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
An investigation of the relationship between college student development and alcohol consumption patterns Hensley, Laura Greer, 1968- Education 1997 Doctor of Education
Factors contributing to the use of computer-based information systems in student services DeMaio, Genene Marie, 1954- Education 1990 Doctor of Education
Analysis of role perceptions of trustees, administrators, faculty, and students of four-year public institutions of higher education in Virginia Bird, Betty, 1942- Education 1978 Doctor of Education
Predictors of role conflict, role ambiguity, and propensity to leave among academic department secretaries Vrooman, Rona J., 1953- Education 1990 Doctor of Education
The relationship between thinking style differences and career choice for high-achieving high school students Kim, Mihyeon. Education 2009 Doctor of Education
The relationship between the school environment and student achievement in Virginia elementary schools Organ, Craig P. Education 1981 Doctor of Education
Clinical decision-making and clinical judgment outcomes by nursing students in traditional or nontraditional curricula Saunders, Dinah Jo, 1949- Education 1997 Doctor of Education
An exploratory study of factors that relate to academic success among high-achieving African American males Thomas, Kianga Rhea, 1972- Education 2008 Doctor of Education
Development of the National War College and peer institutions : a comparative study of the growth and interrelationship of US military senior service colleges Johnson, Vernon Eugene, 1930- Education 1982 Doctor of Education
Literacy coaching and teachers' instructional practices : the impact of the community coaching cohort model Miller, Sara Elizabeth. Education 2010 Doctor of Education
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 investigation of relationships among school counselors' ethical professional identity development, moral reasoning, and attitudes toward confidentiality with minors Riechel, Morgan E. Kiper, Education 2013 Doctor of Education
A comparative study of brief and time-unlimited marital therapists Gilley, Sharon Kay, 1958- Education 1994 Doctor of Education
A comparative study of the NCATE standards and the Virginia licensure regulations for school personnel with the perceptions of elementary principals and teachers Chantry, Stephen J. Education 2002 Doctor of Education
Efficacy of a cognitive-behavioral treatment approach in improving academic performance of low-achieving elementary-age children Markey, John Brian, 1951- Education 1986 Doctor of Education
Institutional image : a case study of George Mason University Acosta-Lewis, Elizabeth Anne, 1958- Education 1989 Doctor of Education
A history of governance at Lee College : a study in Pentecostal higher education Stephens, Raphael Weller, 1940- Education 1981 Doctor of Education
Leadership development in higher education for public health Erickson, Grace Peak. Education 1992 Doctor of Education
A comparison of parent effectiveness training and behavior modification parent training groups on behavior change in target children : self-concept, family interaction, and patterns of behavior change Pinsker, Mark A., 1949- Education 1977 Doctor of Education
Alumni as givers : an analysis of donor nondonor behavior at a Comprehensive I institution Burgess-Getts, Linda, 1946- Education 1992 Doctor of Education
President J.A.C. Chandler and the first women faculty at the College of William and Mary Whittenburg, Carolyn Sparks, 1946- Education 2004 Doctor of Education
A study of the effects of group counseling on religious attitudes and verbal behaviors of members of a conservative synagogue Levine, Shlomo D., 1938- Education 1974 Doctor of Education
An historical analysis of the development of teacher training at the State Normal School Farmville, Virginia, 1884-1924 Simmons, Betty Jo Whitaker, 1939- Education 1988 Doctor of Education
A study of the relationship between chronological age at the time of entrance to kindergarten and academic achievement DeMary, Jo Lynne, 1946- Education 1981 Doctor of Education
Peer influence within the student residential environment : the effectiveness of educational crime prevention programming Bisese, Stephen Damian, 1961- Education 1992 Doctor of Education
Language disability and measures of intelligence in handicapped children : a comparison of the McCarthy scales of children's abilities and the Leiter international performance scale Vulpe, Shirley-Ann German, 1939- Education 1983 Doctor of Education
Adequate and appropriate intelligence testing of moderately mentally retarded children Orrison, Nancy Lynn Robertson, 1955- Education 1992 Doctor of Education
A Study of the relationship between principals' extent of participation in budgeting, locus of control, and job satisfaction Cothern, Harold Louis, 1947- Education 1990 Doctor of Education
Effects of spouse counseling on the treatment outcome of the problem drinker Johnston, Paul J. Education 1979 Doctor of Education
The parent checklist for new kindergarten pupils : a validation study Miller, Willis Glen, 1949- Education 1990 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
Institutional origin : labor market signaling in higher education Wyer, Jean Conover, 1950- Education 1980 Doctor of Education
An investigation and analysis of educator perceptions of mainstreaming mildly handicapped students in grades 5-9 in randomly selected urban and rural school divisions in Virginia public schools Riedel, Pamela Buckner, 1955- Education 1991 Doctor of Education
Empirical foundations : the core competencies of registered nurse graduates Marshall, Bennie Davis, 1948- Education 1999 Doctor of Education
School system merger : a study of power and redistribution of resources Adams, Rebecca Clark White, 1944- Education 1992 Doctor of Education
Relationships between selected teacher characteristics and tendencies toward collective action Sternberg, Richard Stephen. Education 1975 Doctor of Education
An exploration of selected effects of circumstances which precede and surround recall of early childhood and recent adult experiences Hughes, Carol Caswell, 1935- Education 1986 Doctor of Education
Institutional culture and support for faculty scholarship in a Virginia community college Etkin, Sarah L., 1938- Education 1996 Doctor of Education
The relationship between teacher verbal feedback, aptitude, and academic instrinsic motivation Wickwire, Ann Jenkins, 1946- Education 1992 Doctor of Education
Applying the transtheoretical model of change to court ordered/DUI outpatient treatment clients Levy, Cynthia M., 1952- Education 1997 Doctor of Education
A study of the relationship between father-absent homes and father-present homes and the academic performance and social adjustment of black middle school students Simmons, Joe Louis, 1936- Education 1981 Doctor of Education
Equity in mathematics : algebra for everyone Hervey, Regina Lynn, 1955- Education 1999 Doctor of Education
A national study of professional standards in special education teacher preparation programs using the standards adopted by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and the Council for Exceptional Children Waegerle, Dawn Colleen Johnson, 1955- Education 1990 Doctor of Education
Influences of self in career decision-making among gifted adolescents attending Governor's School in Science and Technology Orton, William Rutledge. Education 1998 Doctor of Education
Staff development practices used in Virginia's public schools : a comparative analysis of personnel perceptions from rural and other districts Cox, Herbert O., 1943- Education 1994 Doctor of Education
A comparison of counselor, principal and teacher perceptions of the role and function of the school counselor in Virginia public secondary school Thompson, Rosemary A. Education 1986 Doctor of Education
Helping first-year college students climb the academic ladder : report of a national survey of freshman seminar programming in American higher education Barefoot, Betsy O. 1944- Education 1992 Doctor of Education
A study of the relationship of regional school accreditation status to achievement test scores in public elementary schools in Virginia Glancy, Richard Daniel, 1944- Education 1983 Doctor of Education
The relationships between socioeconomic status, sex, self-concept, academic achievement, and course selection of urban black tenth-grade students Chappell, Earl Birges, 1944- Education 1979 Doctor of Education
Women who have a graduate school education who have chosen to make mothering the major focus of their time : a descriptive study Stone, Linda Shapiro, 1954- Education 1987 Doctor of Education