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
Rise of a floater class : behavioral adjustments by breeding bald eagles in a population approaching saturation Turrin, Courtney L., Biology 2014 Master of Arts
Vascular flora of the Kent Branch watershed, Fluvanna County, Virginia by George M. Diggs. Diggs, George M. 1952- Biology 1976 Master of Arts
Microburst damage assessment and forest composition reconstruction after Hurricane Isabel in the College Woods, Williamsburg, VA Carlson-Drexler, Kjarstin Alane. Biology 2012 Master of Science
Cloning and functional characterization of hypoxia-inducible factor 1α upstream regions in Xenopus laevis Sipe, Conor W. Biology 2003 Master of Arts
Status, distribution and reproductive rates of American oystercatchers in Virginia Wilke, Alexandra Lee. Biology 2008 Master of Science
An ultra structural study of sporogenesis, vegatative morphology, and host-parasite interactions in Choreonema thuretii (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) LaPointe, Elizabeth Anne, 1969- Biology 1995 Master of Science
Population growth, social behavior, and selected organ weights in laboratory populations of Peromyscus leucopus noveboracensis Wolfe, Charles, 1956- Biology 1981 Master of Arts
The ultrastructure of cell division in male reproductive branches of Polysiphonia denudata Bosco, Cynthia Louise, 1953- Biology 1978 Master of Arts
Mate-guarding in the Australian zebra finch, Taeniopygia guttata : for males, protecting paternity is more important than extra-pair copulations Wilson, Leah Catherine, 1984- Biology 2011 Master of Science
The effects of calcitonin gene-related peptide on the neurons of the preoptic anterior hypothalamus : a mechanism of a hot flash Braasch, Daniel Cameron, 1981- Biology 2005 Master of Science
The evolutionary and ecolgical significance of the clutch size of the osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Stinson, Christopher Hall, 1952- Biology 1976 Master of Arts
The in vitro secretion of growth regulators by isolated callus tissues Lin, Alan Lung-Ming, 1945- Biology 1972 Master of Arts
New insights into fibrous body protein complexes involved in C. elegans spermatogenesis Uyehara, Christopher M., Biology 2014 Master of Science
Sublethal effects of methylmercury on the songbird immune response : an experimental study Lewis, Catherine Ann. Biology 2012 Master of Science
Use of ponds and lakes by resident Canada geese West, Phillip D. Biology 2003 Master of Arts
Ethanol preference in Peromyscus : an association with compromised ethanol metabolism Lowman, James Scott, 1971- Biology 1998 Master of Arts
Effects of substrate on hatching success in black skimmers, Rynchops niger, at the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, Hampton, Virginia Matthews, Crystal Dawn, 1963- Biology 1995 Master of Arts
In Vitro propagation and tissue culture of selected monocots Graves, Reid Harvey, 1951- Biology 1978 Master of Arts
Kinematics and fluid dynamics of the ventilatory cycle in carp (Cyprinus carpio) Callan, William Todd. Biology 2005 Master of Science
Serum corticosterone concentrations in reproductively mature and inhibited deermice (Peromyscus Maniculatus bairdii) from experimental laboratory populations Sung, Kuo-Li Paul, 1943- Biology 1976 Master of Arts
Targeting the sodium iodide symporter for in vivo detection and characterization of mammary tumors in the murine model using a novel gamma camera Blue, Randall Eric, 1982- Biology 2009 Master of Science
A systematic survey of the tribe cichorieae in Virginia Nessler, Craig Lee, 1950- Biology 1972 Master of Arts
Impact of mercury exposure on birds and the effect of molt on mercury depuration in songbirds Whitney, Margaret Crossley, Biology 2014 Master of Arts
Cytotaxonomic notes on chimaphila (L.) Pursh Miracle, James Victor. Biology 1947 Master of Arts
Distribution, abundance, and home range of the whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus) in a managed forest landscape Wilson, Michael Daniel, 1969- Biology 2003 Master of Arts
Flow cytometric analyses on the activation, proliferation, and differentiation state of B cells in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Barr, Maggie Jeanne. Biology 2010 Master of Science
The effects of increased inundation and wrack deposition on photosynthesis and respiration in a Virginia salt marsh Miller, W. David, 1971- Biology 1998 Master of Arts
Determination of the natal origin and genetic stock composition of a juvenile feeding population of the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) in Chesapeake Bay Norrgard, Jeffrey Worner, 1971- Biology 1995 Master of Arts
Cytophotometric estimation of nuclear DNA content variation in ten species of geniculate coralline algae (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta) Bailey, Jeffrey Craig, 1968- Biology 1992 Master of Arts
Salt and water balance in the oligohaline clam, Rangia cuneata Henry, Raymond Peter, 1951- Biology 1978 Master of Arts
Characteristics of vesicomyid clams and their environment at the Blake Ridge cold seep Heyl, Taylor Perrine, 1979- Biology 2005 Master of Science
The influence of environmental salinity on hemocyanin function in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Weiland, Alan Lawson, 1950- Biology 1976 Master of Arts
Plasma progesterone concentrations and ovarian histology in prairie deermice (Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii) from experimental laboratory populations Albertson, Barry Douglas, 1946- Biology 1973 Master of Arts
Evolutionary analysis of the glutamic acid decarboxylase 67 immediate upstream region in African clawed frogs Boyd, Jonathan Lomax. Biology 2009 Master of Science
Biochemical changes in aging mycelial cultures of Alternaria solani Ricciardi, Robert Paul. Biology 1972 Master of Arts
The lateral extent and spatial variation of mercury exposure in birds and their prey near a polluted river Howie, Mikaela Gioia Selene. Biology 2010 Master of Science
Cell-cell interactions in the development of the vascular system of Xenopus Stimson, Krista Marie, 1974- Biology 1998 Master of Arts
A correlated LM/SEM method for the morphological characterization of gene expression in Xenopus laevis Rochmis, Laura, 1970- Biology 1995 Master of Arts
Comparison of the level of female induced reproductive inhibition in white-footed mice (Peromyscus Leucopus Noveboracensis) from Michigan and Virginia Boyer, Timothy Sterling, 1962- Biology 1992 Master of Arts
Seasonal phenotypic change and its effect on some life-history characteristics in Daphnia retrocurva (Cladocera) Bebak, Julie Anne, 1957- Biology 1983 Master of Arts
The population, habitat, behavioral and foraging ecology of the red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) in southeastern Virginia Miller, Gary L. 1954- Biology 1978 Master of Arts
Effects of human disturbance on the breeding success of eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis) Kight, Caitlin Rebecca, 1981- Biology 2005 Master of Science
Airborne cues as a factor in frequency-dependent mate selection in Mormoniella vitripennis White, Harry Coleman, 1953- Biology 1976 Master of Arts
A numerical and spatial study of the meadow vole, Microtus pennsylvanicus Bowker, Margaret Whitney Higgins, 1946- Biology 1973 Master of Arts
Songbirds, pesticides, and golf courses : exposure and effects Burdge, Ryan Brennan. Biology 2009 Master of Science
A study of food hoarding in freely growing laboratory populations of prairie deermice Rice, Linda Zawadsky, 1946- Biology 1972 Master of Arts
Box turtles, Terrapene carolina, as potential seed dispersers : effects of passage through digestive tracts on seed germination Braun, Joanne, 1960- Biology 1985 Master of Arts
Suboptimal foraging behavior by herring gulls Gamble, Jennifer R., 1976- Biology 2000 Master of Arts
Survival in an urbanized landscape : radio-tracking fledgling eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis) on golf courses Jackson, Allyson Kathleen. Biology 2010 Master of Science
Variation between sparrows in the ability to extract buried seed Whalen, David Michael, 1972- Biology 1998 Master of Arts