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
A test of the partial reinforcement effect Dowell, Richard Edward, 1956- Psychology 1982 Master of Arts
A theoretical and experimental study of Allee effects Gascoigne, Joanna, 1971- Marine Science 2003 Doctor of Philosophy
A theoretical investigation of electromagnetic waves obliquely incident upon a plasma slab Swift, Calvin Thomas, 1937- Physics 1969 Doctor of Philosophy
A theory of associative detachment Haywood, Susan Elizabeth. Physics 1984 Doctor of Philosophy
A theory of future social change Sica, Alan, 1949- Sociology 1974 Master of Arts
A theory of prescribed academic change : the case of Title IX Newcombe, Judith Patten, 1942- Education 1980 Doctor of Philosophy
A theory of space probe entry near the low-meteoric velocity limit Grant, Frederick Cyril. Physics 1962 Master of Arts
A third grade's experience in creative writing Bowers, Mary Elizabeth. Education 1945 Master of Arts
A toast to the tavern : an archaeological study of a 17th and 18th century tavern in Charlestown, Massachusetts Vogt, Christy Cathleen, 1963- Anthropology 1994 Master of Arts
A tradition of doubt : women and slavery in nineteenth-century Virginia Hunt, Leslie C., 1979- History 2001 Master of Arts
A transpersonal approach in a case of dissociative identity disorder Berkley-Carter, Deborah. Education 1999 Doctor of Education
A Trophic resource analysis of dominant benthic microfauna of the lower chesapeake bay Huggett, Douglas Vernon, 1960- Marine Science 1987 Master of Arts
A two dimensional jet flowing into a semi-infinite flow field with an ambient velocity Crane, Michael Leonard, 1947- Marine Science 1973 Master of Arts
A two-component aggregation model Chisholm, Thomas A. Marine Science 1999 Doctor of Philosophy
A two-dimensional stratospheric model of the dispersion of aerosols from the Fuego volcanic eruption Jones, Carolyn Frances, 1950- Applied Science 1977 Master of Arts
A two-dimensional time-dependent numerical model investigation of the coastal sea circulation around the Chesapeake Bay entrance Stanley, Everett Michael, 1938- Marine Science 1976 Doctor of Philosophy
A union of church and state : the Freedmen's Bureau and the education of African Americans in Virginia from 1865-1871 Butler, Aaron Jason, 1978- Education 2013 Doctor of Education
A unit of instruction on evolution Williams, Judith Gail. Education 1989 Master of Education
A validity study of the control/nurture dimensions of the Sale-Hendrin model of structural family therapy Mahan, Robert George, 1949- Education 1992 Doctor of Education
A vegetational analysis of interdunal swale communities of False Cape State Park, Currituck Spit, Virginia Jones, Heather A., 1967- Biology 1992 Master of Arts
A verbal behavior analysis of speech patterns in psychiatric populations Steele, Richard Lowell, 1942- Psychology 1971 Master of Arts
A versatile imaging system for in vivo small animal research Qian, Jianguo, 1974- Applied Science 2008 Doctor of Philosophy
A voice of one's own : Virginia Woolf, the problem of language, and feminist aesthetics Levine, Lisa Karin, 1968- English 1993 Master of Arts
A war of words : satire and song in the pre-revolutionary Virginia Gazettes Howell, Mark Hunter, 1957- American Studies 1998 Master of Arts
A wealth of hallowed memories : the development of mission, saga, and distinctiveness at the Virginia Military Institute Loope, David Roger, 1964- Education 1993 Doctor of Education
A whole lot of different simple people : the degeneration of Nicole Warren Diver in Tender is the night Preston, Ginger Smith, 1947- English 1982 Master of Arts
A widow's purview : a microhistory of widowhood and gender relations in the late eighteenth-century Virginia backcountry Bourbeau-Allard, Eve, History 2015 Master of Arts
A world in miniature : James Butcher and the transformation of African American politics & society in Washington, D.C., 1900-1940 Kane, Maria Alexandria, 1980- History 2008 Master of Arts
A world of goods : the printer's economy in eighteenth-century Virginia Richardson, Kari S., 1973- American Studies 2000 Master of Arts
A [delta]f Monte Carlo method to calculate parameters in plasmas Sasinowski, Maciek, 1971- Physics 1995 Doctor of Philosophy
A [mu]+SR study of uniaxial stress induced symmetry breaking in an Fe single crystal Namkung, Min. Physics 1982 Doctor of Philosophy
Ability grouping practices as determinant of student-teacher interaction Merritt, Stephen Russell, 1946- Sociology 1972 Master of Arts
Abiotic release of low molecular weight nitrogen from effluent organic nitrogen Funkey, Carolina P., 1985- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science
Abolitionism and revivalism : a study in religious and political motivation McNair, Sandra Lang, 1941- History 1963 Master of Arts
Abraham Lincoln and Negro colonization : the Ile A'Vache, Hayti experience, 1862-1864 Spencer, Jayme Ruth, 1943- History 1971 Master of Arts
Absalom, Absalom! and the southern code of honor Gardner, Kevin, 1962- American Studies 1986 Master of Arts
Absconded : fugitive slaves in the daybook of the Richmond Police Guard, 1834-1844 Sorensen, Leni Ashmore, 1942- American Studies 2005 Doctor of Philosophy
Abundance, seasonality and community structure of fishes on the Mid-Atlantic bight continental shelf Colvocoresses, James Alden, 1950- Marine Science 1985 Doctor of Philosophy
Academic advising in distance education Curry, Robert Furman, 1953- Education 1997 Doctor of Education
Academic freedom and faculty careers : a case study of four Nobel prize laureate exiles 1930-1940 Norton, Timothy Dale, 1955- Education 1995 Doctor of Education
Academic freedom and the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary experience 1979-1989 Johnson, James Benson, 1956- Education 1993 Doctor of Education
Academic optimism and community engagement in urban elementary schools Kirby, Misty M., 1976- Education 2009 Doctor of Philosophy
Academic optimism and instructional leadership in urban elementary schools Allen, Angela M., 1974- Education 2011 Doctor of Education
Academic optimism of Virginia high school teachers : its relationship to organizational citizenship behaviors and student achievement Wagner, Charles Allen, 1965- Education 2008 Doctor of Education
Accelerating the simulation of wireless cellular systems Perrone, Luiz Felipe, 1965- Computer Science 2000 Doctor of Philosophy
Accounting accountability : an exploratory model for the evalution of Virginia community college accounting programs Colmie, Joseph Victor, 1933- Education 1984 Doctor of Education
Accounting for political virtue : consumer choice and the non-consumption movement in Revolutionary New York City Gray, Melissa Faith, 1984- History 2008 Master of Arts
Accounting for undesirable outputs in productivity measurements : application to the California-Oregon drift gillnet fishery Scott, Tara L., 1980- Marine Science 2010 Doctor of Philosophy
Acculturation between the Indian and European fur traders in Hudson Bay 1668-1821 Mullins, Lisa C. History 1990 Master of Arts
Accumulation of toxic organic pollutants in the blue crab Callinectes sapidus Hale, Robert C. Marine Science 1983 Doctor of Philosophy