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
Keeping the house in order government regulations and campus compliance Cordle, Robbie Lee, 1958- Education 1991 Doctor of Education
The development of self-efficacy in the teaching of reading McMaster, Peggy B. Education 2005 Doctor of Education
Work values and their relationship to certain personality types of community college students Taylor, Howard Thornton, 1944- Education 1976 Doctor of Education
Achieving balance in the governance of intercollegiate athletics : an examination of power and authority over time Baker, Richard Eugene, 1957- Education 1995 Doctor of Education
Perceptions and expectations as measures of satisfaction with the freshman advising program at the College of William and Mary Jarmon, Amy Louise, 1949- Education 1983 Doctor of Education
Psychological and psychosocial responses of women seeking pregnancy counseling to HIV antibody testing Ludford, Geoffrey Wayne, 1948- Education 1994 Doctor of Education
A study of programs designed to stimulate students' independent reading Welsh, Elizabeth K. Education 1992 Doctor of Education
Predicting student attrition at an urban college Staman, E. Michael. Education 1979 Doctor of Education
A study of sexual attitudes, sexual behaviors, and religiosity of community college students Abdo, Robert John, 1950- Education 1985 Doctor of Education
Learning and study strategies inventory (Lassi) : a validity study Perkins, Anne Witt, 1953- Education 1991 Doctor of Education
Survey of physical activity in elementary school classrooms in the state of Virginia Elmakis, Gail Smith. Education 2010 Doctor of Education
A study of the effectiveness of public and university support service programs for students with disabilities in the Commonwealth of Virginia : do they offer what they purport to offer? Buck, Betty Jo. Education 1990 Doctor of Education
Psychological development of infants conceived through in vitro fertilization Van de Water, Virginia Lee, 1949- Education 1988 Doctor of Education
The relationship between teacher perceptions of managerial styles and the quality of interpersonal relationships between teachers and supervisory personnel Sherman, Hazel Burgett, 1940- Education 1976 Doctor of Education
Differences in the psychological types of student leaders and non-leaders at a private liberal arts college Leavenworth, Paul G., 1949- Education 1984 Doctor of Education
Variables influencing recent high school graduates' choice of postsecondary proprietary schools or community colleges De Weese, Bill Carl, 1944- Education 1989 Doctor of Education
A study of selected factors related to moral development in children ages seven to ten Newton, Gail Brooke. Education 1983 Doctor of Education
Perceptual-expectancy style (PES) and pretreatment adjustment : a study of subtypes among male alcohol abusers Berns, Jonathan H., 1948- Education 1982 Doctor of Education
An investigation of the achievement of 4x4 block-scheduled advanced placement calculus AB students Keen, Carolyn Marie. Education 1996 Doctor of Education
A study of the relationship of regional school accreditation status to achievement test scores in public elementary schools in Virginia Glancy, Richard Daniel, 1944- Education 1983 Doctor of Education
Teacher self-efficacy beliefs and their impact on recommendations for student retention at grades K-2 Rummel, Nicole Pearce. Education 2007 Doctor of Education
Censorship by librarians in public senior high schools in Virginia McMillan, Laura Smith. Education 1987 Doctor of Education
An approach to the measurement of unit costs in higher education Teitelbaum, Robert David, 1933- Education 1977 Doctor of Education
Behavioral differences in depressed and conduct-disordered youth Rhody, Kathryn Haynes, 1948- Education 1993 Doctor of Education
Analysis of the effectiveness of an instructional strategy to teach selected problem-solving skills to nursing students Rice, Rebecca Baum, 1944- Education 1984 Doctor of Education
The role of the counselor within the Virginia community college system Welter, William Lloyd, 1932- Education 1975 Doctor of Education
The use of active memory encoding strategies by thought disordered and non-thought disordered schizophrenics Abramczyk, Lois, 1942- Education 1977 Doctor of Education
The effects of microcomputer use on the critical thinking skills of middle school students Perkins, Harvey William, 1948- Education 1984 Doctor of Education
A balancing act : Division III student-athletes time demands and life roles Hoover, Daniel R. Education 2012 Doctor of Education
A history of the relationships between the state of Virginia and its public normal schools, 1869-1930 Emerson, Bruce, 1921- Education 1973 Doctor of Education
The use and effect of puppetry and bibliotherapy in group counseling with children of divorced parents Bunting, Kenneth Paul, 1947- Education 1984 Doctor of Education
A study of the assessment center as a process for identifying prospective school principals and assistant principals Van Newkirk, Carolyn J., 1937- Education 1984 Doctor of Education
Using a structured group experience to enhance the group interaction and leadership skills of gifted children Shifflette, Elizabeth Chilcott, 1950- Education 1980 Doctor of Education
A study of the effects of the Program for Effective Teaching on academic secondary teacher behavior and general mathematics student achievement in the Newport News public schools, Newport News, Virginia Lebold, Alfred William, 1944- Education 1979 Doctor of Education
An investigation of various group perceptions on task performance of curriculum specialists DeLoatch, Vasti, 1932- Education 1981 Doctor of Education
Teaching slope of a line using the graphing calculator as a tool for discovery learning Nichols, Fiona Costello. Education 2012 Doctor of Education
Intrapsychic and interpersonal personality and temperament changes in marital dyads resulting from a marriage enrichment program based on rational-emotive therapy Bigney, Russell Everett, 1933- Education 1978 Doctor of Education
Guided imagery as a psychoneuroimmunological intervention for HIV-positive individuals Keene, Christopher D. Education 1996 Doctor of Education
The differences of individuals with type A and type B behavior patterns and the women's awareness seminar on self-actualization and flexibility Glass, Carolyn A. Education 1981 Doctor of Education
Literacy self-efficacy and achievement of secondary students with disabilities Runnells, Mary Mau. Education 2012 Doctor of Education
Measuring certain cognitive traits in depressed mothers and their children : a controlled study Correll, James Allen, 1945- Education 1989 Doctor of Education
Making access meaningful : [effects of an early contact program on community college student success] McMillen, Judy Bierlein, 1947- Education 1993 Doctor of Education
The relationship among professional recommendations, certification standards and preservice program requirements in early childhood special education Fore, Lisa Gaye. Education 1992 Doctor of Education
Nursing in the university : an historical analysis of nursing education at the Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia School of Nursing Bampton, Betsy A. 1937- Education 1987 Doctor of Education
A comparative study of the NCATE standards and the Virginia licensure regulations for school personnel with the perceptions of elementary principals and teachers Chantry, Stephen J. Education 2002 Doctor of Education
A systems based stress reduction psychological education program for emergency veterinary personnel : development and evaluation Wessells, D. T. Education 1982 Doctor of Education
A comparison of ratings of the clinical competency of recent graduates of associate and baccalaureate degree programs in nursing Stanton, Carol Joan Magby, 1937- Education 1982 Doctor of Education
Institutional image : a case study of George Mason University Acosta-Lewis, Elizabeth Anne, 1958- Education 1989 Doctor of Education
Demographic and clinical characteristics as predictors of the reinstitutionalization rate of emotionally disturbed adolescents Hopewell, Lou Ross. Education 1980 Doctor of Education
Leadership development in higher education for public health Erickson, Grace Peak. Education 1992 Doctor of Education