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
Epistemological ties that bind : student counselors' professional ethical identity development Lloyd-Hazlett, Jessica, Education 2014 Doctor of Philosophy
Possessing the holy land : the Palestine Exploration Fund and the American Palestine Exploration Society Irizarry, Ashley M., 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
Powhatan's white dog: Tsenacommacah in the English trading world Morrison, Matthew Patrick 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
Beyond academic preparation : anticipatory socialization, values, and the experiences of undergraduate male African American engineering students Joseph, Jacob David, Education 2014 Doctor of Philosophy
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
Effective resource and workload management in data centers Lu, Lei, Computer Science 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
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
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
Choosing mental health : an investigation of the relationship between college student help seeking and self-authorship Surmitis, Kendra A., 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
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
Temptress of the stage : whither the widow-woman? Snyder, Kathryn Elizabeth, History 2014 Master of Arts
Networks in favor of liberty : St. Eustatius as an entrepôt of goods and information during the American Revolution Vlasity, Sarah Marie, History 2015 Master of Arts
Inviting the principle gentlemen of the city : privacy, exclusivity, and food complexity in colonial taverns Gryctko, Lauren Elizabeth, Anthropology 2015 Master of Arts
The Continental Army : leadership school of the early Republic Ward, David Lawrence, History 2015 Master of Arts
Could you point me to your nearest clay source, please? : a XRF study of Barbadian historic era ceramics Kirby, Benjamin Crossley, Anthropology 2015 Master of Arts
Human induced cyclical erosion due to altered sediment bypassing mechanisms of a barrier island and the resultant impact on the housing market Fallon, Andy (Andrew R.), Marine Science 2015 Master of Science
Canary red : preserving cochineal and contrasting colonial histories on Lanzarote Mattes, Sarah , Anthropology 2015 Master of Arts
The influence of Zostera marina and Ruppia maritima on habitat structure and function in a changing environment in the Chesapeake Bay French, Emily D., Marine Science 2015 Master of Science
From path to portage : issues of scales, process, and pattern in understanding New Brunswick Riverine Trail Moran, Mallory Leigh, Anthropology 2015 Master of Arts
The reproductive biology of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) in Chesapeake Bay Gervasi, Carissa L., 1989- Marine Science 2015 Master of Science
The land remembers : the construction of movement possibility among Woodland period communities of the Virginia Peninsula Nieves, Josue Roberto, Anthropology 2015 Master of Arts
Diel, seasonal, and interannual patterns in mesozooplankton abundance in the Sargasso Sea Ivory, Jami Alora, 1990- Marine Science 2015 Master of Science
Streaking and straight pins : constructing macsulinity on an Antebellum college campus Schwartz, Erin Stock, Anthropology 2015 Master of Arts
The influence of environmental factors and resource availability on Zostera marina flowering intensity Johnson, Andrew J., 1988- Marine Science 2015 Master of Science
Apoptosis and cell cycle regulation as mechanisms of compensation from notch signaling perturbation in the developing nervous system of xenopus laevis Bianchi, Catherine Hope, Biology 2015 Master of Arts
The influence of short-term events on the hydrographic and biological structure of the southwestern Ross Sea Jones, Randolph M. 1984- Marine Science 2015 Master of Science
An investigation of Hermaphroditism in R. sp. SB 347 Farrell, Maureen Catherine, Biology 2015 Master of Arts
A model of carrying capacity and ecosystem impacts in a large-scale, bivalve-dominated agro-ecosystem : hard clam aquaculture in Cherrystone Inlet, VA Kuschner, Michael A., 1987- Marine Science 2015 Master of Science
Habitat use of the declining wood thrush in coastal Virginia Jirinec, Vitek, Biology 2015 Master of Arts
Signature of recent sediment accumulating in Prince William Sound, Alaska : a record of storms, earthquakes, and seasonal inputs Marshall, Nicole R., 1990- Marine Science 2015 Master of Science
Temperature, photoperiod, and life history traits in Drosophila subobscura MacLean, Heidi Joan, 1982- Biology 2015 Master of Science
Developing methodologies for studying elasmobranchs and other data-poor species Omori, Kristen L., 1987- Marine Science 2015 Master of Science
Effect of noise on the social structure of European Starlings Swan, Autumn, Biology 2015 Master of Science
Bay scallop, Argopecten irradians, restoration in the Virginia coastal bays : the role of predation on spring vs. fall cohort survival Schmitt, Erika L., 1990- Marine Science 2015 Master of Science
Mercury reduces avian reproductive success through direct embryotoxicity rather than altered parental behavior Yen Chin, Stephanie, Biology 2015 Master of Arts
Assessing the impact of climate change on proposed restoration of the Lynnhaven River ecosystem Skeehan, Emily E., 1984- Marine Science 2015 Master of Science
A mathematical model of tau protein hyperphosphorylation : the effects of kinase inhibitors as a theoretical alzheimer's disease therapy Blank, Patrick Neil, Chemistry 2015 Master of Science
Oyster reef connectivity inferred via population genetic analysis Turley, Brendan Douglas, 1983- Marine Science 2015 Master of Science
Internally hydrogen-bonded PRODAN derivatives Cheek, Douglas William, Chemistry 2015 Master of Science
Group status and inter-group trust in Nepal and India Atreya, Gagan, Psychology 2015 Master of Arts
Development of boron-containing polyimide materials and poly(arylene ether)s for radiation shielding Collins, Brittani May, 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
Suface-enhanced raman and single-molecule spectroscopy studies of fugitive artists' pigements Frano, Kristen A. Chemistry 2015 Master of Science