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
Estimating detection probabilities in beach seine surveys for estuarine fishes Williams, Branson D., 1984- Marine Science 2010 Master of Science
Twine-top modifications of sea-scallop dredges : reducing yellowtail-flounder bycatch Milleville, Kelli A. Marine Science 2008 Master of Science
Spatial variations in benthic invertebrate assemblages in and around the Georges Banks closed areas Walker, Andrew Clayton, 1978- Marine Science 2004 Master of Science
Sublethal effects of methylmercury on the songbird immune response : an experimental study Lewis, Catherine Ann. Biology 2012 Master of Science
Novel approaches to the fabrication of highly conductive silver surfaces well adhered to polyimide substrates Davis, Luke Michael. Chemistry 2008 Master of Science
Analysis of extreme water levels in the lower Chesapeake Bay Wilkerson, Carissa N. Marine Science 2013 Master of Science
Net microbial activity, vegetation dynamics, and ecosystem function in created and natural palustrine forested wetlands in southeastern Virginia, USA Hauser, Christian A., 1985- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science
Noble metal free catalysts for hydrogen genereation from aqueous solutions Liu, Dan Chemistry 2015 Master of Science
Estimation of annual and semi-annual survival of adult female blue crabs and assessment of the effectiveness of the Virginia blue crab sanctuary using tag-return methodology Lambert, Debra M., 1975- Marine Science 2005 Master of Science
Sublethal effects of sediment contamination on an estuarine amphipod Vogt, Bruce W., 1976- Marine Science 2003 Master of Science
Production of cyclohexylene-containing diamines in pursuit of novel radiation shielding materials Bate, Norah G. Chemistry 2011 Master of Science
Characteristics of vesicomyid clams and their environment at the Blake Ridge cold seep Heyl, Taylor Perrine, 1979- Biology 2005 Master of Science
An ultra structural study of sporogenesis, vegatative morphology, and host-parasite interactions in Choreonema thuretii (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) LaPointe, Elizabeth Anne, 1969- Biology 1995 Master of Science
Evolutionary analysis of the glutamic acid decarboxylase 67 immediate upstream region in African clawed frogs Boyd, Jonathan Lomax. Biology 2009 Master of Science
Quantifying the ecosystem role of a suspension and a facultative deposit feeding bivalve in the New River Estuary, NC : with responses to changes in nutrient and sediment inputs Wiseman, Heather Marie, 1984- Marine Science 2010 Master of Science
Sediment transport and erodibility in the York River Estuary : a model study Rinehimer, Jeffrey Paul, 1982- Marine Science 2008 Master of Science
The effects of medium on the UV-induced photodegradation of Rhodamine B dye Carta, Carolyn Louise, Chemistry 2014 Master of Science
Flow cytometric analyses on the activation, proliferation, and differentiation state of B cells in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Barr, Maggie Jeanne. Biology 2010 Master of Science
Organotitanium-aluminum promoted carbometalations of alkynols : substituent effects Nikolic, Nikola A. Chemistry 2008 Master of Science
Holocene sedimentation on the Lanyang Plain and adjacent continental shelf, northwestern Taiwan Wu, Chia-Yu. Marine Science 2013 Master of Science
Understanding the origins, dispersal, and evolution of Bonamia species (Phylum Haplosporidia) based on genetic analyses of ribosomal RNA gene regions Hill, Kristina M., 1981- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science
Effects of sediment characteristics on the distribution of fiddler crabs (Uca spp.) at Goodwin Island, Virginia Ward, Landon Alan, 1975- Marine Science 2003 Master of Science
Reactive sulfur : redox reactions of cysteines and methionines in the cytoskeletal protein tubulin Hagedorn, Tara Dawn. Chemistry 2011 Master of Science
TraceLab : reproducing empirical software engineering research Moritz, Evan Alexander, Computer Science 2013 Master of Science
Effects of human disturbance on the breeding success of eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis) Kight, Caitlin Rebecca, 1981- Biology 2005 Master of Science
Songbirds, pesticides, and golf courses : exposure and effects Burdge, Ryan Brennan. Biology 2009 Master of Science
Recent sedimentation patterns and facies distribution on the Waipaoa River Shelf, N.Z. Rose, Lila Eve, 1981- Marine Science 2008 Master of Science
Amine- and sulfide-sensing copper(I) iodide films and the structure, dynamics, and photophysics in the copper(I) iodide-tetrahydrothiophene system Henline, Kylie Marie, Chemistry 2014 Master of Science
Monogenetic trematodes from some Chesapeake Bay fishes McMahon, John Walter. Marine Science 1959 Master of Science
The lateral extent and spatial variation of mercury exposure in birds and their prey near a polluted river Howie, Mikaela Gioia Selene. Biology 2010 Master of Science
Effects of metal-based montmorillonite clay and zeolite additives on the fire retardance and smoke suppression of poly(vinyl chloride) Zestos, Alexander George. Chemistry 2008 Master of Science
Development of a method for quantifying the air-sea flux of volatile organic carbon Jayne, Emily A., 1987- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science
Anthropogenic causes of copepod mortality and bacterial decomposition of copepod carcasses Bickel, Samantha L., 1983- Marine Science 2009 Master of Science
Enhancing bug reports for mobile apps Moran, Kevin Patrick, Computer Science 2015 Master of Science
Site fidelity, home range, and daily movements of white perch, Morone americana, and striped bass, Morone saxatilis, in two small tributaries of the York River, Virginia/ McGrath, Patrick E., 1978- Marine Science 2005 Master of Science
Genetic variation within and among the Suminoe oyster (Crassostrea ariakensis) populations and stocks as assessed by molecular markers Zhang, Qian, 1975- Marine Science 2003 Master of Science
Investigations of the fragmentation spectra of dipeptides containing lysine and its non-protein amino acid homologs Hamdy, Omar. Chemistry 2011 Master of Science
Effects of salinity and nitrogen on the distribution and growth of Phragmites australis along the Rappahannock River Packett, Carmen Rebekah, 1981- Biology 2005 Master of Science
Using an occupancy modeling framework to test the effects of habitat variables on pond occupancy of Mabee's salamander (A. mabeei) and marbled salamander (A. opacum) Fairman, Christy Michelle. Biology 2009 Master of Science
Influences of habitat conditions on submerged aquatic vegetation development in the Chickahominy River and other Virginia tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay Shields, Erin C., 1981- Marine Science 2008 Master of Science
Studying and enabling reuse in Android mobile apps Holtzhauer, Andrew Steven, Computer Science 2014 Master of Science
Survival in an urbanized landscape : radio-tracking fledgling eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis) on golf courses Jackson, Allyson Kathleen. Biology 2010 Master of Science
Automatically generating random test data for relevant and implicitly defined subdomains Murphy, John Alexander, 1984- Computer Science 2008 Master of Science
A framework for implementing bioinformatics knowledge-exploration systems Hayes, John A., 1979- Applied Science 2004 Master of Science
Ecological, physiological, and bio-optical characteristics of Phaeocystis globosa in coastal waters of south central Vietnam Liu, Xiao, 1987- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science
Quantifying the overwash component of barrier island morphodynamics : Onslow Beach, NC Foxgrover, Amy C. Marine Science 2009 Master of Science
Meiofauna abundance and distribution in Chesapeake Bay : relationships with environmental stressors, sediment toxicity and macrofauna Metcalfe, William J., 1977- Marine Science 2005 Master of Science
The total synthesis of the lolium alkaloids Hovey, Michael Todd. Chemistry 2011 Master of Science
Response to selection of Peromyscus leucopus : response of spermatogenesis and reproductive behavior to selection on gonadal development in an outbred population of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) Sharp, Kathleen Rathbun, 1979- Biology 2005 Master of Science
Water quality in headwater streams : a test of best management practices Holley, Jonathan Worth. Biology 2009 Master of Science