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
Reengineering global higher education : American polytechnics, transnationalization, and cultural configuration McDonald, Ryan James. American Studies 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
A study of the ²H(p,2p)n reaction at intermediate energy Punjabi, Vina Alkesh, 1952- Physics 1986 Doctor of Philosophy
Larvae and relationships of Epinepheline serranids (Teleostei: Percoidei) Baldwin, Carole Christine, 1959- Marine Science 1992 Doctor of Philosophy
Single positive electroproduction in the first and second resonance regions using CLAS Egiyan, Hovanes, 1972- Physics 2001 Doctor of Philosophy
Effects of polychlorinated biphenyl exposure on development and sexual differentiation in ranid tadpoles Rybitski, Mary J., 1963- Marine Science 2000 Doctor of Philosophy
Acoustics of anthropogenic habitats : the impact of noise pollution on eastern bluebirds Kight, Caitlin Rebecca, 1981- Applied Science 2010 Doctor of Philosophy
Structuring reminiscence group interventions for older adults using a framework of mattering to promote wellness Lukow, Herman R., Education 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
Sediment dispersal and sequence development along a tectonically active margin : late Quaternary evolution of the Ganges-Brahmaputra River delta Goodbred, Steven L. Marine Science 1999 Doctor of Philosophy
Locality enhancement and dynamic optimizations on multi-core and GPU Zhang, Zheng, Computer Science 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
Black masculinities as marronage : Claude McKay's representations of Black male subjectivities in metropolitan spaces Brown, Jarrett Hugh. American Studies 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
A common thread : labor, politics, and capital mobility in the Massachusetts textile industry, 1880-1934 English, Beth Anne, 1973- History 2003 Doctor of Philosophy
Effects of the Jacob's Ladder Reading Comprehension Program on reading comprehension and critical thinking skills of third, fourth, and fifth grade students in rural, Title I schools Stambaugh, Tamra. Education 2007 Doctor of Philosophy
Application of effective field theory to the study of hypernuclei McIntire, Jeffrey William. Physics 2004 Doctor of Philosophy
A grammar-based technique for genetic search and optimization Johnson, Clayton Matthew, 1964- Computer Science 1996 Doctor of Philosophy
Demographics, production, and benthic-pelagic coupling by the suspension feeding polychaete Chaetopterus pergamentaceus in the lower Chesapeake Bay Neubauer, Michelle Lynne Thompson. Marine Science 2000 Doctor of Philosophy
Women in engineering : the impact of the college internship on persistence into an engineering field Brush, Kimberly M., Education 2013 Doctor of Philosophy
Ultrasonic guided wave interpretation for structural health inspections Bingham, Jill Paisley, 1982- Applied Science 2009 Doctor of Philosophy
William Allason : merchant in an emerging nation Spoede, Robert W. 1926- History 1973 Doctor of Philosophy
Effects of longitudinal disorder on the magnetic field distribution in Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O₈₊[subscript delta] Wan, Xuewen. Physics 2002 Doctor of Philosophy
The branching fraction of kaon(L) -->positive muon negative muon Chapman, Michael David, 1962- Physics 1992 Doctor of Philosophy
Trouble to the eastward : the failure of Anglo-Indian relations in early Maine Baker, Emerson W. History 1986 Doctor of Philosophy
Broadcast distributed shared memory Auld, Philip R. Computer Science 2001 Doctor of Philosophy
Contributions to the life history of juvenile blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis) : phototactic behavior and population dynamics Dixon, Douglas A. Marine Science 1996 Doctor of Philosophy
Correction of finite size errors in many-body electronic structure calculations Kwee, Hendra, 1979- Physics 2008 Doctor of Philosophy
Student athletes' collegial engagement and its effect on academic development : a study of Division I student athletes at a midwest research university Hathaway, Susan Beth, 1968- Education 2005 Doctor of Philosophy
Origins of the Virginia Southside, 1703-1753 : a social and economic study Nicholls, Michael Lee, 1944- History 1972 Doctor of Philosophy
Application of survival analysis methods to pulsed exposures : exposure duration, latent mortality, recovery time, and the underlying theory of survival distribution models Zhao, Yuan, 1977- Marine Science 2005 Doctor of Philosophy
Foraging ecology of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, in lower Chesapeake Bay Mansour, Randa A., 1959- Marine Science 1992 Doctor of Philosophy
Prologue to a life : Dorothy West's Harlem Renaissance years. 1926-1934 Veselits, Karen Rose, 1949- American Studies 2001 Doctor of Philosophy
Promoting cognitive complexity of direct care workers in adolescent residential treatment : a deliberate psychological intervention Keener, Harry Jones. Education 2006 Doctor of Philosophy
In vitro and in vivo effects of chemotherapeutants on the oyster parasite, Perkinsus marinus Calvo, Gustavo W. Marine Science 1994 Doctor of Philosophy
High stakes testing policy issues in education : an analysis of litigation involving high stakes testing and the denial of diplomas Winfield, Lisa M., 1964-, Education 2013 Doctor of Philosophy
Experimental generation and manipulation of quantum squeezed vacuum via polarization self-rotation in Rb vapor Horrom, Travis Scott, 1986-, Physics 2013 Doctor of Philosophy
Surface study of niobium for superconducting radio frequency (SRF) accelerators Tian, Hui, 1974- Applied Science 2008 Doctor of Philosophy
In the eye of all trade : maritime revolution and the transformation of Bermudian society, 1612-1800 Jarvis, Michael J., 1968- History 1998 Doctor of Philosophy
A model to predict institutionalization of school-business partnerships Flowe, Ronald M., 1946- Education 1989 Doctor of Philosophy
Energy utilization in bay anchovy and Black Sea bass eggs and larvae : contrasting ecological roles Tucker, John Wotring, 1948- Marine Science 1983 Doctor of Philosophy
Inner continental shelf benthic boundry layer dynamics and suspened sediment transport Kim, Sung Chan, 1954- Marine Science 1990 Doctor of Philosophy
Anguilla and the art of resistance McKinney, Jane Dillon, 1943- American Studies 2002 Doctor of Philosophy
Quantum Monte Carlo method for boson ground states : application to trapped bosons with attractive and repulsive interactions Purwanto, Wirawan, 1976- Physics 2005 Doctor of Philosophy
Biogeography of amphi-Atlantic and amphi-American fishes: The Scomberomorus regalis (Scombridae), Strongylura marina (Belonidae) and Hyporhamphus unifasciatus (Hemiramphidae) species groups. Banford, Heidi M. Marine Science 1998 Doctor of Philosophy
The principal's workday : a comparative analysis of performance standards and principal practice Richard, Holly Elizabeth Baker. Education 2008 Doctor of Philosophy
Electron-phonon resonances Fales, Carl L. Physics 1975 Doctor of Philosophy
The role of stress in determining community structure : effects of hypoxia on an estuarine epifaunal community Sagasti, Alessandra, 1972- Marine Science 2000 Doctor of Philosophy
A semi-empirical cellular automata model for wildfire monitoring from a geosynchronous space platform Killough, Brian D. Applied Science 2003 Doctor of Philosophy
Talented collegians : an explanatory sequential mixed methods study of the talent development process in gifted undergraduate students Lycan, Angela Marie Novak. Education 2009 Doctor of Philosophy
Morphological, histological, and physiological aspects of assimilation in larval spot, Leiostomus xanthurus Lacepede Govoni, John Jeffrey, 1948- Marine Science 1980 Doctor of Philosophy
Exploiting behavioral biometrics for user security enhancements Zheng, Nan, Computer Science 2014 Doctor of Philosophy
Birthing Washington : objects, memory, and the creation of a national monument Bruggeman, Seth C., 1975- American Studies 2006 Doctor of Philosophy
The Powhatan Uprising of 1622 : a historical study of ethnocentrism and cultural conflict Fausz, John Frederick, 1947- History 1977 Doctor of Philosophy