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.

Showing 301 - 350 of 5288 entries
Title Author Department Year Degree
Assessing environmental stress on the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta Caretta) in Virginia waters Bellmund, Sarah A. Marine Science 1988 Master of Arts
A reading of Death and life Belloni, Lisa, 1952- English 1977 Master of Arts
Electroless gold deposition with self-assembled monolayers for gas chromatography stationary phases Belton, Jessica Lynn, Chemistry 2013 Master of Science
An analysis of parasite communities of the Atlantic croaker, Micropogonias undulatus (Linnaeus), within the Chesapeake Bay Benner, David A., 1954- Marine Science 1980 Master of Arts
Incest : clinical treatment perspectives Bennett, Beverly Chitty, 1953- Sociology 1984 Master of Arts
King Bacca's throne : land, life, and labor in the Old Bright Belt since 1880 Bennett, Evan Patrick, 1974- History 2005 Doctor of Philosophy
Surreptitious spaces : cabarets and the French contest for empire in Martinique, 1680-1720 Bennett, Lynch D., History 2014 Master of Arts
Adaptation of H. pylori to changing envrionments based on allelic variation of sensor histidine kinase arsS Bennett, Monique R., Biology 2014 Master of Arts
Tolerance to soil type in rock outcrop plants Bennett, Nora Ann Coyne, 1962- Biology 1987 Master of Arts
Is all this digression or isn't it digression : fourplay and its effects in Ford Madox Ford's The good soldier Bennett, Stephen Robert, 1966- English 1995 Master of Arts
Promoting moral reasoning and ego development through the use of Deliberate Psychological Education in family counseling Benoit, Esther, 1982- Education 2009 Doctor of Philosophy
Use of a landscape-level approach to determine the habitat requirements of the yellow-crowned night-heron, Nycticorax violaceus, in the lower Chesapeake Bay Bentley, Ellen L., 1966- Marine Science 1994 Master of Arts
Calender of the Preston family papers, Joyes collection Bentley, James Robert, 1942- History 1972 Master of Arts
The Criterion 1922-1939 Benton, Margaret Beckman. History 1981 Master of Arts
Vegetation and succession on Piedmont granitic outcrops of Virginia Berg, James D. Biology 1974 Master of Arts
Agent of change or trusted servant : the eighteenth-century Williamsburg press Berg, Susan Stromei, 1951- American Studies 1993 Master of Arts
Colonial women in the Pennsylvania and Virginia Gazettes Bergendahl, Lisa Kay, 1971- Anthropology 1995 Master of Arts
D-Q University : a history and case study Berger, Mary Josephine, 1942- Education 1994 Doctor of Education
Building freedom : nineteenth century domestic architecture on Barbados sugar plantations Bergman, Stephanie. Anthropology 2010 Master of Arts
Racial identity, ethnic identity, and acculturation in Korean adoptees Bergquist, Kathleen. Education 2000 Doctor of Philosophy
A transpersonal approach in a case of dissociative identity disorder Berkley-Carter, Deborah. Education 1999 Doctor of Education
A statistical model to predict the incidence of pathogenic protozoa (Amoebida Acanthamoebidae) in oceanic sediments using surrogate variables Berman, Carl Robert, 1942- Marine Science 1983 Doctor of Philosophy
Study, partial description and age determination of two human embryos Bernabe-Prida, Belen Maria, 1917- Biology 1941 Master of Arts
Perceptual-expectancy style (PES) and pretreatment adjustment : a study of subtypes among male alcohol abusers Berns, Jonathan H., 1948- Education 1982 Doctor of Education
Stratigraphy and heavy mineral analysis in the lower Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Berquist, C. R. Marine Science 1986 Doctor of Philosophy
A study of withdrawals from a small rural high school Berry, Evelyn Lindsey, 1910- Education 1941 Master of Arts
Quebec nationalism and separatism : a study of a continuing Canadian crisis Berry, Robert Michael, 1952- Government 1983 Master of Arts
Indian slavery in colonial Virginia and South Carolina Bertelsen, Kevin Jay, 1958- History 1984 Master of Arts
Applications of pattern classification to time-domain signals Bertoncini, Crystal Ann, 1982- Physics 2010 Doctor of Philosophy
A study of portability and retargetability of an ICS Beskenis, Sharon. Applied Science 1980 Master of Arts
My bumbling smiths... : an inter-site comparative analysis of rural and urban blacksmithing in eighteenth-century Virginia Bessey, Sandra Fiona, 1968- Anthropology 1995 Master of Arts
Effects of dietary mercury exposure on spatial memory of zebra finches, Taeniopygia guttata Bessler, Amanda Mae Biology 2011 Master of Science
An investigation of perfectionism and life satisfaction with elementary gifted students Bessler, Maria A. Education 2012 Master of Arts
Image fluctuation and international events : public opinion and attitude variance as a function of President Nixon's visit to the People's Republic of China Bevels, Terry Dixon, 1949- Government 1973 Master of Arts
Physical processes behind delta propagation and flood layer dynamics, Po River, Italy Bever, Aaron J. Marine Science 2006 Master of Science
Environmental factors and Typha spp. dominance in created wetlands Bevington, Azure E., 1980- Marine Science 2007 Master of Science
Virginia Woolf's starving artists Beyer, Beverly Ann, 1972- English 1996 Master of Arts
Indo-U.S. relations Bhagat, Rahul N., 1963- Government 1988 Master of Arts
Apoptosis and cell cycle regulation as mechanisms of compensation from notch signaling perturbation in the developing nervous system of xenopus laevis Bianchi, Catherine Hope, Biology 2015 Master of Arts
The first dissenter : Richard B. Russell and the Warren Commission Biancolli, Dani E., 1978- History 2002 Master of Arts
Anthropogenic causes of copepod mortality and bacterial decomposition of copepod carcasses Bickel, Samantha L., 1983- Marine Science 2009 Master of Science
Parental bereavement and hospice participation : an evaluation of the Edmarc Hospice Program Biddle, Linda Diane, 1960- Psychology 1988 Master of Arts
The Morris reading-houses : a study in dissent Bidwell, Robert Leland, 1920- History 1948 Master of Arts
John Leacock's The fall of British Tyranny in the Whig propaganda offensive : the personalization of the Revolution Bigler, Philip. American Studies 1984 Master of Arts
Intrapsychic and interpersonal personality and temperament changes in marital dyads resulting from a marriage enrichment program based on rational-emotive therapy Bigney, Russell Everett, 1933- Education 1978 Doctor of Education
Black pilots, patriots, and pirates : African-American participation in the Virginia state and British navies during the Revolutionary War in Virginia Bilal, Kolby, 1974- History 2000 Master of Arts
Comparing relationships : Same-sex friendships, cross-sex friendships, and Romantic love Bilbro, Kathryn Gray, 1968- Psychology 1992 Master of Arts
Ultrasonic guided wave interpretation for structural health inspections Bingham, Jill Paisley, 1982- Applied Science 2009 Doctor of Philosophy
Sediment deposition and reworking : a modeling study using isotopically tagged sediment classes Birchler, Justin J., 1988- Marine Science 2014 Master of Science
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