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
Relationships between watershed characteristics and base flow nutrient discharges to Eastern Shore coastal lagoons, Virginia Stanhope, Jennifer Wu, 1974- Marine Science 2003 Master of Science
Migratory and spawning behavior of American shad in the James River, Virginia Aunins, Aaron W., 1978- Marine Science 2006 Master of Science
The development of the CALIPSO lidar simulator Powell, Kathleen A., 1954- Applied Science 2005 Master of Science
Analysis of extreme water levels in the lower Chesapeake Bay Wilkerson, Carissa N. Marine Science 2013 Master of Science
An examination of potential conflict between SAV and hard clam aquaculture in the lower Chesapeake Bay Woods, Helen. Marine Science 2001 Master of Science
A parallel two dimensional Delaunay decoupling method Linardakis, Leonidas, 1965- Computer Science 2003 Master of Science
Noble metal free catalysts for hydrogen genereation from aqueous solutions Liu, Dan Chemistry 2015 Master of Science
An economic assessment of reducing incidental capture of sea turtles in the northwest Atlantic pelagic longline fishery Scott, Tara L., 1980- Marine Science 2004 Master of Science
TraceLab : reproducing empirical software engineering research Moritz, Evan Alexander, Computer Science 2013 Master of Science
The synthesis and spectroscopic study of a spirooxazine-functionalized poly(phenylenevinylene) Walk, Jordan Thomas. Chemistry 2009 Master of Science
Forward secure fuzzy extractors Goldenberg, David, 1983- Computer Science 2007 Master of Science
Tidal wetland contributions to fecal coliform loads in shellfish growing waters by analysis of model prediction discrepancy Huang, Jie. Marine Science 2005 Master of Science
The effects of medium on the UV-induced photodegradation of Rhodamine B dye Carta, Carolyn Louise, Chemistry 2014 Master of Science
A genetic investigation of population structure and phylogenetics of the benthic polychaete Paraprionospio pinnata in Chesapeake Bay Stubbs, Julie Beck, 1977- Marine Science 2003 Master of Science
Wetland vegetation dynamics and ecosystem gas exchange in response to organic matter loading rates Bailey, David E. Marine Science 2006 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
Holocene sedimentation on the Lanyang Plain and adjacent continental shelf, northwestern Taiwan Wu, Chia-Yu. Marine Science 2013 Master of Science
Assessment of development impacts on coastal zone : integrated approach, Northampton County, Eastern Shore, Virginia Zableckis, Sarunas, 1977- Marine Science 2001 Master of Science
Spatial, geostatistical, and fractal measures of seafloor microtopography across the Eel River shelf, off northern California Cutter, George Randall. Marine Science 1997 Master of Science
Enhancing bug reports for mobile apps Moran, Kevin Patrick, Computer Science 2015 Master of Science
Spatial variations in benthic invertebrate assemblages in and around the Georges Banks closed areas Walker, Andrew Clayton, 1978- Marine Science 2004 Master of Science
A new packet filter : fast packet filtering by exploiting CISC and SIMD ISA Wu, Zhenyu, 1982- Computer Science 2007 Master of Science
Estimation of annual and semi-annual survival of adult female blue crabs and assessment of the effectiveness of the Virginia blue crab sanctuary using tag-return methodology Lambert, Debra M., 1975- Marine Science 2005 Master of Science
Amine- and sulfide-sensing copper(I) iodide films and the structure, dynamics, and photophysics in the copper(I) iodide-tetrahydrothiophene system Henline, Kylie Marie, Chemistry 2014 Master of Science
Sublethal effects of sediment contamination on an estuarine amphipod Vogt, Bruce W., 1976- Marine Science 2003 Master of Science
Physical processes behind delta propagation and flood layer dynamics, Po River, Italy Bever, Aaron J. Marine Science 2006 Master of Science
A framework for construction and analysis of juvenile abundance indices for American shad (Alosa sapidissima) in the York River, Virginia Aiken, Mary Lynn, 1975- Marine Science 2000 Master of Science
A computer-assisted instruction program in mathematics Lawrence, William Lindsay, 1947- Applied Science 1973 Master of Science
Kinematics and fluid dynamics of the ventilatory cycle in carp (Cyprinus carpio) Callan, William Todd. Biology 2005 Master of Science
Targeting wetland preservation areas for compensatory mitigation utilizing a GIS protocol Dancy, Lynn M., 1970- Marine Science 1997 Master of Science
Studying and enabling reuse in Android mobile apps Holtzhauer, Andrew Steven, Computer Science 2014 Master of Science
Effects of sediment characteristics on the distribution of fiddler crabs (Uca spp.) at Goodwin Island, Virginia Ward, Landon Alan, 1975- Marine Science 2003 Master of Science
Population genetic structure of escolar (Lepidocybium flavobrunneum) and a molecular phylogeny of the Trichiuroidea Brendtro, Kirsten, 1982- Marine Science 2006 Master of Science
Bioremediation of tributyltin contaminated sediment using Spartina alterniflora in a created tidal wetland Anderson, Britt-Anne, 1974- Marine Science 2000 Master of Science
Characteristics of vesicomyid clams and their environment at the Blake Ridge cold seep Heyl, Taylor Perrine, 1979- Biology 2005 Master of Science
Limitation of bacterial growth by dissolved organic matter and iron in the Southern Ocean Church, Matthew J., 19970- Marine Science 1999 Master of Science
Age and growth of Spanish mackeral, Scomberomorus maculatus, in the Chesapeake Bay region Gaichas, Sarah K. 1968- Marine Science 1997 Master of Science
Site fidelity, home range, and daily movements of white perch, Morone americana, and striped bass, Morone saxatilis, in two small tributaries of the York River, Virginia/ McGrath, Patrick E., 1978- Marine Science 2005 Master of Science
Genetic variation within and among the Suminoe oyster (Crassostrea ariakensis) populations and stocks as assessed by molecular markers Zhang, Qian, 1975- Marine Science 2003 Master of Science
Role of Apolipoprotein A-1 in defense against bacteria by striped bass (Morone saxatilis) Johnston, L. Danielle, 1979- Marine Science 2006 Master of Science
Seasonal residence, movement, and activity patterns of adult tautog, Tautoga onitis, in lower Chesapeake Bay Arendt, Michael D., 1974- Marine Science 2000 Master of Science
Effects of human disturbance on the breeding success of eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis) Kight, Caitlin Rebecca, 1981- Biology 2005 Master of Science
Carbon production and growth physiology of heterotrophic bacteria in a subtropical coral reef ecosystem Countway, Peter Dylan, 1968- Marine Science 1999 Master of Science
A framework for implementing bioinformatics knowledge-exploration systems Hayes, John A., 1979- Applied Science 2004 Master of Science
Meiofauna abundance and distribution in Chesapeake Bay : relationships with environmental stressors, sediment toxicity and macrofauna Metcalfe, William J., 1977- Marine Science 2005 Master of Science
Diel and site-specific feeding of young striped bass in a heterogeneous nursery habitat Muffelman, Sarah C., 1988- Marine Science 2006 Master of Science
Microgeographic population genetic structure of the mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus L.) inhabiting an industrialized waterway Arzayus, Luis Felipe, 1964- Marine Science 2000 Master of Science
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
Spatial and temporal distributions of organic matter and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in surface waters of the York River, VA estuary Countway, Rebecca E. Marine Science 1999 Master of Science
Small mammal habitat uses of two natural and created wetlands in southeastern Virginia Mueller, Amanda McKenney, 1972- Marine Science 1997 Master of Science