahannock River Packett, Carmen Rebekah, 1981- Biology 2005 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
Geochemistry of small mountainous rivers of Papua New Guinea : local observations and global implications Raymond, Megan B. 1972- Marine Science 1999 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
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
Task-oriented display design : concept and example Abbott, Terence S. Computer Science 1989 Master of Science
Effects of light and salinity stress on Vallisneria americana (wild celery) French, Gail T., 1974- Marine Science 2001 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
The parasite fauna of the wreckfish, Polyprion americanus, in the North Atlantic Ocean: application to host biology and stock identification Fennessy, Colleen Jill, 1970- Marine Science 1998 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
Hydrography and phytoplankton distribution in the Amundsen and Ross Seas Fragoso, Glaucia M., 1984- Marine Science 2009 Master of Science
Shore-oblique bars, nearshore gravel outcrops, and their correlation to shoreline change Schupp, Courtney A., 1978- Marine Science 2005 Master of Science
Investigations of the life cycle of the peritrich ciliate Zoothamnium intermedium in Chesapeake Bay Peng, Sikai. Marine Science 2013 Master of Science
Investigation of Hg(II) solution speciation by ESI-MS and proton NMR Nestor, Madeline R. Chemistry 2011 Master of Science
Development of a solid-supported Glaser-Hay reaction and utilization in conjunction with unnatural amino acids Lampkowski, Jessica S. Chemistry 2015 Master of Science
Response to selection of Peromyscus leucopus : response of spermatogenesis and reproductive behavior to selection on gonadal development in an outbred population of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) Sharp, Kathleen Rathbun, 1979- Biology 2005 Master of Science
Myctophid feeding ecology and carbon transport along the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge Hudson, Jeanna M. Marine Science 2012 Master of Science
32P-postlabeling analysis of aromatic DNA adducts in hemopoietic tissues and blood of the mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus Rose, Wendy L., 1973- Marine Science 1999 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
Interactive simulations for knowledge acquisition Bosan, Sorel. Computer Science 1989 Master of Science
Genetic investigation of interspecific and intraspecific relationships within the genus Rapana Gensler, Arminda L., 1976- Marine Science 2001 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
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
Physical parameters affecting incubating temperatures in loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, in Virginia Jones, William Mason, 1953- Marine Science 1998 Master of Science
New insights into fibrous body protein complexes involved in C. elegans spermatogenesis Uyehara, Christopher M., Biology 2014 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
Egg capsule hatching success in Rapana venosa and Urosalpinx cinerea in relation to temperature and salinity Gera, Stephanie M., 1984- Marine Science 2009 Master of Science
Transfer of essential fatty acids by marine plankton Veloza, Adriana J., 1980- Marine Science 2005 Master of Science
Food availability and utilization for cultured hard clams Secrist, Richard Garrik, 1987- Marine Science 2013 Master of Science
Synthesis and fluorescence studies of spirooxazine-functionalized poly(phenylene vinylene) prepared via Gilch polymerization and click chemistry Peth, Kathryn Anne. Chemistry 2011 Master of Science
Development of a three step cascade synthesis of 2,4-dihydro-1H-benzo[f]isochromenes Lewis, Shane E., Chemistry 2015 Master of Science
Reproductive attributes of polynoid polychaetes from hydrothermal vents on the East Pacific Rise Wallace, Jessica Lynn, 1981- Biology 2005 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
A comparison of size selectivity and relative efficiency of sea scallop trawls and dredges Rudders, David B., 1970- Marine Science 1999 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
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
Modeling mercury biomagnification in the South River Tom, Kyle R., 1984- Marine Science 2008 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
The Pax-5 gene is alternatively spliced in trout B cells Talauliker, Raaj Mahendra. Biology 2010 Master of Science
Tagging and habitat utilization of juvenile summer flounder, Paralichthys dentatus Kraus, Richard Thomas, 1972- Marine Science 1998 Master of Science
Dynamics and Composition of the Extracellular Polymeric Substances Produced by Benthic Microalgae: An in situ 13C and 15N Approach Salisbury, Stephanie Kara, 1985- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science
Nutrient loading and system response in the coastal lagoons of the Delmarva Giordano, Juliette Christina Poleto, 1983- Marine Science 2009 Master of Science
Hypoxia in shallow coastal waters : a case study in Onancock Creek, Virginia Wang, Taiping, 1978- Marine Science 2005 Master of Science
Analysis of extreme water levels in the lower Chesapeake Bay Wilkerson, Carissa N. Marine Science 2013 Master of Science
Studies of molecular dynamics of Fmoc-Alanine-d3 through solid state deuteron nuclear magnetic resonance Sun, Jianhua, 1986-, Applied Science 2013 Master of Science
Treatment of synchronizations in compiling fine-grained SPMD-threaded programs for CPU Guo, Ziyu. Computer Science 2011 Master of Science