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
Suface-enhanced raman and single-molecule spectroscopy studies of fugitive artists' pigements Frano, Kristen A. Chemistry 2015 Master of Science
Evaluation of a brief neurometric battery for the detection of neurocognitive changes associated with amnestic mild cognitive impairment and probable alzheimer's disease Cunningham, Emily Christine, Psychology 2015 Master of Arts
Development of a solid-supported Glaser-Hay reaction and utilization in conjunction with unnatural amino acids Lampkowski, Jessica S. Chemistry 2015 Master of Science
Influence of emotional stimuli on working memory in schizotypy Demmin, Docia L., Psychology 2015 Master of Arts
Development of a three step cascade synthesis of 2,4-dihydro-1H-benzo[f]isochromenes Lewis, Shane E., Chemistry 2015 Master of Science
Influences of science fiction and fantasy fandom on bias Gomez, Melissa Anne, Psychology 2015 Master of Arts
Noble metal free catalysts for hydrogen genereation from aqueous solutions Liu, Dan Chemistry 2015 Master of Science
Stressed, pregnant, and behind bars Kelsey, Caroline Malory, Psychology 2015 Master of Arts
Neurotransmitter systems and age related cognitive decline : a focus on attention and plasticity Kozikowski, Christine Teal, Psychology 2015 Master of Arts
Determining the efficacy of the extended kinetic method for determination of thermochemical properties of small, high-entropy, organic molecules Pisano, Mary Grace, Chemistry 2015 Master of Arts
Confrontation of prejudice towards multiracials and monoracials Nicolas, Gandalf, Psychology 2015 Master of Arts
Enhancing bug reports for mobile apps Moran, Kevin Patrick, Computer Science 2015 Master of Science
Integration and differentiation as distinct dimensions of personality Oleynick, Victoria Claire , Psychology 2015 Master of Arts
A widow's purview : a microhistory of widowhood and gender relations in the late eighteenth-century Virginia backcountry Bourbeau-Allard, Eve, History 2015 Master of Arts
Neurocognitive mechanisms of social influence on emotion Willroth, Emily Catherine, Psychology 2015 Master of Arts
In noe wise cruelly whipped: indentured servitude, household violence, and the law in seventeenth-century Virginia Carbonell, Caylin Elizabeth History 2015 Master of Arts
A mode of correcting the existing evils : swindlers, inland passage tickets, and the federalization of immigration policy in the Antebellum United States Fitzgibbon, Joseph Patrick, History 2015 Master of Arts
Of circuit riders and circuit courts : a case study of the Methodist border conflict in antebellum Virginia Gleason, Douglas Paul, History 2015 Master of Arts
Hawaiian emancipation? : slavery, free labor, and indentured labor in nineteenth-century Hawaii Guerci, Mark Thomas, History 2015 Master of Arts
The corporate person : how U.S. courts transformed a legal phantom into a powerful citizen DeMeola, Zachariah J., American Studies 2015 Master of Arts
Possessing the holy land : the Palestine Exploration Fund and the American Palestine Exploration Society Irizarry, Ashley M., History 2014 Master of Arts
A program evaluation of a leadership academy for school principals Wagner, Kristi E., Education 2014 Doctor of Education
The fruits of their labors : exploring William Hamilton's greenhouse complex and the rise of American botany in early federal Philadelphia Chesney, Sarah Jane, Anthropology 2014 Doctor of Philosophy
Powhatan's white dog: Tsenacommacah in the English trading world Morrison, Matthew Patrick History 2014 Master of Arts
Entertaining education or purely entertainment : a case study of the Yorktown Victory Center Ecker, Jordan Margaret-May, American Studies 2014 Master of Arts
Teachers' perspectives of effective lesson planning : a comparative analysis Straessle, Jessica Miller Wunderle, 1979-, Education 2014 Doctor of Education
Culture clash : a case study of the issues that non-traditional college presidents face in adjusting to academic culture Heuvel, Sean M., Education 2014 Doctor of Philosophy
From lying low to harmonious world : changes in Chinese foreign policy from the 1970s to the 2000s Murray, Charles Monahan, History 2014 Master of Arts
I get a kick out of you' : cinematic revisions of the history of the African American cowboy in the American West Maguire, Stephanie Anne, American Studies 2014 Master of Arts
Women in the trenches : barriers to female staff's advancement in higher education Costello, Carla A., Education 2014 Doctor of Philosophy
A search for a new gauge boson Jensen, Eric Lyle, Physics 2014 Doctor of Philosophy
Effective resource and workload management in data centers Lu, Lei, Computer Science 2014 Doctor of Philosophy
From señor natural to siervo de Dios : the transition of Nahua nobility under Spanish rule, 1540-1600 Retzbach, Shannon A., History 2014 Master of Arts
Race, childhood, and Native American boarding schools : a case study of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute Norris, Tyler, American Studies 2014 Master of Arts
Drivin' trucks, huntin' bucks, and reading Aristotle? : the rural student's college choice dilemma Strawn, Rachel Mayes, Education 2014 Doctor of Education
The formation of the Russian medical profession : a comparison of power and plagues in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Schuth, Samuel Otto, History 2014 Master of Arts
For how could we do without sugar and rum? : the semiotics of abolitionist aesthetics Padilioni, James Patrick, American Studies 2014 Master of Arts
Evaluating a school-based day treatment program for students with challenging behaviors Hickman, Antoine Lewis, 1970-, Education 2014 Doctor of Education
Temptress of the stage : whither the widow-woman? Snyder, Kathryn Elizabeth, History 2014 Master of Arts
Seeing (for) Miles : jazz, race, and objects of performance Anderson, Benjamin Park, 1979-, American Studies 2014 Doctor of Philosophy
Obscured conflations, (un)bending frames : considering the concept of truth in the politics and rhetoric of the religious right Rosenkranz, Anna Catharine, American Studies 2014 Master of Arts
Living, learning, and leading from the middle : African American women administrators in student affairs Anderson, Melinda R. Jones, 1977-, Education 2014 Doctor of Education
Epistemological ties that bind : student counselors' professional ethical identity development Lloyd-Hazlett, Jessica, Education 2014 Doctor of Philosophy
Thus did God break the head of that Leviathan : performative violence and judicial beheadings of Native Americans in seventeenth-century New England Tonat, Ian Edward, History 2014 Master of Arts
The scar must remain' : memory and the first world war in the Ruth Fielding and Beverly Gray series Thompson, Anna Murell, American Studies 2014 Master of Arts
Sediment deposition and reworking : a modeling study using isotopically tagged sediment classes Birchler, Justin J., 1988- Marine Science 2014 Master of Science
Real-time high-quality image to mesh conversion for finite element simulations Foteinos, Panagiotis A., Computer Science 2014 Doctor of Philosophy
The Dalai Lama in American documentaries : symbol, politics and American mirroring Zeng, Shuting, American Studies 2014 Master of Arts
Teacher self-efficacy, content and pedagogical knowledge, and their relationship to student achievement in algebra I Fox, Antonia M., Education 2014 Doctor of Education
Ruins reframed : the commodification of American urban disaster, 1861-1906 Hilpert, Zachary M., American Studies 2014 Doctor of Philosophy