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
Repeatability of mate preferences and mate-choice copying in female zebra finches Houck, Amanda Karen, 1983- Biology 2007 Master of Science
An evaluation of the accuracy of the growing season used for wetland delineation in SE Virginia Arenson, Rebecca L., 1969- Marine Science 2003 Master of Science
Morphological variation of three populations of the veined rapa whelk, Rapana venosa, an invasive predatory gastropod species Green, Rebecca A., 1976- Marine Science 2001 Master of Science
HILDA : the flexible design and implementation of a database machine executive Fishwick, Paul Anthony, 1955- Mathematics and Computer Science 1983 Master of Science
Computational and experimental investigations of gas-phase thermodynamics of non-protein amino acids Janiga, Ashley R. Chemistry 2010 Master of Science
Investigations of the life cycle of the peritrich ciliate Zoothamnium intermedium in Chesapeake Bay Peng, Sikai. Marine Science 2013 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
Cellulose and its derivatives Murray, Otis Willard, 1914- Chemistry 1937 Master of Science
Development of a solid-supported Glaser-Hay reaction and utilization in conjunction with unnatural amino acids Lampkowski, Jessica S. Chemistry 2015 Master of Science
Markov chain modeling for multi-server clusters Hua, Zhili. Computer Science 2005 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 wind effects on the evaluation of proposed Craney Island expansions in the lower James and Elizabeth Rivers Chen, Momo. Marine Science 2003 Master of Science
Life history attributes of mid-Atlantic Menidia menidia (Pisces: Atherinidae) and a comparison with northern (Massachusetts) and southern (South Carolina) populations Holmquist, Richard K., 1969- Marine Science 2001 Master of Science
A computer-assisted instruction program in mathematics Lawrence, William Lindsay, 1947- Applied Science 1973 Master of Science
Processing and conversion of algae to bioethanol Kampfe, Sara Katherine. Chemistry 2010 Master of Science
Food availability and utilization for cultured hard clams Secrist, Richard Garrik, 1987- Marine Science 2013 Master of Science
Nekton utilization of intertidal fringing salt marsh and revetment hardened shorelines Carroll, Robert A., 1968- Marine Science 2002 Master of Science
Development of a three step cascade synthesis of 2,4-dihydro-1H-benzo[f]isochromenes Lewis, Shane E., Chemistry 2015 Master of Science
An ultra structural study of sporogenesis, vegatative morphology, and host-parasite interactions in Choreonema thuretii (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) LaPointe, Elizabeth Anne, 1969- Biology 1995 Master of Science
Polymeric radiation shielding for applications in space : polyimide synthesis and modeling of multi-layered polymeric shields Schiavone, Clinton Cleveland, Chemistry 2013 Master of Science
An investigation of programmer-identified concerns Revelle, Meghan Kathleen, 1981- Computer Science 2005 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
Persistent organic pollutants at the base of the Antarctic marine food web Chiuchiolo, Amy Lee, 1975- Marine Science 2003 Master of Science
Use of pop-up satellite tag technology to estimate survival of blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) released from pelagic longline gear Kerstetter, David. Marine Science 2001 Master of Science
Vascular flora of the Totuskey Creek Watershed, Richmond County, Virginia Johnstone, Christopher W., 1983- Psychology 2008 Master of Science
New insights into fibrous body protein complexes involved in C. elegans spermatogenesis Uyehara, Christopher M., Biology 2014 Master of Science
Multimodal non-rigid registration for image-guided head and neck surgery Weissberger, Michael Lawrence. Computer Science 2010 Master of Science
Analysis of extreme water levels in the lower Chesapeake Bay Wilkerson, Carissa N. Marine Science 2013 Master of Science
Meta-analysis and modeling of benthic oxygen and nutrient fluxes Christensen, Tyler. Marine Science 2002 Master of Science
Noble metal free catalysts for hydrogen genereation from aqueous solutions Liu, Dan Chemistry 2015 Master of Science
Factory : an object-oriented parallel programming substrate for deep multiprocessors Schneider, Scott Arthur, 1981- Computer Science 2005 Master of Science
Cyclization reactions catalyzed by Bi(III) compounds Liu, Jia, 1985- Chemistry 2009 Master of Science
Tweakable blockciphers secure against generic exponential attacks Crump, Elizabeth Ann, 1983- Computer Science 2007 Master of Science
Bioavailability of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDES) in biosolids and spiked sediment to the aquatic worm Lumbriculus variegatus Ciparis, Serena, 1977- Marine Science 2003 Master of Science
Cobia (Rachycentron canadum) aquaculture : captive growth rates and product qualilty evaluation Kilduff, David Patrick, 1976- Marine Science 2001 Master of Science
Migratory and spawning behavior of American shad in the James River, Virginia Aunins, Aaron W., 1978- Marine Science 2006 Master of Science
Holocene sedimentation on the Lanyang Plain and adjacent continental shelf, northwestern Taiwan Wu, Chia-Yu. Marine Science 2013 Master of Science
Diet composition of young-of-the-year bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix, in the lower Chesapeake Bay and Virginia's coastal ocean Gartland, James, 1977- Marine Science 2002 Master of Science
TraceLab : reproducing empirical software engineering research Moritz, Evan Alexander, Computer Science 2013 Master of Science
The synthesis and spectroscopic study of a spirooxazine-functionalized poly(phenylenevinylene) Walk, Jordan Thomas. Chemistry 2009 Master of Science
Forward secure fuzzy extractors Goldenberg, David, 1983- Computer Science 2007 Master of Science
Inverse model analysis of plankton food webs in the North Atlantic and Western Antarctic Peninsula Daniels, Robert M., 1969- Marine Science 2003 Master of Science
Spatial and temporal variability of physical and biological mixing in the York River Subestuary Kniskern, Tara A. Marine Science 2001 Master of Science
The effects of medium on the UV-induced photodegradation of Rhodamine B dye Carta, Carolyn Louise, Chemistry 2014 Master of Science
Wetland vegetation dynamics and ecosystem gas exchange in response to organic matter loading rates Bailey, David E. Marine Science 2006 Master of Science
Net surface flux budget over tropical oceans estimated from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Fan, Tai-Fang Applied Science 2003 Master of Science
Estimating commercial scallop dredge efficiency through vessel tracking, catch data, and depletion models Gedamke, Todd, 1967- Marine Science 2002 Master of Science
Enhancing bug reports for mobile apps Moran, Kevin Patrick, Computer Science 2015 Master of Science