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
The effects of women's studies on the fear of success and locus of control of female college students Levine, Arlene Spielholz. Education 1981 Doctor of Education
An investigation of the relationship between college student development and alcohol consumption patterns Hensley, Laura Greer, 1968- Education 1997 Doctor of Education
Influences of self in career decision-making among gifted adolescents attending Governor's School in Science and Technology Orton, William Rutledge. Education 1998 Doctor of Education
Environmental and political correlates of appropriations for higher education in Virginia, 1950-1972 Bounds, Stuart Murray, 1944- Education 1974 Doctor of Education
An analysis of the National War College Terwilliger, Thom H., 1958- Education 1992 Doctor of Education
The relationship between thinking style differences and career choice for high-achieving high school students Kim, Mihyeon. Education 2009 Doctor of Education
Effects of spouse counseling on the treatment outcome of the problem drinker Johnston, Paul J. Education 1979 Doctor of Education
A critical study of black parents' participation in special education decision-making Freeman-Nichols, Tamara Lynn, Education 2013 Doctor of Education
A study of the relationship of social planning processes to the social competence of learning disabled adolescents Barton, Roberta Swithers, 1939- Education 1989 Doctor of Education
Baccalaureate prepared women in nursing : return to graduate education in nursing in midlife Ritch-Brant, Barbara Ann. Education 1995 Doctor of Education
An analysis of fact-finding and its acceptance as a method of conflict resolution in Virginia public school grievance and dismissal procedures Martin, Diane Gerian, 1959- Education 1985 Doctor of Education
The effects of rational self-counseling upon the locus of control of treated subjects Clawson, Thomas W. 1947- Education 1976 Doctor of Education
A strategy for teaching decision-making skills utilizing simulation techniques Whitson, Marcella Fortner. Education 1974 Doctor of Education
Examining the development of self-authorship among student veterans Stone, Sharon L. M., Education 2014 Doctor of Education
The self on the page : using student teachers' written stories as a reflective tool during the student teaching internship Farina, Deborah O., Education 2013 Doctor of Education
The college investment decision for nontraditional students : factors affecting the choice of post-secondary enrollment and quality Amiri, Shahram. Education 1993 Doctor of Education
Factors associated with statutory consortium effectiveness : a case study of one Virginia consortium for continuing higher education Poland, Mark W. Education 1986 Doctor of Education
An exploration of selected effects of circumstances which precede and surround recall of early childhood and recent adult experiences Hughes, Carol Caswell, 1935- Education 1986 Doctor of Education
Economies and diseconomies of scale in the American two-year colleges Butts, Duncan Roger, 1930- Education 1988 Doctor of Education
The effects of relaxation and positive suggestion on early symptoms of senility in older adults in an institutional setting Simons, Helen Gernert, 1924- Education 1979 Doctor of Education
A study of the effects of group counseling on religious attitudes and verbal behaviors of members of a conservative synagogue Levine, Shlomo D., 1938- Education 1974 Doctor of Education
The College of William and Mary in Virginia, 1800-1827 Osborne, Ruby Orders. Education 1981 Doctor of Education
Correlates of the joint attention disturbance in autism Bourdon, Linda S., 1955- Education 1999 Doctor of Education
Student attendance and its relationship to achievement and student engagement in primary classrooms Thayer-Smith, Roberta Adams. Education 2007 Doctor of Education
The effects of cognitive behavior modification on type A behavior in academically superior secondary school students Grant, Robert John, 1948- Education 1983 Doctor of Education
A study of the relationship between student achievement and home socialization Crawley, Janet Carter, 1949- Education 2002 Doctor of Education
The impact of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action legislation on Virginia public school divisions as perceived by school personnel officials Mitchell, John A., 1948- Education 1982 Doctor of Education
The effectiveness of an intervention program to improve performance of low achieving students on the Literacy Passport Test Bauer, Harriet Elizabeth Reph, 1938- Education 1994 Doctor of Education
Assessment of behavior and personality characteristics of masters' level counselor education students across training and supervision Clinton, Timothy E., 1960- Education 1990 Doctor of Education
Training peer professionals in career services : an analysis of current practices Whitt, Melissa Jayne, 1964- Education 1993 Doctor of Education
The hidden curriculum of the video teleconference (VTC) classroom and its implications for the university of the 21st century Stout, Mary Webb, 1947- Education 1995 Doctor of Education
The current attitudes of principals and teachers regarding mainstreaming in Virginia middle level schools Farley, Janice Landmesser, 1955- Education 1991 Doctor of Education
Prospective principals for the 21st century : factors that motivate and inhibit the pursuit of school leadership for educational administration students Pope, Tambra Michelle. Education 2010 Doctor of Education
The development of a computer assisted assessment device for use in screening children referred for psychoeducational evaluations Buxton, Michael J., 1953- Education 1985 Doctor of Education
Predictors of role conflict, role ambiguity, and propensity to leave among academic department secretaries Vrooman, Rona J., 1953- Education 1990 Doctor of Education
The origins and development of Virginia's student assessment policy : a case study Sims, Serbrenia J. Education 1989 Doctor of Education
Applying the transtheoretical model of change to court ordered/DUI outpatient treatment clients Levy, Cynthia M., 1952- Education 1997 Doctor of Education
Equity in mathematics : algebra for everyone Hervey, Regina Lynn, 1955- Education 1999 Doctor of Education
An evaluation study of the curriculum and instructional approaches employed in the Norfolk Public Schools gifted program Dolph, Katie A., 1979- Education 2009 Doctor of Education
GED diploma graduates : performance, persistence, and attrition in four-year postsecondary education institutions Osei, Monica A. Education 2001 Doctor of Education
An exploratory study of factors that relate to academic success among high-achieving African American males Thomas, Kianga Rhea, 1972- Education 2008 Doctor of Education
Teachers' perceived influences on technology integration decisions : a grounded theory on instruction decisions after professional development Greenhaus, Karen Larsen, 1964-, Education 2014 Doctor of Education
Institutional origin : labor market signaling in higher education Wyer, Jean Conover, 1950- Education 1980 Doctor of Education
Self-concept, racial identity development and the perception of the graduate and professional educational experience among African American female college students planning to pursue advanced degrees : correlational study Mitchell, Wanda Shnita, 1959- Education 1995 Doctor of Education
An examination of the relationship between school environment and student achievement in an urban school division in Virginia Jones, George L., 1937- Education 1982 Doctor of Education
Community college faculty members' attitudes toward correctional inmates : an attempt to increase faculty participation in off-campus instruction at correctional institutions Friedman, Arthur Howard, 1948- Education 1978 Doctor of Education
A study of the effects of a group education program, systematic training for effective parenting, upon parental self concept and assessment of child behavior Bauer, Marcia Thompson, 1932- Education 1977 Doctor of Education
A study of the relationship between age and performance on computer assisted rehabilitation tasks for children Martin, Sanford P. Education 2000 Doctor of Education
President J.A.C. Chandler and the first women faculty at the College of William and Mary Whittenburg, Carolyn Sparks, 1946- Education 2004 Doctor of Education
Teachers' perspectives of effective lesson planning : a comparative analysis Straessle, Jessica Miller Wunderle, 1979-, Education 2014 Doctor of Education