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
Part-time music faculty in selected senior institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth of Virginia Forrest, Thomas Ward, 1943- Education 1994 Doctor of Education
An experimental study of the effects of goal interdependence on the anxiety levels and attitudes of prospective teachers towards visually impaired persons Banks, Clarrissa D. Jackson, 1917- Education 1984 Doctor of Education
Evaluating a school-based day treatment program for students with challenging behaviors Hickman, Antoine Lewis, 1970-, Education 2014 Doctor of Education
The relationships between socioeconomic status, sex, self-concept, academic achievement, and course selection of urban black tenth-grade students Chappell, Earl Birges, 1944- Education 1979 Doctor of Education
Faculty's relationship to the identity problem of the community college : a study of faculty support for specific institutional directions for the Virginia community college system Townsend, Barbara Kate, 1944- Education 1983 Doctor of Education
An investigation of the motivational-study skills-self-regulatory skills model for improving academic competence in community college students Evans, Okey Rex, 1949- Education 1984 Doctor of Education
Modest pioneers : a study of a sample of the first-female class at the University of Virginia, 1970-1974 Robertson, Louise Lilley, 1953- Education 1986 Doctor of Education
Hurricane Katrina families : social class and the family in trauma recovery Godwin, Emilie E. Education 2009 Doctor of Education
Making routine curriculum changes at the College of William and Mary in Virginia : are faculty influenced by trends in students' pursuits? Pratt, Anne M., 1947- Education 1984 Doctor of Education
The differential effects of three life career development courses on the self-concept and career maturity of college underclassmen Huntington-Meath, James Stewart, 1948- Education 1981 Doctor of Education
Staff development practices used in Virginia's public schools : a comparative analysis of personnel perceptions from rural and other districts Cox, Herbert O., 1943- Education 1994 Doctor of Education
Middle school innovation : interpretation and assessment Williams, William Bryant, 1940- Education 1989 Doctor of Education
The organizational culture of the academic department : a case study of a department of biological sciences Smith, Martha Anne, 1955- Education 1992 Doctor of Education
The rating of nonverbal counseling techniques by reluctant adolescent clients Forrester, James Ernest, 1947- Education 1982 Doctor of Education
Helping first-year college students climb the academic ladder : report of a national survey of freshman seminar programming in American higher education Barefoot, Betsy O. 1944- Education 1992 Doctor of Education
What predicts alumni satisfaction? : the impact of investment, involvement, and post-college outcomes Barnes, Amy Catherine, 1976- Education 2007 Doctor of Education
Comprehensive services for students with serious emotional disturbances : an analysis of state legislation and policy Hill, Elizabeth B., 1946- Education 1996 Doctor of Education
An exploratory study of experiences of gifted/sexual minority students Walter, Rebecca M. Education 2008 Doctor of Education
Food for thought : the collegiate way of living Charlton, David Holland, 1951- Education 1985 Doctor of Education
To be or merely to seem? : investigating the image of the modern education governor Krotseng, Marsha V., 1955- Education 1987 Doctor of Education
Postwar martial arts program in Japanese higher education : case of Nippon College of Physical Education Hamada, Hiroyuki, 1941- Education 1984 Doctor of Education
The relationships between cognitive appraisal, coping and physical functioning in a work hardening population Townsend, Linda Susan, 1948- Education 1994 Doctor of Education
Factors influencing school board decisions on redistricting Morgan, Frank E. Education 1999 Doctor of Education
A study of the differential effects of three career counseling techniques on career-related activities and attitudes of black college freshmen Burke, Judith Glenn, 1939- Education 1978 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
Interorganizational relationships in higher education : a case study Roche, Paul Edward, 1957- Education 2002 Doctor of Education
An evaluation of personality-environmental factors related to job satisfaction of secondary school natural science teachers DeShazo, G. Newton, 1943- Education 1992 Doctor of Education
The impact of live supervision on the family therapist's level of immediacy, anxiety, responsiveness, and genuineness Bistline, John L. Education 1982 Doctor of Education
Relationships among long-term debt, current fund revenues and expenditures, and endowment value at public four-year colleges and universities Stump, Michael Lee. Education 2001 Doctor of Education
The effectiveness on problem resolution of three different treatment modalities : client-centered, rational emotive therapy and paradoxical directives Gombatz, Michael Wagner, 1949- Education 1983 Doctor of Education
Declining student enrollment in Virginia 1972-1981 : an examination of its extent, State Board of Education policies, and changes effected by selected school divisions Pruden, Edward Hughes, 1950- Education 1983 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
The relationship between college freshmen resident students' levels of maturity and the attribution of causality for a stimulus person's behavior Cox, Terry Bradford, 1949- Education 1977 Doctor of Education
The effects of pacing and cognitive style upon student achievement and attitude in basic college mathematics Wilson, Barbara Upton, 1939- Education 1981 Doctor of Education
An evaluative study of the 1972-74 standards of quality and objectives for public schools in Virginia Smith, Norman Steven. Education 1980 Doctor of Education
Pupil productivity in elementary school mathematics as related to principal and teacher leadership style Forster, Beverly Roane, 1938- Education 1983 Doctor of Education
A study of the relation of organizational climate to individually guided education programs in selected elementary schools in an eastern Virginia city school division Forte, Theodore L. Education 1981 Doctor of Education
The relationship of codependence to career choice Barnett, Karen H., 1949- Education 1991 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
The assistant principal's role in special education : an inquiry into the supervision of special education at the building level Walton, Valerie Ann. Education 2008 Doctor of Education
The development of the image of a selective collegiate public institution and the effects of that image upon admissions : the case of the College of William and Mary in Virginia, 1946-1980 Schoenenberger, Karen Cottrell. Education 1984 Doctor of Education
The impact of organizational culture on the academic success of historically Black college and university athletes : a case study Charlton, Ralph. Education 2009 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
Alternate methods of changing nursing home staff attitudes toward sexual behavior in the aged Aja, Anne Marie, 1947- Education 1982 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 matter of degree : mid-career professional training for museum workers in the United States & Great Britain Tramposch, William Joseph. Education 1985 Doctor of Education
Women returning to community college : a response to life changes and a desire for a revised identity (a case study of Paul D. Camp Community College) Morgan, Margaret Irene. Education 1987 Doctor of Education
Interorganizational town-gown relationships and property taxes : a case study Burns, Cynthia Felix. Education 2002 Doctor of Education
Continuous improvement monitoring : an analysis of state special education compliance procedures Blake, Barbara Richmond. Education 2012 Doctor of Education
The effect of group counseling on academic achievement and achievement motivation of alternative high school students Sullivan, Anne Klare, 1944- Education 1986 Doctor of Education