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
A New England state of mind : identity and commodification in Yankee magazine, 1935-1942 Sargent, Andrew Robert. American Studies 2011 Master of Arts
Storyville : discourses in southern musicians' autobiographies Sutton, Matthew Daniel, 1972- American Studies 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
Parental emotion socialization and its associations to internalizing symptoms : the influence of parent gender and emotion understanding Sanders, Wesley Mark. Psychology 2011 Master of Arts
On the backs of horses : the Great Epizootic of 1872 Flanagan, Jeffrey Michael. History 2011 Master of Arts
Microscopic dynamics and transport of hydrogen in proton conducting oxides Spahr, Erik J., 1981- Physics 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
What's a nice Mormon girl like you doing writing about vampires? : Stephenie Meyer's Twilight saga and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Smyth, Karen Elizabeth. American Studies 2011 Master of Arts
Liberty, bondage, and the pursuit of happiness : the free Black expulsion law and self-enslavement in Virginia, 1806-1864 Maris-Wolf, Edward Downing, 1974- History 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
Comparing terrors : state terrorism in revolutionary France and Russia Forsythe, Anne Cabrié. History 2011 Master of Arts
Steadfast in their ways : New England colonists, Indian wars, and the persistence of culture, 1675-1715 Corlett, David Michael, 1972- History 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
Strategic victimization : news photographs, the Birmingham Children's Crusade, and the revisualization of America Williams, Margaret Keeton. American Studies 2011 Master of Arts
Enhanced field emission from vertically oriented graphene by thin solid film coatings Bagge-Hansen, Michael, 1984- Applied Science 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
For their maintenance and education : an analysis of children entering Christ's Hospital, London, 1763-1803 Gardy, Kaitlyn Elizabeth. History 2011 Master of Arts
Dietary bioarchaeology : late Woodland subsistence within the coastal plain of Virginia Dore, Berek J. Anthropology 2011 Master of Arts
The wondrous chain of providence : Thomas Prince, the Puritan past, and New England's future, 1660-1736 Gillan, Thomas Joseph. History 2011 Master of Arts
Black masculinities as marronage : Claude McKay's representations of Black male subjectivities in metropolitan spaces Brown, Jarrett Hugh. American Studies 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
Ghosts on the coast of paradise : identifying and interpreting the ephemeral remains of Bermuda's 18th century shipyards Dworsky, Joel Garrett. Anthropology 2011 Master of Arts
Bondage on the border : slaves and slaveholders in Tazewell County, Virginia Kerr, Laura Lee. History 2011 Master of Arts
Shellfishing, ceramics, and gender : shell midden ceramics from the Kiskiak Site Herlich, Jessica Marie. Anthropology 2011 Master of Arts
Building and planting : the material world, memory, and the making of William Penn's Pennsylvania, 1681-1726 Roeber, Catharine Christie Dann. History 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
A cross-cultural comparative study of teacher effectiveness : analyses of award-winning teachers in the United States and China Xu, Xianxuan. Education 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
Analysis and approximation of optimal co-scheduling on CMP Jiang, Yunlian. Computer Science 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
Eavesdropping on history : Olmstead v. U.S. and the emergence of privacy jurisprudence during Prohibition Krouse, Anna Leslie. History 2011 Master of Arts
Fine art and clandestine identity : American Indian artists in the contemporary art market Kuizon, Jaclyn. Anthropology 2011 Master of Arts
Search for effects beyond the Born approximation in polarization transfer observables in [right arrow] ep elastic scattering Meziane, Mehdi. Physics 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
Ghent gayland : a case study of the gay and lesbian community and media of Norfolk, Virginia Lusby, Michael Anthony. History 2011 Master of Arts
Age-related changes in the neural correlates of interval timing Lindbergh, Cutter Augustus. Psychology 2012 Master of Arts
Dispositions and practices that promote teacher-student relationships with African-American male elementary students Yeldell, Karyn Mitchell, 1973-, Education 2012 Doctor of Education
Black female landowners in Richmond, Virginia 1850-1877 Craddock, Hannah Catherine. History 2012 Master of Arts
Tuition discounting through unfunded institutional aid at private baccalaureate colleges Martin, Jeremy Paul. Education 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
Making, mending, and half-soling : an analysis of three nineteenth century Virginia shoemakers Byrd, Sarah Virginia. Anthropology 2012 Master of Arts
The first direct measurement of the weak charge of the proton Leckey, John Poague. Physics 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
Conditioned flavor preferences in children Marshall, Victoria Heinrichs. Psychology 2012 Master of Arts
Cash to Corinna : Silas and Corinna Omohundro and the politics of public interracial relationships in antebellum Richmond, Virginia Finley, Alexandra Jolyn. History 2012 Master of Arts
Booze at the brothel : alcohol-related artifacts and their use in performance at the 27/29 Endicott Street brothel Johnson, Amanda B. Anthropology 2012 Master of Arts
Ironclad revolution : the history, discover and recovery of the USS Monitor Holloway, Anna Gibson, 1963- History 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
Dimensions of principal support behaviors and their relationship to organizational citizenship behaviors and student achievement in high schools Tindle, Jennifer A. Education 2012 Doctor of Education
Founding Fathers on screen : the changing relationship between history and film Garrott, Jennifer Lynn. History 2012 Master of Arts
A learning-based approach to exploiting sensing diversity in performance critical sensor networks Keally, Matthew Alexander. Computer Science 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
Sexual indiscretions in Virginia's colonial capital Schmidt, Sarah Rebecca. Anthropology 2012 Master of Arts
The ideal marriage : reactions to Marie Stopes' Married love, 1918-1935 Goings, Shannon E. History 2012 Master of Arts
The voice of Virginia : WRVA and conversations of a modern South Morris, Caroline Chandler, 1980- History 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
Excellent clay for pots : an archaeological and microscopic investigation of Barbadian redware during the early colonial era Siedow, Erik Andre. Anthropology 2012 Master of Arts
Children serve too : an investigation of the impacts of military family life on adult relationships Heyward, Karena. Education 2012 Doctor of Education
Clockmaking clerics and ropemaking lawyers : mixing occupational roles in early modern Spain Gregory, Aaron Joshua. History 2012 Master of Arts
Rogue fishermen : codfish, Atlantic items, and the Isles of Shoals Victor, Megan. Anthropology 2012 Master of Arts
Poverty Shelf, New Zealand from the Holocene to present : stratigraphic development and event layer preservation in response to sediment supply, tectonics and climate Pierce, Lila Eve Rose, 1981- Marine Science 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
Towards confident body sensor networking Ren, Zhen, Computer Science 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
The death of John Pierce and the political culture of the early republic Petrafesa, Jennifer Leigh. History 2012 Master of Arts
Maximizing archaeology's relevance to its publics through a pragmatist framework Walter, Kelley Marie. Anthropology 2012 Master of Arts
A bold promise : Black Readjusters and the founding of Virginia State University Soares, Leigh Alexandra. History 2012 Master of Arts