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
Incorporating industry based dredge surveys into the assessment of sea scallops, Placopecten magellanicus Rudders, David B., 1970- Marine Science 2010 Doctor of Philosophy
Computational and experimental investigations of gas-phase thermodynamics of non-protein amino acids Janiga, Ashley R. Chemistry 2010 Master of Science
The effect of an African-American Rites of Passage prevention program on adolescent ethnic identity, drug attitudes, behavior in the classroom and academic performance Rodriguez, Jamie B. Education 2010 Doctor of Philosophy
Effective teaching practices and teacher efficacy beliefs of International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme teachers Hutchings, Gregory C., 1977- Education 2010 Doctor of Education
Processing and conversion of algae to bioethanol Kampfe, Sara Katherine. Chemistry 2010 Master of Science
Multimodal non-rigid registration for image-guided head and neck surgery Weissberger, Michael Lawrence. Computer Science 2010 Master of Science
Building efficient wireless infrastructures for pervasive computing environments Sheng, Bo. Computer Science 2010 Doctor of Philosophy
Optical control of ultrafast spin-wave relaxation by magnetic anisotropy in a ferromagnet Smith, Kevin James. Physics 2010 Doctor of Philosophy
Heresy and simony : John Wyclif and Jan Hus compared Brinker, April Marie. History 2010 Master of Arts
Neither United States citizens nor British nationalists : a postwar loyalist trade diaspora Clement, Justin. History 2010 Master of Arts
Art, mystery, and occupation : building culture in eighteenth-century Williamsburg, Virginia Cook, Elizabeth. History 2010 Master of Arts
Secure and efficient data extraction for ubiquitous computing applications Tan, Chiu Chiang. Computer Science 2010 Doctor of Philosophy
Perceptions of administrators, special education teachers, and general education teachers concerning the diploma decision-making process for students with disabilities Hybl, Kathleen, 1965- Education 2010 Doctor of Education
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
Middle school students' participation in extracurricular activities : relationships to school identification and achievement Byrd, Stenette. Education 2010 Doctor of Education
Just where do you think you're going? : maternalism and social work of the Travelers' Aid Society of Virginia Hill, Kathryn Louise. History 2010 Master of Arts
Honor, gender and the law : defense strategies during the Spanish Inquisition, 1526-1532 Iverson, Katy. History 2010 Master of Arts
Professional development practices in literacy and technology integration at socioeconomically different schools Boykin, Kendra M. Education 2010 Doctor of Philosophy
Serving students from a distance : a content analysis of persistent characteristics in distance learners Sorensen, Ann L., 1959- Education 2010 Doctor of Education
The Commissioners for Detecting and Defeating Conspiracies : Albany County, New York:1778-1781 Leszkowicz, Jade Mara. History 2010 Master of Arts
The wondrous chain of providence : Thomas Prince, the Puritan past, and New England's future, 1660-1736 Gillan, Thomas Joseph. History 2011 Master of Arts
Dietary bioarchaeology : late Woodland subsistence within the coastal plain of Virginia Dore, Berek J. Anthropology 2011 Master of Arts
Educational efficiency in Virginia public school divisions Calzini, Clinton Robert. Education 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
Bondage on the border : slaves and slaveholders in Tazewell County, Virginia Kerr, Laura Lee. History 2011 Master of Arts
Black masculinities as marronage : Claude McKay's representations of Black male subjectivities in metropolitan spaces Brown, Jarrett Hugh. American Studies 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
Ghosts on the coast of paradise : identifying and interpreting the ephemeral remains of Bermuda's 18th century shipyards Dworsky, Joel Garrett. Anthropology 2011 Master of Arts
An examination of the similarities and differences in mental health status, working alliance, and social presence between face-to-face and online counseling Holmes, Courtney M., 1983- Education 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
Search for effects beyond the Born approximation in polarization transfer observables in [right arrow] ep elastic scattering Meziane, Mehdi. Physics 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
Research evidence use by rural central office administrators leading educational improvement Shaffer, Patricia Moore, 1965- Education 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
Eavesdropping on history : Olmstead v. U.S. and the emergence of privacy jurisprudence during Prohibition Krouse, Anna Leslie. History 2011 Master of Arts
Shellfishing, ceramics, and gender : shell midden ceramics from the Kiskiak Site Herlich, Jessica Marie. Anthropology 2011 Master of Arts
Ghent gayland : a case study of the gay and lesbian community and media of Norfolk, Virginia Lusby, Michael Anthony. History 2011 Master of Arts
Fine art and clandestine identity : American Indian artists in the contemporary art market Kuizon, Jaclyn. Anthropology 2011 Master of Arts
A critical look at minority student preparation to counsel white clients Haskins, Natoya Hill, 1979- Education 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
National remedies for national evils : the problem of universal reform and race in the American Moral Reform Society, 1835-1841 Poznan, Kristina Elizabeth. History 2011 Master of Arts
Effects of dietary mercury exposure on spatial memory of zebra finches, Taeniopygia guttata Bessler, Amanda Mae Biology 2011 Master of Science
A measurement of neutrino oscillations with muon neutrinos in the Minos experiment Coleman, Stephen James. Physics 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
From Astoria to annexation : the Hawaiian diaspora and the struggle for race and nation in the American empire Savage, Amanda Lee Heikialoha. History 2011 Master of Arts
Genetic diversity of the pathogen Streptococcus parauberis isolated from bovine and piscine hosts Cole, Stephen Douglas. Biology 2011 Master of Science
Mobutu and Nyerere, 1960-1979 : trajectories and creativity in re-imagining the nation Shaw, Jonathan Edwards. History 2011 Master of Arts
Searching for the seed plant ethylene pathway in a basal plant lineage : a genomic approach DeCarme, Ashley R. Biology 2011 Master of Science
The political imaginings of slave conspirators : Atlantic contexts of the 1710 slave conspiracy in Martinque Thomas, Jeffrey Scott. History 2011 Master of Arts
SUMO-dependent substrate targeting of the SUMO protease Ulp1 Elmore, Zachary Cole. Biology 2011 Master of Science
The development and application of an antibody-based biosensor for the detection of petroleum-derived compounds Spier, Candace Rae. Marine Science 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
Effective reading comprehension teaching and research : how do they relate? Leeper, Lauri M., 1957- Education 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
Pacific trade winds : towards a global history of the Manila Galleon Thomas, Matthew F. History 2011 Master of Arts
An investigation of the polymorphic arsS gene of Helicobacter pylori Hallinger, Daniel Ross. Biology 2011 Master of Science
Authority and consent : politics, power, and plunder in Charleston, South Carolina, 1700-1745 Woytonik, Kristen Ann. History 2011 Master of Arts
Behavioral and mechanical particle selectivity in a suspension-feeding detritivorous fish Heidman, Matthew Kyle. Biology 2011 Master of Science
The impacts of shoreline development on shallow-water benthic communities in the Patuxent River, MD Bradley, Cassie D., 1984- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science