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
Advanced learner perceptions of psychological well-being and school satisfaction in two educational settings Robertson, Janice C. Education 2010 Doctor of Education
Information gathering by trustees for decision-making : informal and formal sources Bostain, Dyanne Strohkorb, 1948- Education 1988 Doctor of Education
Factors affecting the persistence of re-entry women at an urban state university Mayfield, Carolyn Sheriff, 1944- Education 1989 Doctor of Philosophy
The effect of closed classical orbits on quantum spectra : ionization of atoms in a magnetic field Du, Meng Li, 1962- Physics 1987 Doctor of Philosophy
Inner continental shelf benthic boundry layer dynamics and suspened sediment transport Kim, Sung Chan, 1954- Marine Science 1990 Doctor of Philosophy
Postschool outcomes for young adults with mental retardation receiving transition services in Virginia : caregiver perceptions Graham, Marguerite Beth. Education 2007 Doctor of Philosophy
A study of talent development in a predominantly low socioeconomic and/or African American population Struck, Jeanne M., 1947- Education 2002 Doctor of Philosophy
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
On the real-time performance, robustness and accuracy of medical image non-rigid registration Liu, Yixun. Computer Science 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
Characterizing and monitoring changes in state of polymers during cure and use-aging Meyer, Andrew Orschel, 1975- Applied Science 2001 Doctor of Philosophy
The malleability of spatial ability under treatment of a FIRST LEGO League-based robotics unit Coxon, Steven Vincent. Education 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
Bridging the cultural divide : American Indians at Hampton Institute, 1878-1923 Brudvig, Jon Larsen, 1965- History 1996 Doctor of Philosophy
Microscopic dynamics and transport of hydrogen in proton conducting oxides Spahr, Erik J., 1981- Physics 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
Two steps from the blues : creating discourse and constructing canons in blues criticism Dougan, John M., 1954- American Studies 2001 Doctor of Philosophy
The role of stress in determining community structure : effects of hypoxia on an estuarine epifaunal community Sagasti, Alessandra, 1972- Marine Science 2000 Doctor of Philosophy
Effects of food ration size on bioaccumulation of kepone by spot (Leiostomus xanthurus) and grass shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio) Fisher, Daniel J. Marine Science 1985 Doctor of Philosophy
Morphological, histological, and physiological aspects of assimilation in larval spot, Leiostomus xanthurus Lacepede Govoni, John Jeffrey, 1948- Marine Science 1980 Doctor of Philosophy
Epistemological ties that bind : student counselors' professional ethical identity development Lloyd-Hazlett, Jessica, Education 2014 Doctor of Philosophy
Rethinking the Red scare : the Lusk Committee and New York State's fight against radicalism, 1919-1923 Pfannestiel, Todd J. History 2001 Doctor of Philosophy
Limits to parallelism in scientific computing Chrisman, Dan A. Computer Science 1998 Doctor of Philosophy
Optical characterization of magnetism in magnetic/nonmagnetic heterostructures Fan, Yichun, Applied Science 2013 Doctor of Philosophy
Parity-violating asymmetry in the nucleon to [Delta] transition : a study of inelastic electron scattering in the G degree experiment Capuano, Carissa Lee. Physics 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
Criteria for presidential performance reviews in higher education institutions in Virginia Clark, Claudia Hudak, 1950- Education 1999 Doctor of Philosophy
Catastrophes in the Elmo bumpy torus Punjabi, Alkesh R. Physics 1983 Doctor of Philosophy
Carbon dynamics in a tidal freshwater marsh Neubauer, Scott C. Marine Science 2000 Doctor of Philosophy
Two-dimensional, intratidal model study of salinity intrusion structure and motion in partially-mixed estuaries Cerco, C. F. Marine Science 1982 Doctor of Philosophy
Who flourishes in college? : using positive psychology and student involvement theory to explore mental health among traditionally aged undergraduates Ambler, Virginia Miller, 1966- Education 2006 Doctor of Philosophy
NMR study of molecular motions in two disordered organic solids Kuhns, Philip L. Physics 1983 Doctor of Philosophy
Optimal educational experiences and their relationship to self-concept and flow in adolescent high-ability and gifted learners Schenkel, Lisa Ann, 1961- Education 2001 Doctor of Philosophy
An investigation of the National Staff Development Council's standards of staff development Krickovic, Wendy C., 1968- Education 2002 Doctor of Philosophy
Marketing to the 'liberated' woman : feminism, social change, and beauty culture, 1960-2000 Kreydatus, Elizabeth A., 1977- History 2005 Doctor of Philosophy
Carbon nanosheets and carbon nanotubes by RF PECVD Zhu, Mingyao, 1975- Physics 2006 Doctor of Philosophy
Correlation of dynamic dielectric properties to reaction kinetics and changing mechanical properties of epoxy resins during cure Wang, Yunfei, 1968- Applied Science 1997 Doctor of Philosophy
Variational inverse methods for transport problems Yang, Zhaoqing, 1960- Marine Science 1996 Doctor of Philosophy
Laser backscatter measurements of the lower atmosphere McCormick, M. Patrick. Physics 1967 Doctor of Philosophy
The fruits of their labors : exploring William Hamilton's greenhouse complex and the rise of American botany in early federal Philadelphia Chesney, Sarah Jane, Anthropology 2014 Doctor of Philosophy
Promoting the moral and conceptual development of law enforcement officers : a deliberate psychological educational approach Morgan, Barbara M., 1960- Education 1998 Doctor of Philosophy
An analysis of wetland patterns and functions at the watershed and sub-watershed scales, with policy applications Bissonnette, Jennifer Newton, 1967- Marine Science 2003 Doctor of Philosophy
Structural model checking Siminiceanu, Radu. Computer Science 2003 Doctor of Philosophy
A search for lepton flavor violation in the neutral kaon system Hoff, Christopher H., 1967- Physics 1998 Doctor of Philosophy
Foraging ecology of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, in lower Chesapeake Bay Mansour, Randa A., 1959- Marine Science 1992 Doctor of Philosophy
Creating a tradition : early campus planning at Hampton Institute, 1868-1893 Jones, Susan Hicks, 1942- Education 1992 Doctor of Philosophy
The role of adsorbed oxygen in secondary emission from metallic substrates Walton, Scott Gregory, 1968- Physics 1998 Doctor of Philosophy
Comparative ecology of the parasites of the Spot, Leiostomus xanthurus Lacepede, and the Atlantic croaker, Micropogonias undulatus Linnaeus (Sciaenidae), in the Cape Hatteras Region Thoney, Dennis A., 1954- Marine Science 1989 Doctor of Philosophy
Ut prosim, the balance of liberal and useful education in the American land-grant university : a case study of Virginia Tech DiCroce, Deborah M., 1952- Education 1984 Doctor of Philosophy
In praise of Bishop Valentine : the creation of modern Valentine's Day in antebellum America Geiger, Brian Keith, 1968- History 2007 Doctor of Philosophy
Sites of southern memory : the autobiographies of Katharine DuPre Lumpkin, Lillian Smith, and Pauli Murray O'Dell, Darlene, 1962- American Studies 1997 Doctor of Philosophy
A qualitative study of clergy career satisfaction, functioning, and clergy-congregant relations Mc Donald, Brian R. Education 2004 Doctor of Philosophy
Electrically-induced shifts of the gallium arsenide nuclear spin levels Dumas, Katherine Ann. Physics 1978 Doctor of Philosophy
Effects of urbanization and land use on PAH accumulation in wetland sediments Kimbrough, Kimani L., 1973- Marine Science 2002 Doctor of Philosophy