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
Here stands a high bred horse: a theory of economics and horse breeding in Colonial Virginia, 1750-1780; a statistical model Kleppertknoop, Lily, Anthropology 2013 Master of Arts
Individual differences in three types of motive congruence : normative, configural and temporal Martin, Chris Clement, Psychology 2013 Master of Arts
Virginia Indians, NAGPRA, and cultural affiliation: revisiting identities and boundaries in the Chesapeake/ Masur, Laura Elizabeth, Anthropology 2013 Master of Arts
History written with lightning : religion, white supremacy, and the rise and fall of Thomas Dixon, Jr. Kidd, David Michael, American Studies 2013 Doctor of Philosophy
Improving energy efficiency and security for pervasive computing systems Xu, Fengyuan, Computer Science 2013 Doctor of Philosophy
Catalogue of interventions for systemic family therapy assessment Tafuri, Sydney Marissa, Psychology 2013 Master of Arts
Derogatory to the rights of free-born subjects: racialization and the identity of the Williamsburg area's free black population from 1723-1830/ Schumann, Rebecca Anne, Anthropology 2013 Master of Arts
Plough deep while sluggards sleep; and you shall have corn to sell and to keep : an analysis of plow ownership in eighteenth century York county Virginia Waske, Zachary John, Anthropology 2013 Master of Arts
Exile from my native shore: the loyalist diaspora and the epistolary family Elliott, Cara Anson, History 2013 Master of Arts
College students' implicit attentional and affective responses to alcohol cues Young, Chelsie Marie, Psychology 2013 Master of Arts
From the middle of nowhere : place-making on my supermodern American road Werner, Maxwell Allen, Anthropology 2013 Master of Arts
Honor from the trenches : why Confederate soldiers fought at Petersburg Hussey, Patrick John, History 2013 Master of Arts
Low energy tests of the standard model Rislow, Benjamin Carl, 1986-, Physics 2013 Doctor of Philosophy
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
Math talent development of elementary school students : the relationship of gender, math motivation, and goal orientation to math achievement Colorado, Ann Haimburger, Education 2014 Doctor of Education
A program evaluation of a leadership academy for school principals Wagner, Kristi E., Education 2014 Doctor of Education
A descriptive case study of appreciative inquiry as an approach to strategic planning for special education in a public school Ruhlman, Paul L., 1974-, Education 2014 Doctor of Education
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
The impact of leadership behaviors of Blue Ribbon Catholic school principals on school culture Cardarelli, Rosaline, Education 2014 Doctor of Education
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
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
For how could we do without sugar and rum? : the semiotics of abolitionist aesthetics Padilioni, James Patrick, American Studies 2014 Master of Arts
Epistemological ties that bind : student counselors' professional ethical identity development Lloyd-Hazlett, Jessica, Education 2014 Doctor of Philosophy
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
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
Temptress of the stage : whither the widow-woman? Snyder, Kathryn Elizabeth, History 2014 Master of Arts
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
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
Exploiting behavioral biometrics for user security enhancements Zheng, Nan, Computer Science 2014 Doctor of Philosophy
Beyond academic preparation : anticipatory socialization, values, and the experiences of undergraduate male African American engineering students Joseph, Jacob David, Education 2014 Doctor of Philosophy
The relationship between teachers' computer self-efficacy and technology integration in a school district's Bring Your Own Technology initiative Ellis, Ashley F., Education 2014 Doctor of Education
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 Dalai Lama in American documentaries : symbol, politics and American mirroring Zeng, Shuting, American Studies 2014 Master of Arts
Females and STEM : determining the K-12 experiences that influenced women to pursue STEM fields Petersen, Anne Marie, Education 2014 Doctor of Education
Sediment deposition and reworking : a modeling study using isotopically tagged sediment classes Birchler, Justin J., 1988- Marine Science 2014 Master of Science
Tavern' by the saltpan : New England seafarers and the politics of punch on La Tortuga Island, Venezuela, 1682-1782 Antczak, Konrad A., Anthropology 2014 Master of Arts
Development of the Involuntary Autobiographical Memory Questionnaire (IAMQ) Kang, Song Hee, Psychology 2014 Master of Arts
Superconducting thin films for SRF cavity applications : a route to higher field gradient linacs Roach, William Michael, Applied Science 2014 Doctor of Philosophy
An analysis of state and local alignment of teacher evaluations in Maryland Peterson, Serene N., 1981-, Education 2014 Doctor of Education
Long-term change in copepod community structure in the western Antarctic Peninsula : linkage to climate and implications for carbon cycling Gleiber, Miram Rayzel, Marine Science 2014 Master of Science
Evaluating a school-based day treatment program for students with challenging behaviors Hickman, Antoine Lewis, 1970-, Education 2014 Doctor of Education
The Pamunkey Indian Museum : collaboration, display, and the creation of a tribal museum Bowen, Rachel Elaine, Anthropology 2014 Master of Arts
The relation between selective cross-modal attention and emotional multisensory integration Klein, Jamie Christine, Psychology 2014 Master of Arts
Seasonal movements, habitat utilization, and comparative scale morphology of white marlin (Kajikia albida) and roundscale spearfish (Tetrapturus georgii) Loose, Emily L., 1976-, Marine Science 2014 Master of Science
Dealing in metaphors : exploring the materiality of trade on Virginia's seventeenth century eastern Siouan frontier Gunter, Madeleine Ailsworth, Anthropology 2014 Master of Arts
Choosing mental health : an investigation of the relationship between college student help seeking and self-authorship Surmitis, Kendra A., Education 2014 Doctor of Philosophy
Meaningful nonsense: Invented words reveal characteristics of emotional stimuli Moldovan, Emil G. Psychology 2014 Master of Arts
The roles of dispersal and predation in determining the seedling recruitment patterns of a Zostera marina system Manley, Stephen R., 1988-, Marine Science 2014 Master of Science
Behind the scenes at William and Mary : front stage history and backstage archaeology Little, Tiffany Olivia, Anthropology 2014 Master of Arts