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
Rock 'n' roll stew : the Rolling Stones and blues music through the looking glass of American culture in the 1960's Woodward, Henry Canning, 1964- American Studies 1992 Master of Arts
An examination of potential conflict between SAV and hard clam aquaculture in the lower Chesapeake Bay Woods, Helen. Marine Science 2001 Master of Science
The University College of Medicine in Richmond, Virginia, 1893- 1913 : a study of institutional decline Woodruff, Byron Lee, 1946- Education 1986 Doctor of Education
Optical radar observations of the stratosphere and mesosphere Woodman, Douglas Parker. Physics 1969 Doctor of Philosophy
Tidally driven patterns of nekton distribution and utilization of a tidal freshwater marsh at Morris Creek (Chickahominy River, Virginia) Wooden, Eric Anthony, 1970- Marine Science 1999 Master of Science
Students with autism : a light/sound technology intervention Woodbury, Patricia Powell, 1936- Education 1996 Doctor of Education
The Nottoway of Virginia : a study of peoplehood and political economy, c. 1775-1875 Woodard, Buck W., Anthropology 2013 Doctor of Philosophy
Degrees of relatedness : the social politics of Algonquian kinship in the contact era Chesapeake Woodard, Buck W. Anthropology 2008 Master of Arts
Gifted and talented adolescents' experiences in school counseling Wood, Susannah. Education 2006 Doctor of Philosophy
National identity in Turkey Wood, Seth Robertson, 1973- Anthropology 1999 Master of Arts
Predicting the outcome of leadership identification from a college student's experiences Wood, Robert G., 1959- Education 2005 Doctor of Philosophy
Breaking the formula : politics and sexuality in lesbian detective fiction Wood, Meredith Abner, 1966- American Studies 1990 Master of Arts
The thermal cure of phenylethyn[y]l terminated polyimides and selected model compounds Wood, Karen Harrington. Applied Science 1997 Doctor of Philosophy
An ecological and biometric investigation of the nesting of the four-toed salamander, Hemidactylium scutatum (Schlegel) in Virginia Wood, John Thornton. Biology 1951 Master of Arts
Hanna's Town : a frontier town in western Pennsylvania Wood, John Perry, 1963- Anthropology 1993 Master of Arts
Gill area, oxygen consumption and habitat in four xanthid crabs of the York River, Virginia Wood, Douglas H. Marine Science 1975 Master of Arts
School-university partnership : an exploration of the relationship Wood, Daisy Bertha, 1949- Education 1996 Doctor of Education
With unalterable tenderness : the courtship and marriage of St. George Tucker and Frances Randolph Tucker Wood, Claudia Lamm, 1959- History 1988 Master of Arts
An evaluation of the implementation fidelity and outcomes of the Olweus bullying prevention program in three elementary schools in Virginia Wood, Barbara F., Education 2012 Doctor of Education
First measurement of the induced proton polarization, P(n), in the C-12 (e, e'p) reaction Woo, Rhett J., 1971- Physics 1996 Doctor of Philosophy
Age and growth of the northern searobin Prionotus carolinus (Linnaeus) Wong, Robert Seng-Pui, 1944- Marine Science 1968 Master of Arts
Reactions of the tin tetrahalides with 2,4-Pentanedione in the presence of organic amines Wong, Kwai-Sam, 1946- Chemistry 1971 Master of Arts
Analysis of variables related to drug and alcohol use Wonch, Wendy J., 1977- Psychology 2002 Master of Arts
The distribution and ecology of gammaridean amphipods in the plankton of the middle Atlantic Bight Womack, Cathy J., 1952- Marine Science 1982 Master of Arts
Population growth, social behavior, and selected organ weights in laboratory populations of Peromyscus leucopus noveboracensis Wolfe, Charles, 1956- Biology 1981 Master of Arts
A role analysis of police chiefs in contemporary departments Wolf, Thomas, 1952- Sociology 1977 Master of Arts
Defending the Constitution Wolf, Nicholas M., 1978- History 2000 Master of Arts
Dual energy scanning beam X-radiography Wojcik, Randolph Frank, 1963- Applied Science 2004 Doctor of Philosophy
Estimation of net aerial primary production of Peltandra virginica (L.) Kunth using harvest and tugging techniques Wohlgemuth, Maryann, 1958- Marine Science 1988 Master of Arts
An Archaeological study of the eastern shore of Virginia Wittkofski, John Mark, 1953- Anthropology 1988 Master of Arts
A measurement of the branching ratio of K0(L)-->mu+mu- Witkowski, Michael Thomas, 1963- Physics 1993 Doctor of Philosophy
On convolution of arithmetic functions Withers, Nathaniel Riddick, 1938- Mathematics 1963 Master of Arts
The hermit crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) collected by the International Indian Ocean Expedition, 1963-1964 : with notes on their distribution and the zoogeography of the Western Indian Ocean Witherington, Philip Dalton, 1931- Marine Science 1973 Doctor of Philosophy
Discrimination of simple patterns by the honeybee Apis mellifera Wiseman, Mary Agnes Linehan, 1952- Biology 1977 Master of Arts
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
The Cold war cultural accord : How the east was won Wise, Nancy Ridgway Van Buren. Government 1994 Master of Arts
Resource management and control decision making : toward a grounded theory Wise, Fred Hobart, 1929- Education 1984 Doctor of Education
Selected family therapy outcomes with Bowen, Haley, and Satir Winter, Joan Elizabeth, 1947- Education 1993 Doctor of Education
The stereospecific synthesis of tetrahydropyrans and tetrahydrofurans Winstead, Rhonda Carol, 1962- Chemistry 1986 Master of Arts
I'm really just an American : the archaeological importance of the Black towns in the American West and late-nineteenth century constructions of blackness Winsett, Shea Aisha. Anthropology 2012 Master of Arts
Reduction of 1,2 cyclopentanedione with lithium aluminum hydride Winn, David Curtis, 1954- Chemistry 1978 Master of Arts
Reversals of fate in the Knight's tale Wing, John. English 1977 Master of Arts
Gamma ray radiation studies of undoped GaAs Winfree, William P. Physics 1978 Doctor of Philosophy
Acts not in Hening's statutes, 1702-1732, with a biographical sketch of William Waller Hening Winfree, Waverly Keith. History 1959 Master of Arts
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
Effect of various algal diets and larval density in the larviculture of the American oyster, Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin) Windsor, Nancy T., 1948- Marine Science 1977 Master of Arts
Fatty acids and hydrocarbons in the surface waters of the York River Windsor, John G. 1947- Marine Science 1972 Master of Arts
Isolation and characterization of estuarine and marine sedimentary humic acids Windsor, John G. 1947- Marine Science 1976 Doctor of Philosophy
A study of human development through esthetic experiences Winder, Margaret Fox. Education 1943 Master of Arts
Characterization of the physical properties of iron polyimide nanocomposites Wincheski, Russell A. 1967- Physics 1999 Doctor of Philosophy