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 development of a water quality model in Baltimore Harbor, Back River, and the adjacent upper Chesapeake Bay Liu, Hui, 1972- Marine Science 2002 Master of Science
Novel derivatizing agents for the determination of methylmercury by gas chromatography using electron capture detection Irwin, Crystal Marie, 1982- Chemistry 2006 Master of Science
Disposition of wastewater-associated polybrominated diphenyl ethers in a freshwater receiving stream La Guardia, Mark Joseph, 1963- Chemistry 2006 Master of Science
Searching for the seed plant ethylene pathway in a basal plant lineage : a genomic approach DeCarme, Ashley R. Biology 2011 Master of Science
The reproductive biology of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) in Chesapeake Bay Gervasi, Carissa L., 1989- Marine Science 2015 Master of Science
Characterizing the degradation of nylon-11 and PVDF in a flexible oil pipe and cure monitoring of chemflake vinylester Yang, John Chen, 1973- Chemistry 1996 Master of Science
Predicting future shoreline condition based on land use trends, logistic regression, and fuzzy logic Dingerson, Lynne M. Marine Science 2005 Master of Science
A computer-assisted instruction program in mathematics Lawrence, William Lindsay, 1947- Applied Science 1973 Master of Science
Biomarker responses in fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) during exposure to exceptional quality biosolids Sullivan, Constance A., 1982- Marine Science 2007 Master of Science
Reproductive biology of Atlantic croaker, Micropogonias undulatus, in the Chesapeake Bay Watkins, Elizabeth Shaw, 1974- Marine Science 2001 Master of Science
The roles of dispersal and predation in determining the seedling recruitment patterns of a Zostera marina system Manley, Stephen R., 1988-, Marine Science 2014 Master of Science
The habitat utilization of juvenile hawksbill sea turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) at Buck Island Reef National Monument St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands Pemberton, Roy A. Marine Science 2000 Master of Science
Development and analysis of a nutrient trading program for the James River Watershed Reid, Jennifer M., 1972- Marine Science 1998 Master of Science
Effects of shoreline development and oyster reefs on benthic communities in Lynnhaven, Virginia Lawless, Amanda Sue, 1978- Marine Science 2008 Master of Science
Comparison of the fate of dissolved organic matter in two coastal systems : Hog Island Bay, VA (USA) and Plum Island Sound, MA (USA) Lunsford, Tami L., 1976- Marine Science 2002 Master of Science
Peroxynitrite oxidation of aromatic thiols : characterization of the products formed through oxidation of thionitrobenzoic acid and thionitropyridine by peroxynitrite Mall, Catherine Balchunas, 1981- Chemistry 2006 Master of Science
SUMO-dependent substrate targeting of the SUMO protease Ulp1 Elmore, Zachary Cole. Biology 2011 Master of Science
Diel, seasonal, and interannual patterns in mesozooplankton abundance in the Sargasso Sea Ivory, Jami Alora, 1990- Marine Science 2015 Master of Science
A molecular phylogeny of the Echeneoidea (Perciformes: Carangoidei) and an investigation of population structuring within the Echeneidae Gray, Kurtis N., 1975- Marine Science 2005 Master of Science
Acoustic measurement and modeling of waves in estuarine and coastal environments Vandever, Justin P. Marine Science 2007 Master of Science
A descriptive study of the reproductive biology of the veined rapa whelk (Rapana venosa) in the Chesapeake Bay Westcott, Erica S., 1977- Marine Science 2001 Master of Science
Migration dynamics, within-estuary behaviors and cardiorespiratory responses of summer flounder to selected estuarine conditions Capossela, Karen M., 1981- Marine Science 2010 Master of Science
High-resolution sediment records of seismicity and seasonal sedimentation from Prince William Sound, Alaska, using XRF core scanning Miller, Eric J., Marine Science 2014 Master of Science
Characterization of iron-bearing solids used by naturally-occurring microbes in the anaerobic degradation of hydrocarbons Powell, David C. Marine Science 2000 Master of Science
Oyster reef broodstock enhancement in the Great Wicomico River, Virginia Southworth, Melissa J., 1973- Marine Science 1998 Master of Science
A molecular analysis of Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) stock structure Lynch, Abigail J., 1983- Marine Science 2008 Master of Science
Effects of habitat fragmentation on the utilization of eelgrass (Zostera marina) by mobile epifauna and macrofauna Marion, Scott R., 1976- Marine Science 2002 Master of Science
Nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of the thyroid hormone receptor Roggero, Vincent R. Biology 2008 Master of Science
An investigation of the polymorphic arsS gene of Helicobacter pylori Hallinger, Daniel Ross. Biology 2011 Master of Science
The influence of environmental factors and resource availability on Zostera marina flowering intensity Johnson, Andrew J., 1988- Marine Science 2015 Master of Science
Investigation of the life history of the cownose ray, Rhinoptera bonasus (Mitchill 1815) Grusha, Donna S., 1957- Marine Science 2005 Master of Science
The role of bacteria-particle interactions in marine snow dynamics Yam, Emily M., 1979- Marine Science 2007 Master of Science
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 effect of salinity on experimental Hematodinium sp. infections in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Coffey, Anna Huntley, 1985- Marine Science 2010 Master of Science
The development of the CALIPSO lidar simulator Powell, Kathleen A., 1954- Applied Science 2005 Master of Science
Artificial societies : a computational model of disease transmission Moore, Nathan T. Computer Science 1999 Master of Science
An evaluation of a reduced bar spacing turtle excluder device in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico offshore shrimp trawl fishery Nalovic, Michel Anthony, Marine Science 2014 Master of Science
Application of the Shoreline Instability Model along the western side of the Chesapeake Bay, Va. Skunda, Kevin G., 1974- Marine Science 2000 Master of Science
Early secondary succession in the bottomland hardwood forests of southeastern Virginia Spencer, David Randolph, 1970- Marine Science 1998 Master of Science
Idiopathic lesions and visual deficits in the American lobster (Homarus americanus) from Longs Island Sound, NY Magel, Christopher Robert, 1981- Marine Science 2008 Master of Science
Use of remote sensing to identify essential habitat for Aeschynomene virginica (L.) BSP, a threatened tidal freshwater wetland plant Mountz, Elizabeth M., 1974- Marine Science 2002 Master of Science
Exploring a novel approach to technical nuclear forensics utilizing atomic force microscopy Peeke, Richard Scot, Applied Science 2014 Master of Science
Status, distribution and reproductive rates of American oystercatchers in Virginia Wilke, Alexandra Lee. Biology 2008 Master of Science
Behavioral and mechanical particle selectivity in a suspension-feeding detritivorous fish Heidman, Matthew Kyle. Biology 2011 Master of Science
The influence of short-term events on the hydrographic and biological structure of the southwestern Ross Sea Jones, Randolph M. 1984- Marine Science 2015 Master of Science
Tidal wetland contributions to fecal coliform loads in shellfish growing waters by analysis of model prediction discrepancy Huang, Jie. Marine Science 2005 Master of Science
Assessment of development impacts on coastal zone : integrated approach, Northampton County, Eastern Shore, Virginia Zableckis, Sarunas, 1977- Marine Science 2001 Master of Science
Habitat utilization and dive characterization of blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) and white marlin (Kajikia albida) in the Western Atlantic Ocean Dutton, Daniel J., 1983- Marine Science 2010 Master of Science
The effects of calcitonin gene-related peptide on the neurons of the preoptic anterior hypothalamus : a mechanism of a hot flash Braasch, Daniel Cameron, 1981- Biology 2005 Master of Science
Artificial societies : a computational approach to studying combat Moore, Rachel J., 1976- Computer Science 1999 Master of Science