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 study of the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica Encomio, Vincent G. Marine Science 2004 Doctor of Philosophy
Rate of advanced placement (AP) exam taking among AP-enrolled students : a study of New Jersey high schools Fithian, Ellen C. Education 2003 Doctor of Philosophy
An examination of the relationships between ego development, Dabrowski's theory of positive disintegration, and the behavioral characteristics of gifted adolescents Bailey, Carrie Lynn. Education 2009 Doctor of Philosophy
The quasi-elastic (ALPHA,2-ALPHA) reaction at 700 MEV on several light and medium nuclei Dollhopf, William Edward, 1942- Physics 1975 Doctor of Philosophy
Trading lives : mapping the pathways and peoples of the southeastern deerskin trade, 1732-1775 Paulett, Robert, 1976- History 2007 Doctor of Philosophy
Quantum information dynamics Yepez, J. (Jeffrey) Physics 2010 Doctor of Philosophy
Optical characterization of ferromagnetic heterostructure interfaces and thin films Zhao, Haibin, 1974- Applied Science 2006 Doctor of Philosophy
Society of souls : spirit, friendship, and the antebellum reform imagination Nelson, Robert, 1973- American Studies 2006 Doctor of Philosophy
Supersymmetric leptophilic models of electroweak symmetry breaking Marshall, Gardner Rush. Physics 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
Variability in juvenile growth, mortality, maturity, and abundance of American shad and blueback herring in Virginia Tuckey, Troy D., 1971- Marine Science 2009 Doctor of Philosophy
Feeding strategies and functional morphology of demersal deep-sea ophidiid fishes Carter, H. Jacque. Marine Science 1984 Doctor of Philosophy
The impact of undergraduate Greek membership on alumni giving at the College of William and Mary. O'Neill, Patricia Purish Education 2005 Doctor of Philosophy
Effects of selected nitrogen-containing aromatic compounds (NCACs) on physiological properties in Escherichia coli Catallo, W. James 1959- Marine Science 1989 Doctor of Philosophy
Software and hardware methods for memory access latency reduction on ILP processors Zhang, Zhao, 1970- Computer Science 2002 Doctor of Philosophy
Making an impression : women printers in the southern colonies in the revolutionary era King, Martha Joanne, 1963- History 1992 Doctor of Philosophy
In the shadow of giants : contemporary constraints on effective presidential leadership in higher education Kennedy, Sarah Corner, 1940- Education 1994 Doctor of Philosophy
Turbulence in binary fluid flow systems : a Lattice Boltzmann approach Wah, Darren M. Physics 1999 Doctor of Philosophy
The effects of chlorinated sea water on the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Laird, Chae E. Marine Science 1980 Doctor of Philosophy
Justice is a perpetual struggle : the public memory of the Little Rock school desegration crisis Devlin, Erin Krutko. American Studies 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
The synthesis of reflective and electrically conductive polyimide films via an in situ self-metallization procedure using silver(I) complexes Southward, Robin Elaine, 1959- Applied Science 1997 Doctor of Philosophy
A statistical model to predict the incidence of pathogenic protozoa (Amoebida Acanthamoebidae) in oceanic sediments using surrogate variables Berman, Carl Robert, 1942- Marine Science 1983 Doctor of Philosophy
Divorce adjustment : anxiety, self-esteem, and locus of control Hadeed, Grace J., 1949- Education 1993 Doctor of Philosophy
The diffusion of muonic deuterium atoms in deuterium gas Kraiman, James Brian, 1959- Physics 1989 Doctor of Philosophy
Characterization of anti-tumor immunity in oyster toadfish (Opsanus tau), and the effects of 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene on this immune response Seeley, Kenneth R., 1962- Marine Science 1993 Doctor of Philosophy
The use of performance indicator systems in public higher education Davis, John Milan, 1970- Education 2003 Doctor of Philosophy
Causal synchrony in the design of distributed programs Peterson, Sandra L., 1952- Computer Science 1994 Doctor of Philosophy
Gaseous flux and distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons across the air-water interface of southern Chesapeake Bay Gustafson, Kurt E. Marine Science 1996 Doctor of Philosophy
On the marshlands of empire : trade, diplomacy, and war on the southwestern frontier, 1733-1763 Foret, Michael James, 1953- History 1990 Doctor of Philosophy
Promoting moral reasoning and ego development through the use of Deliberate Psychological Education in family counseling Benoit, Esther, 1982- Education 2009 Doctor of Philosophy
Studies of negative ion-atom scattering at low collision energies Smith, Barry T., 1950- Physics 1978 Doctor of Philosophy
Mechanisms of poly(vinyl chloride) fire retardance and smoke suppression induced by copper additives Jeng, Jong Paul, 1957- Applied Science 1995 Doctor of Philosophy
Automated peak identification for time-of-flight mass spectroscopy Chen, Haijian, 1976- Physics 2005 Doctor of Philosophy
Ties that bind : a multiple case study of issues of power and control in school cultures undergoing a change to inclusion Gillespie, Phoebe Ann, 1949- Education 1999 Doctor of Philosophy
NMR detection of ionized arsenic vacancy production in gallium arsenide Hester, Richard K. Physics 1974 Doctor of Philosophy
Nutrition and feeding in striped bass Morone saxatilis larvae : lipid and fatty acid requirements and microencapsulated diets Ozkizilcik, Sureyya, 1965- Marine Science 1995 Doctor of Philosophy
They opened the door too late : African-Americans and baseball, 1900-1947 Trembanis, Sarah L., 1977- History 2006 Doctor of Philosophy
Sub-pixel techniques to improve spatial resolution Idema, Mark R., 1971- Computer Science 2001 Doctor of Philosophy
Re-shaping documentary expectations : new journalism and direct cinema Zuber, Sharon L. American Studies 2004 Doctor of Philosophy
The architecture of slavery : art, language, and society in early Virginia Boulton, Alexander O. History 1991 Doctor of Philosophy
The measurement of strong-interaction effects in high-Z sigma hyperonic atoms Phillips, William Clarke, 1955- Physics 1988 Doctor of Philosophy
Spontaneous pulse formation in bistable systems Andrews, George A., 1956- Applied Science 2004 Doctor of Philosophy
Hadron structure from holographic QCD Abidin, Zainul, 1981- Physics 2010 Doctor of Philosophy
Controls on the delivery of fluvial sediment to the coastal ocean : the Salinas River, California Farnsworth, Katherine L. Marine Science 2003 Doctor of Philosophy
CP violation in K-long decays Dorata, Gregory Dominick, 1960- Physics 1997 Doctor of Philosophy
Bonds of friendship and mutual interest : Virginia's waterways improvement companies, 1784-1828 Perez, L. Jeffrey (Lawrence Jeffrey), 1960- History 2000 Doctor of Philosophy
Beyond the standard model : new scalars and new leptons Yuan, Yao, 1964- Physics 1993 Doctor of Philosophy
Nonlinear optical studies of photoelastic effect and magneto-plasmonics Zheng, Wei, Applied Science 2014 Doctor of Philosophy
The vermin-killers : pest control in the early Chesapeake Newman, Megan Haley. American Studies 2001 Doctor of Philosophy
Effects of a cognitive-behavioral program designed to increase the reading comprehension skills of learning disabled students Reilly, Jane Pindar, 1943- Education 1991 Doctor of Philosophy
Nuclear polarization and charge parameters using the muonic 2s state Martin, Peter. Physics 1971 Doctor of Philosophy