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
Automatically generating random test data for relevant and implicitly defined subdomains Murphy, John Alexander, 1984- Computer Science 2008 Master of Science
A framework for implementing bioinformatics knowledge-exploration systems Hayes, John A., 1979- Applied Science 2004 Master of Science
The development of ecological functions in created forested wetlands Charles, Sean P. Marine Science 2013 Master of Science
Ecological, physiological, and bio-optical characteristics of Phaeocystis globosa in coastal waters of south central Vietnam Liu, Xiao, 1987- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science
Quantifying the overwash component of barrier island morphodynamics : Onslow Beach, NC Foxgrover, Amy C. Marine Science 2009 Master of Science
Hydrography and phytoplankton distribution in the Amundsen and Ross Seas Fragoso, Glaucia M., 1984- Marine Science 2009 Master of Science
Shore-oblique bars, nearshore gravel outcrops, and their correlation to shoreline change Schupp, Courtney A., 1978- Marine Science 2005 Master of Science
Effect of noise on the social structure of European Starlings Swan, Autumn, Biology 2015 Master of Science
The habitat utilization of juvenile hawksbill sea turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) at Buck Island Reef National Monument St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands Pemberton, Roy A. Marine Science 2000 Master of Science
Investigation of Hg(II) solution speciation by ESI-MS and proton NMR Nestor, Madeline R. Chemistry 2011 Master of Science
Development and analysis of a nutrient trading program for the James River Watershed Reid, Jennifer M., 1972- Marine Science 1998 Master of Science
Investigating heat shock protein 70 as a binding partner of MK-STYX, and the role of MK-STYX in neuronal differentiation Rusnak, Lauren Elizabeth, Biology 2013 Master of Science
Response to selection of Peromyscus leucopus : response of spermatogenesis and reproductive behavior to selection on gonadal development in an outbred population of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) Sharp, Kathleen Rathbun, 1979- Biology 2005 Master of Science
Water quality in headwater streams : a test of best management practices Holley, Jonathan Worth. Biology 2009 Master of Science
Magneto-optical imaging of superconducting MgB2 thin films Hummert, Stephanie Maria. Applied Science 2007 Master of Science
Mobile animals as a potential dispersal mechanism in Zostera marina (eelgrass) Sumoski, Sarah E., 1987- Marine Science 2012 Master of Science
Mycobacteriosis in striped bass, Morone saxatilis, from Virginia waters of Chesapeake Bay Cardinal, Jennifer L., 1975- Marine Science 2001 Master of Science
Effects of adaptive foragers on the diversity and functioning of assembled model communities Tarantino, William J., 1983- Marine Science 2008 Master of Science
Identifying SUMO protease targets and investigating E3 ligase interactions/ Guillotte, Mark, Biology 2014 Master of Science
Effects of nucleophile strength on selectivity in BiBr3 catalyzed cyclic ether construction Rahman, Ajara A. Chemistry 2012 Master of Science
Assessing the functional status of created wetlands in eastern Virginia via a soil and vegetative developmental trajectory Kreisel, Sara Elizabeth, 1985- Biology 2010 Master of Science
Developing methodologies for studying elasmobranchs and other data-poor species Omori, Kristen L., 1987- Marine Science 2015 Master of Science
Parallel unstructured grid generation for complex real-world aerodynamic simulations Zagaris, George, 1982- Computer Science 2008 Master of Science
Distribution and impacts of invasive bivalve Corbicula fluminea in tidal freshwater York River tributaries Freedman, Matthew Ryan. Marine Science 2013 Master of Science
The effects of seagrass species and trophic interactions in experimental seagrass communities Moore, Althea F. P., 1980- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science
Egg capsule hatching success in Rapana venosa and Urosalpinx cinerea in relation to temperature and salinity Gera, Stephanie M., 1984- Marine Science 2009 Master of Science
Transfer of essential fatty acids by marine plankton Veloza, Adriana J., 1980- Marine Science 2005 Master of Science
Characterization of iron-bearing solids used by naturally-occurring microbes in the anaerobic degradation of hydrocarbons Powell, David C. Marine Science 2000 Master of Science
Synthesis and fluorescence studies of spirooxazine-functionalized poly(phenylene vinylene) prepared via Gilch polymerization and click chemistry Peth, Kathryn Anne. Chemistry 2011 Master of Science
Oyster reef broodstock enhancement in the Great Wicomico River, Virginia Southworth, Melissa J., 1973- Marine Science 1998 Master of Science
Reproductive attributes of polynoid polychaetes from hydrothermal vents on the East Pacific Rise Wallace, Jessica Lynn, 1981- Biology 2005 Master of Science
Female plumage coloration in eastern bluebirds, Sialia sialis : is it a sexually selected trait? Hubbard, Joanna Kay. Biology 2009 Master of Science
Magnetization dynamics and anisotropy in ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic Ni/NiO bilayers Petersen, Andreas. Applied Science 2007 Master of Science
Distribution and feeding ecology of Bathylagus euryops (Teleostei: Microstomatidae) along the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge from Iceland to the Azores Sweetman, Christopher J. Marine Science 2012 Master of Science
Growth patterns of three species of catfish (Ictaluridae) from three Virginia tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay Connelly, William J. Marine Science 2001 Master of Science
Modeling mercury biomagnification in the South River Tom, Kyle R., 1984- Marine Science 2008 Master of Science
Anthropogenic modifications of connectivity at the aquatic-terrestrial ecotone in the Chesapeake Bay Isdell, Robert Earl Biology 2014 Master of Science
Fluorescence quenching of PPV-SO and bodipy-naphthalene systems Saar, Brooklynd Dawn. Chemistry 2012 Master of Science
In vitro application of gold nanoprobes in live neurons for phenotypical classification, connectivity assessment, and electrophysiological recording Mendoza, Karl C. Biology 2010 Master of Science
Bay scallop, Argopecten irradians, restoration in the Virginia coastal bays : the role of predation on spring vs. fall cohort survival Schmitt, Erika L., 1990- Marine Science 2015 Master of Science
Effects of episodic turbulence on diatoms : with comments on the use of Evans Blue stain for live-dead determinations Garrison, Haley S. Marine Science 2013 Master of Science
Evaluating the use of flow-through larval culture for the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica Reiner, Stephanie L., 1985- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science
Artificial societies : a computational model of disease transmission Moore, Nathan T. Computer Science 1999 Master of Science
Nutrient loading and system response in the coastal lagoons of the Delmarva Giordano, Juliette Christina Poleto, 1983- Marine Science 2009 Master of Science
Hypoxia in shallow coastal waters : a case study in Onancock Creek, Virginia Wang, Taiping, 1978- Marine Science 2005 Master of Science
A mathematical model of tau protein hyperphosphorylation : the effects of kinase inhibitors as a theoretical alzheimer's disease therapy Blank, Patrick Neil, Chemistry 2015 Master of Science
Ordering events in a distributed system : a performance evalution Payne, Jeffrey E., 1963- Computer Science 1989 Master of Science
Application of the Shoreline Instability Model along the western side of the Chesapeake Bay, Va. Skunda, Kevin G., 1974- Marine Science 2000 Master of Science
Treatment of synchronizations in compiling fine-grained SPMD-threaded programs for CPU Guo, Ziyu. Computer Science 2011 Master of Science
Early secondary succession in the bottomland hardwood forests of southeastern Virginia Spencer, David Randolph, 1970- Marine Science 1998 Master of Science