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 changing role of women in Ireland : a political and legal perspective Ayers, Mary Kathryn, 1966- Government 1992 Master of Arts
Full-time community college faculty with doctorates Azar, Janet. Education 2000 Doctor of Philosophy
Modern dramatic tragedy and Aristotle's poetics : a comparison Babcock, Kimberly John, 1962- English 1987 Master of Arts
Search for metastability of 2S muonic neon Bach, Bernhard Wilhelm, 1965- Physics 1995 Doctor of Philosophy
Union deserter executions and the limits of state authority Bachmann, Aaron Michael, 1980- History 2006 Master of Arts
Influence, image, and intimacy : gift-giving in Tudor England Bacon, Cheryl B. 1954- History 1987 Master of Arts
Enhanced field emission from vertically oriented graphene by thin solid film coatings Bagge-Hansen, Michael, 1984- Applied Science 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
Developmental strategies and styles and their measurement Bai, Wenyu. Education 2005 Doctor of Philosophy
An examination of the relationships between ego development, Dabrowski's theory of positive disintegration, and the behavioral characteristics of gifted adolescents Bailey, Carrie Lynn. Education 2009 Doctor of Philosophy
Wetland vegetation dynamics and ecosystem gas exchange in response to organic matter loading rates Bailey, David E. Marine Science 2006 Master of Science
Processes affecting macroalgal-seagrass dynamics in the York River, Virginia Bailey, Eva Machelor, 1973- Marine Science 1998 Master of Science
Handing down remarkable and interesting circumstances : Elizabeth Carrington and female intellectual inheritance in the early American republic Bailey, Hannah Emily, History 2013 Master of Arts
Cytophotometric estimation of nuclear DNA content variation in ten species of geniculate coralline algae (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta) Bailey, Jeffrey Craig, 1968- Biology 1992 Master of Arts
Strength for the journey : feminist theology and Baptist women pastors Bailey, Judith Bledsoe, American Studies 2014 Doctor of Philosophy
Faithful child of God : Nancy Towle, 1796-1876 Bailey, Judith Bledsoe, 1942- American Studies 2000 Master of Arts
An exception to the rule : Bank Steet College of Education as an independent professional school (1916-1990) Bailey, June M., 1950- Education 1991 Doctor of Education
A proposal for the coordination of private boys' camps and secondary schools in Virginia Bailey, Robert Sydnor, 1906- Education 1944 Master of Arts
A study of the factors which impact assistive technology implementation Bailey, Sheila Bradby. Education 2000 Doctor of Philosophy
Parity-violation in elastic electron scattering : a first measurement of the parity-violating asymmetry at Q2 = 0.631 (GeV/c)2 at backward angle Bailey, Stephanie L., 1979- Physics 2007 Doctor of Philosophy
The effects of computer assisted instruction in improving mathematics performance of low achieving ninth grade students Bailey, Thomas Everett, 1947- Education 1991 Doctor of Education
The heroic image in a modern world : enlightened naturalism in Ernest Hemingway's A farewell to arms Bailey, Winifred Allison, 1949- English 1973 Master of Arts
Electron scattering from an almost free neutron in deuterium Baillie, Nathan Kidd. Physics 2010 Doctor of Philosophy
New land acquisition in the colonial Chesapeake, 1660-1706 : a test of the Malthusian and staples hypotheses Baird, Bruce Chandler, 1956- American Studies 1990 Master of Arts
Effect of water column pH and NO3 on ortho-phosphate release rates from freshwater sediments Baker, Beverly Eloise, 1960- Marine Science 1989 Master of Arts
Formation and desorption of negative ions from metal surfaces Baker, Douglas H., 1964- Physics 1992 Doctor of Philosophy
The viability of the volunteers in courts programs : an analysis of the conceptual foundations and empirical research Baker, Eleanor Margaret, 1940- Sociology 1974 Master of Arts
Trouble to the eastward : the failure of Anglo-Indian relations in early Maine Baker, Emerson W. History 1986 Doctor of Philosophy
The diary of William Lamb, August 18, 1859-May 21, 1860 Baker, Gertrude Elizabeth, 1937- History 1960 Master of Arts
Quantification of settlement and recruitment processes in bivalve mollusks. Baker, Patrick Kelly Marine Science 1994 Doctor of Philosophy
Achieving balance in the governance of intercollegiate athletics : an examination of power and authority over time Baker, Richard Eugene, 1957- Education 1995 Doctor of Education
Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) metamorphosis : effects of low oxygen Baker, Shirley Marie, 1964- Marine Science 1994 Doctor of Philosophy
A sketch of sufferings : power and patronage in Daniel Fisher's Virginia 1750-1755 Baker, Wendy Joyce, 1955- American Studies 1992 Master of Arts
Completion of partial operator matrices Bakonyi, Mihaly Applied Science 1992 Doctor of Philosophy
Interactions between temperature and tributlytin (TBT) toxicity to the estuarine mysid, Mysidopsis bahia Balcom, Prentiss H., 1961- Marine Science 1991 Master of Arts
Situatedness : the interrelation of factors impacting the educational pathway to degree attainment among Black and White doctoral students Baldwin, Candice P. Education 2009 Doctor of Philosophy
Larvae and relationships of Epinepheline serranids (Teleostei: Percoidei) Baldwin, Carole Christine, 1959- Marine Science 1992 Doctor of Philosophy
The resurgence of Islam in Turkey : a search for identity Bali, Vandana, 1969- Government 1994 Master of Arts
An approach to the synthesis of pyrans Ball, Thomas F. Chemistry 1984 Master of Arts
Nursing in the university : an historical analysis of nursing education at the Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia School of Nursing Bampton, Betsy A. 1937- Education 1987 Doctor of Education
The ultrastructure of Cothurnia simplex Kahl, with special reference to the stalk, myonemes, and basal bodies Banes, Robert Thomas, 1949- Biology 1972 Master of Arts
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
Amorphometric and meristic study of the halfbeak, Hyporhamphus unifasciatus (Teleostei: Hemiramphidae) from the western Atlantic, with the description of a new species Banford, Heidi M., 1961- Marine Science 1993 Master of Arts
Inverse estimation of horizontal pressure gradients and vertical eddy viscosity profiles in shallow waters Bang, Bohyun, 1955- Marine Science 1994 Doctor of Philosophy
The press and the prisons : Union and Confederate newspaper coverage of Civil War prisons Bangert, Elizabeth C., 1978- History 2001 Master of Arts
Responses of cytochrome P450IA in freshwater fish exposed to pulp mill effluents in experimental stream channels Bankey, Laura Anne, 1968- Marine Science 1993 Master of Arts
Student trust in teachers and its relationship to student identification with school, student perceptions of academic press, and achievement Bankole, Regina A., 1966- Education 2010 Doctor of Education
An experimental study of the effects of goal interdependence on the anxiety levels and attitudes of prospective teachers towards visually impaired persons Banks, Clarrissa D. Jackson, 1917- Education 1984 Doctor of Education
Vascular flora of the College Woods, the College of William and Mary, James City County, Virginia Barans, Allene Claire Phillips, 1945- Biology 1969 Master of Arts
Distribution, growth and behavior of the spotted hake in the Chesapeake Bight Barans, Charles A. 1942- Marine Science 1969 Master of Arts
The Corporal's guard in Congress, 1841-1843 Barber, Nigel Graeme. History 1970 Master of Arts