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
Variability in geologic framework and shoreline change : Assateague and Wallops Islands, Eastern Shore of Virginia Wikel, Geoffrey L., 1976- Marine Science 2008 Master of Science
The effect of Phragmites australis invasion on community processes in a tidal freshwater marsh Campana, Michael Leadbeater, 1972- Marine Science 1998 Master of Science
Multifunctional polymer synthesis and incorporation of gadolinium compounds and modified tungsten nanoparticles for improvement of radiation shielding for use in outer space Harbert, Emily Grace. Chemistry 2010 Master of Science
Ecosystem gas exchange in natural and created tidal salt marshes of Tidewater, Virginia Roggero, Molly Mitchell. Marine Science 2003 Master of Science
Historical diet analysis of loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempi) sea turtles in Virginia Seney, Erin E., 1978- Marine Science 2003 Master of Science
Accuracy assessment of remote sensing in a tidal wetland Goldberg, Jason S., 1974- Marine Science 2000 Master of Science
Basal food web dynamics in a natural eelgrass (Zostera marina) community : cage-free field experimentation Whalen, Matthew A., 1984- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science
Toxicology of decabromodiphenyl ether in avian embryos : disposition of the flame retardant BDE-209 in yolk-injected chicken embryos (Gallus gallus) Sifleet, Samantha D., 1980- Marine Science 2009 Master of Science
Developmental plasticity in response to familiar and unfamiliar predators in the mud snail, Ilyanassa obsoleta Hoolihan, Kelly Strickland, Biology 2013 Master of Science
Location management in a mobile object runtime environment Fedorov, Andriy, 1980- Computer Science 2003 Master of Science
Geochemistry of small mountainous rivers of Papua New Guinea : local observations and global implications Raymond, Megan B. 1972- Marine Science 1999 Master of Science
Synthesis and characterization of hydrogen-rich polyimide materials for radiation shielding Yang, Sha, 1980- Chemistry 2005 Master of Science
Documenting the suspended and bottom sediment dynamics of a two estuarine turbidity maximum system using 7Be and 234Th Romine, Heidi M., 1975- Marine Science 2004 Master of Science
Microzooplankton community structure and grazing impact along the western Antarctic Peninsula Price, Lori M., 1985- Marine Science 2012 Master of Science
Mortality of diamondback terrapins in blue crab traps : population changes and conservation in southeastern Virginia Rook, Megan Ann. Biology 2009 Master of Science
Repeatability of mate preferences and mate-choice copying in female zebra finches Houck, Amanda Karen, 1983- Biology 2007 Master of Science
Life history and ecology of the freshwater amphipods Gammarus pseudolimnaeus and Gammarus fasciatus in southeastern Virginia Postaski, Lindsey L. Biology 2012 Master of Science
Tidal freshwater and oligohaline benthos : evaluating the development of a benthic index of biological integrity for Chesapeake Bay Draheim, Robyn C., 1972- Marine Science 1998 Master of Science
Computational and experimental investigations of gas-phase thermodynamics of non-protein amino acids Janiga, Ashley R. Chemistry 2010 Master of Science
Processing and conversion of algae to bioethanol Kampfe, Sara Katherine. Chemistry 2010 Master of Science
Relationships between watershed characteristics and base flow nutrient discharges to Eastern Shore coastal lagoons, Virginia Stanhope, Jennifer Wu, 1974- Marine Science 2003 Master of Science
Efficiency of pound-net cull panels : a comparison of size selectivity and relative release for weakfish (Cynoscion regalis) and summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) Hager, Christian Harding, 1968- Marine Science 2000 Master of Science
Patterns of abundance and community dynamics in Atlantic Coastal sharks Peterson, Cassidy, 1991- Marine Science 2016 Master of Science
Investigating the relationships between recruitment indices and estimates of adult abundance for striped bass, weakfish, and Atlantic croaker Woodward, Justine R., 1981- Marine Science 2009 Master of Science
Methylmercury exposure affects risk-taking behaviors in zebra finches : tradeoffs between eating and being eaten Kobiela, Megan Elizabeth, Biology 2013 Master of Science
A parallel two dimensional Delaunay decoupling method Linardakis, Leonidas, 1965- Computer Science 2003 Master of Science
32P-postlabeling analysis of aromatic DNA adducts in hemopoietic tissues and blood of the mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus Rose, Wendy L., 1973- Marine Science 1999 Master of Science
Markov chain modeling for multi-server clusters Hua, Zhili. Computer Science 2005 Master of Science
Status and demographic analysis of the dusky shark, Carcharhinus obscurus, in the northwest Atlantic Romine, Jason G., 1975- Marine Science 2004 Master of Science
A study of vertical patterns and mechanisms of along-channel estuarine circulation Qin, Qubin. Marine Science 2012 Master of Science
Identification and quantification of polycyclic musks and methyl-triclosan in unknown freshwater fish tissue samples Jacobs, Elizabeth Mara. Chemistry 2009 Master of Science
Effects of mercury on condition and coloration of belted kingfishers White, Ariel Elizabeth, 1982- Biology 2007 Master of Science
The roles of the pituitary-adrenal axis in the reproductive physiology of male prairie deermice (Peromyscus maniculatus bairdi) Coppes, John Charles, 1955- Biology 1980 Master of Science
Transcriptional regulation of the acetone carboxylase operon via two-component signal transduction in Helicobacter pylori Quinlivan-Repasi, Vanessa H. Biology 2012 Master of Science
The parasite fauna of the wreckfish, Polyprion americanus, in the North Atlantic Ocean: application to host biology and stock identification Fennessy, Colleen Jill, 1970- Marine Science 1998 Master of Science
Multimodal non-rigid registration for image-guided head and neck surgery Weissberger, Michael Lawrence. Computer Science 2010 Master of Science
A genetic investigation of population structure and phylogenetics of the benthic polychaete Paraprionospio pinnata in Chesapeake Bay Stubbs, Julie Beck, 1977- Marine Science 2003 Master of Science
Sand- and clay-size mineralogy of the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers : records of river switching and late-Quaternary climate change Heroy, David Carlson. Marine Science 2000 Master of Science
Chesapeake Coastal Community Flood Vulnerability - Prediction and Verification Renaud, Alexander D., 1987- Marine Science 2016 Master of Science
Investigation of prophage in clinical isolates of H. pylori Leslie, Kevin Alexander, Biology 2013 Master of Science
A comparison of size selectivity and relative efficiency of sea scallop trawls and dredges Rudders, David B., 1970- Marine Science 1999 Master of Science
An investigation of programmer-identified concerns Revelle, Meghan Kathleen, 1981- Computer Science 2005 Master of Science
An economic assessment of reducing incidental capture of sea turtles in the northwest Atlantic pelagic longline fishery Scott, Tara L., 1980- Marine Science 2004 Master of Science
Interannual and regional differences in krill and fish prey quality along the western Antarctic Peninsula Ruck, Kate E. Marine Science 2012 Master of Science
New developments in xanthate ester chemistry and the potential for protecting group applications Jones, Matthew Hobson Chemistry 2009 Master of Science
Boron carbide filled neutron shielding textile polymers Manzlak, Derrick Anthony, 1983- Chemistry 2007 Master of Science
Nuclear export dynamics of thyroid hormone receptors Subramanian, Kelly Sue. Biology 2012 Master of Science
Vascular flora of the Totuskey Creek Watershed, Richmond County, Virginia Johnstone, Christopher W., 1983- Psychology 2008 Master of Science
Physical parameters affecting incubating temperatures in loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, in Virginia Jones, William Mason, 1953- Marine Science 1998 Master of Science
Tagging and habitat utilization of juvenile summer flounder, Paralichthys dentatus Kraus, Richard Thomas, 1972- Marine Science 1998 Master of Science