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 comparison of the effects of open-ended and consensus seeking group discussion processes on the moral judgment of dental hygiene students Rettie, Lindsay Lorimer, 1935- Education 1981 Doctor of Education
Organizational citizenship behaviors, collective teacher efficacy, and student achievement in elementary schools Jackson, Jeffrey C. 1965- Education 2009 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
The relationship of work-study to the grade point averages of selected students enrolled in Norfolk State College during 1973-1974 through 1976-1977 Lomax, Alvin Clinton, 1932- Education 1979 Doctor of Education
Defining the roles and responsibilities of public school assistant principals in Virginia Gaston, David William. Education 2005 Doctor of Education
Increasing teachers' and parents' awareness of indicators of giftedness in economically disadvantaged students Payne, Clifton G. Education 1998 Doctor of Education
The relationship of need fulfillment to job attitudes of faculty in higher education Holt, Frances Goodwin, 1939- Education 1981 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
Student attitudes, learning-effectiveness, and costs/benefits pertaining to military logistics courses offered in the residence, on-site, and satellite television modes of instruction Fenn, Raymond Camp, 1938- Education 1995 Doctor of Education
John Locke and the education of the poor Ferguson, Charles G., 1937- Education 1987 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 study of principal leadership style adaptability and teacher use of effective teaching skills Shannon, Dorothea Mabe, 1950- Education 1987 Doctor of Education
A study of the interrelationships among perceived leader behavior of principals, assessments of organizational output and teacher morale in the secondary schools of the Roman Catholic diocese of Richmond Hartson, Mitchell James, 1943- Education 1978 Doctor of Education
Relationships among therapists' family background, personality traits, and therapeutic approach Van Pelt, Jeffrey Neil, 1954- Education 1993 Doctor of Education
A study of the effectiveness of using collegiate mentors to reduce violent behavior, improve self concept, and increase academic success in an urban middle school Newton, Faith Richards, 1958- Education 1994 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
A systematic/structural examination of factors that facilitate and inhibit natural recovery from alcohol abuse in college students Keel, David S., Education 2013 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
The development of self-efficacy in the teaching of reading McMaster, Peggy B. Education 2005 Doctor of Education
The influence of accreditation on the development of the Medical College of Virginia into an institution with university affiliation Griggs, Walter S., 1940- Education 1979 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
An investigation of various group perceptions on task performance of curriculum specialists DeLoatch, Vasti, 1932- Education 1981 Doctor of Education
School-university partnership : an exploration of the relationship Wood, Daisy Bertha, 1949- Education 1996 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
A wealth of hallowed memories : the development of mission, saga, and distinctiveness at the Virginia Military Institute Loope, David Roger, 1964- Education 1993 Doctor of Education
A study of the relationship of selected variables to grade point average in general biology at Thomas Nelson Community College Spencer, Turner McKinley, 1935- Education 1975 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
The impact of the academic component of response to intervention on collective efficacy, parents' trust in schools, referrals for special education, and student achievement Pennycuff, Lisa Lee. Education 2009 Doctor of Education
Siblings of elementary gifted students : the sibling relationship, self-concept and classroom behavior West, Karen Elizabeth Poe, 1946- Education 1991 Doctor of Education
Introducing--new and improved : the marketing of changed institutions of higher learning Ferguson, Linda Ann, 1950- Education 1986 Doctor of Education
Student trust in teachers and its relationship to student identification with school, student perceptions of academic press, and achievement Bankole, Regina A., 1966- Education 2010 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
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
Parental perceptions of children clinically diagnosed as affective disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or conduct disorder : theimplications for family therapy Vaught, Pamela McComas, 1958- Education 1990 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
Institutional image : a case study of George Mason University Acosta-Lewis, Elizabeth Anne, 1958- Education 1989 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
Leadership development in higher education for public health Erickson, Grace Peak. Education 1992 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
The effects of psychodrama treatment on levels of assertiveness and locus of control in women who have experienced battering Burger, Jeanne Ball, 1945- Education 1994 Doctor of Education
Censorship by librarians in public senior high schools in Virginia McMillan, Laura Smith. Education 1987 Doctor of Education
Behavior modeling : the evaluation of a program to develop conflict management skills Grissom, Charles Michael, 1948- Education 1986 Doctor of Education
An approach to the measurement of unit costs in higher education Teitelbaum, Robert David, 1933- Education 1977 Doctor of Education
Factors contributing to the use of computer-based information systems in student services DeMaio, Genene Marie, 1954- Education 1990 Doctor of Education
Behavioral differences in depressed and conduct-disordered youth Rhody, Kathryn Haynes, 1948- Education 1993 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
Analysis of role perceptions of trustees, administrators, faculty, and students of four-year public institutions of higher education in Virginia Bird, Betty, 1942- Education 1978 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