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
Postwar martial arts program in Japanese higher education : case of Nippon College of Physical Education Hamada, Hiroyuki, 1941- Education 1984 Doctor of Education
An investigation and analysis of educator perceptions of mainstreaming mildly handicapped students in grades 5-9 in randomly selected urban and rural school divisions in Virginia public schools Riedel, Pamela Buckner, 1955- Education 1991 Doctor of Education
Organizational justice perceptions of Virginia high school teachers : relationships to organizational citizenship behavior and student achievement Burns, William R. Travis. Education 2012 Doctor of Education
Empirical foundations : the core competencies of registered nurse graduates Marshall, Bennie Davis, 1948- Education 1999 Doctor of Education
A descriptive study of offices of institutional research in Virginiaʼs public senior colleges and universities Jordan, Janie C., 1936- Education 1976 Doctor of Education
Relationships between selected teacher characteristics and tendencies toward collective action Sternberg, Richard Stephen. Education 1975 Doctor of Education
The relationships between experience, credentials, ego development, and conceptual level of national certified counselors Diambra, Joel Foster, 1960- Education 1997 Doctor of Education
Interactional characteristics of facial pain patients and their spouses : assessment of self-report and behavioral observation measures of cohesion, adaptability, and marital satisfaction Boll, Pamela Guyler. Education 1990 Doctor of Education
President J.A.C. Chandler and the first women faculty at the College of William and Mary Whittenburg, Carolyn Sparks, 1946- Education 2004 Doctor of Education
The effect of a performance curriculum in human relations on attitudes, verbal communication, and interpersonal relationship of teacher trainee Graham, Frances D. Education 1979 Doctor of Education
An historical analysis of the development of teacher training at the State Normal School Farmville, Virginia, 1884-1924 Simmons, Betty Jo Whitaker, 1939- Education 1988 Doctor of Education
A study of teacher effectiveness training upon secondary school teachers and their pupils Cox, William Norwood, 1936- Education 1978 Doctor of Education
A study of certain attitudinal and biographical characteristics of upper echelon administrators in the Virginia community college system Hurd, Paul St. Clair, 1936- Education 1973 Doctor of Education
Effective teaching practices and teacher efficacy beliefs of International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme teachers Hutchings, Gregory C., 1977- Education 2010 Doctor of Education
A national study of professional standards in special education teacher preparation programs using the standards adopted by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and the Council for Exceptional Children Waegerle, Dawn Colleen Johnson, 1955- Education 1990 Doctor of Education
Teacher self-efficacy, content and pedagogical knowledge, and their relationship to student achievement in algebra I Fox, Antonia M., Education 2014 Doctor of Education
Influences of self in career decision-making among gifted adolescents attending Governor's School in Science and Technology Orton, William Rutledge. Education 1998 Doctor of Education
Fostering student achievement : a study of the relationship of collective teacher efficacy and student achievement Barr, Marilyn F. Education 2002 Doctor of Education
Separation-individuation and older adolescents with disruptive classroom behavior Lockwood, Eunice Esther, 1942- Education 1995 Doctor of Education
The effects of a program of structured group counseling on the self-concept and leadership skills of disadvantaged gifted elementary school students Hill, Sheila Gibbs, 1949- Education 1982 Doctor of Education
A comparison of counselor, principal and teacher perceptions of the role and function of the school counselor in Virginia public secondary school Thompson, Rosemary A. Education 1986 Doctor of Education
Faculty ritual, solidarity, and cohesion : thirty-five years of change at Eastern Mennonite University Alleman, Nathan F., 1975- Education 2008 Doctor of Education
A phenomenological investigation of women's experience in family counseling : interviews with ten mothers Krumpe, Sharon W., 1947- Education 2002 Doctor of Education
Retention of novice teachers : a study of factors that affect their decisions to stay Handley, Kimberly Dawn. Education 2005 Doctor of Education
A union of church and state : the Freedmen's Bureau and the education of African Americans in Virginia from 1865-1871 Butler, Aaron Jason, 1978- Education 2013 Doctor of Education
Women who have a graduate school education who have chosen to make mothering the major focus of their time : a descriptive study Stone, Linda Shapiro, 1954- Education 1987 Doctor of Education
The role of the superintendent in improving student achievement Boone, Melinda J. Education 2001 Doctor of Education
The relationship between teacher verbal feedback, aptitude, and academic instrinsic motivation Wickwire, Ann Jenkins, 1946- Education 1992 Doctor of Education
A study of the relationship between father-absent homes and father-present homes and the academic performance and social adjustment of black middle school students Simmons, Joe Louis, 1936- Education 1981 Doctor of Education
Recommended practices for effective teaching in the international baccalaureate program : an examination of instructional skills, assessment practices, and teacher-efficacy beliefs of IB teachers Hutchinson, Linda Prince. Education 2004 Doctor of Education
Academic optimism of Virginia high school teachers : its relationship to organizational citizenship behaviors and student achievement Wagner, Charles Allen, 1965- Education 2008 Doctor of Education
The College of William and Mary in Virginia, 1800-1827 Osborne, Ruby Orders. Education 1981 Doctor of Education
The effects of Preparing for Life as a University Student (PLUS) on student achievement, persistence, & integration Barreau, Pascal P., 1970- Education 2008 Doctor of Education
A study of the relationship of age to psychological type in couples entering marriage Lockwood, William A., 1943- Education 1988 Doctor of Education
An experimental study of the effects of classroom instruction and clinical learning experiences on the attitudes of students of nursing toward the aged Hinchliffe, Elizabeth Barfield, 1936- Education 1979 Doctor of Education
Maintaining diversity in the shadows of conformity : Can a systematic attempt to maintain a university's distinctive mission override societal pressures for conformity? Clarin, Delrina Marie, 1937- Education 1996 Doctor of Education
The effect of therapist's gender on outcome of behavioral treatment with agoraphobics Tiffany, Linda Williamson, 1951- Education 1987 Doctor of Education
Academic optimism and instructional leadership in urban elementary schools Allen, Angela M., 1974- Education 2011 Doctor of Education
The effects of social skills training on the prevention of perceived stress, depression, and social anxiety of Taiwanese graduate students in the U.S. Kuo, Li-An, 1955- Education 1993 Doctor of Education
Special education complaint management : a national profile Yaryan, Elizabeth, 1958- Education 1992 Doctor of Education
Faculty moonlighting : an exploratory study of the motivation for seeking outside employment and its relationship to the effectiveness of community college faculty Hanks, Joanna Davis. Education 1996 Doctor of Education
Baccalaureate prepared women in nursing : return to graduate education in nursing in midlife Ritch-Brant, Barbara Ann. Education 1995 Doctor of Education
The college going choice in Virginia : a study in the demand for higher education Butler, Thomas Edward, 1949- Education 1987 Doctor of Education
An analysis of fact-finding and its acceptance as a method of conflict resolution in Virginia public school grievance and dismissal procedures Martin, Diane Gerian, 1959- Education 1985 Doctor of Education
The impact of legislation and litigation on the education of students with autism spectrum disorders Joy, Selena M. Education 2008 Doctor of Education
Examining the development of self-authorship among student veterans Stone, Sharon L. M., Education 2014 Doctor of Education
Factors associated with statutory consortium effectiveness : a case study of one Virginia consortium for continuing higher education Poland, Mark W. Education 1986 Doctor of Education
Information gathering by trustees for decision-making : informal and formal sources Bostain, Dyanne Strohkorb, 1948- Education 1988 Doctor of Education
Improving academic skills and attention/memory skills in self- contained learning disabled students through a package of cognitive training procedures Wiesner, Kevin Charles, 1950- Education 1986 Doctor of Education
An investigation of the efficacy of group counseling with emotionally disturbed middle school students Grainer, Michael Scott, 1953- Education 1986 Doctor of Education