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 study of personnel practices and teacher morale Jeter, Margaret Jeter, 1900- Education 1947 Master of Education
The establishment of sixth grade reading norms Dunn, Julian Bascom. Education 1954 Master of Education
The effect of reading deficiency upon scholastic achievement and personal adjustment in college Stone, William Franklin. Education 1951 Master of Education
Teaching as guidance Etheridge, Jeanne Bell. Education 1954 Master of Education
The development of a suggested syllabus for a two year course in dramatics for a secondary school Turner, Travis Talmage, 1912- Education 1951 Master of Education
Enhancing organizational effectiveness through use of the Myers- Briggs type indicator Thompson, Patricia Sclater. Education 1988 Master of Education
The development of a physical education program for a small Virginia high school Harding, William Emerson, 1921- Education 1950 Master of Education
A physical education program for a small Virginia high school Hooker, Henry Lester, 1921- Education 1948 Master of Education
An analysis of the extent to which a high school meets the needs of a community Gilbert, E. Vernon. Education 1954 Master of Education
A measure in terms of income of the ability to pay for public free education, and of the effort exerted by the counties and cities in Virginia, school year 1947-1948 Harpine, Robert Stanley, 1917- Education 1950 Master of Education
Role of the school in a cooperative program for prevention of juvenile delinquency Killinger, Josephine Peters. Education 1948 Master of Education
Residential schools and gifted students Lee, Marvin M. Education 2008 Master of Education
The development of a state system of teacher certification in Virginia, 1870-1950 Helmer, James McKinley, 1912- Education 1950 Master of Education
Educational implications of local property assessments in the lower peninsula region of Virginia Peele, Benjamin Thomas, 1912- Education 1948 Master of Education
A survey of the opinions of English professors in Virginia Colleges regarding desired preparation for their freshman English courses Owens, Elaine Robins. Education 1954 Master of Education
Study of geography in Virginia Prow, Wolf. Education 1970 Master of Education
An evaluation of the public relations program of the public schools of Alleghany County, Virginia Hodnett, Walter Lee. Education 1950 Master of Education
Selected functions of an educator in medical technology : the teaching supervisor Atwood, Camille Ann. Education 1966 Master of Education
An analysis of the functions of the visiting teacher in Virginia Sawyer, Edith Alva, 1913- Education 1948 Master of Education
History of Woodrow Wilson Parent Teacher Association Wheeler, Lucille. Education 1954 Master of Education
Coping with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a manual for parents and teachers Peterson, Christine H. A. Education 1989 Master of Education
Modeling of critically-stratified gravity flows : application to the Eel River continental shelf, northern California Scully, Malcolm E., 1971- Marine Science 2001 Master of Science
Monogenetic trematodes from some Chesapeake Bay fishes McMahon, John Walter. Marine Science 1959 Master of Science
Sublethal effects of methylmercury on flight performance and molt in European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) Carlson, Jenna Rae, Biology 2013 Master of Science
BI(III) initiated cyclization reactions and iodonium fragmentation kinetics Lian, Yajing, 1981- Chemistry 2005 Master of Science
Transport and fate of sediment on the Waipaoa River continental shelf : implications for the formation and reworking of flood deposits Moriarty, Julia M. Marine Science 2012 Master of Science
Previous experience shapes mate preferences of female zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) Minton, Kelly Caroline. Biology 2009 Master of Science
Mercury exposure in terrestrial insectivorous birds Friedman, Scott Lawrence. Biology 2007 Master of Science
An evaluation of closed area boundaries of the sea scallop stock in the Middle Atlantic Bight Lange, John David, 1971- Marine Science 2002 Master of Science
SPE-7, a novel regulator of MSP assembly in C. elegans spermatocytes Messina, Kari Lynn. Biology 2012 Master of Science
Variability in geologic framework and shoreline change : Assateague and Wallops Islands, Eastern Shore of Virginia Wikel, Geoffrey L., 1976- Marine Science 2008 Master of Science
Analysis of extreme water levels in the lower Chesapeake Bay Wilkerson, Carissa N. Marine Science 2013 Master of Science
Multifunctional polymer synthesis and incorporation of gadolinium compounds and modified tungsten nanoparticles for improvement of radiation shielding for use in outer space Harbert, Emily Grace. Chemistry 2010 Master of Science
Noble metal free catalysts for hydrogen genereation from aqueous solutions Liu, Dan Chemistry 2015 Master of Science
Mercury exposure assessment of South River floodplain birds Wang, Jincheng, 1986- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science
Metabolic rates and bioenergetics of juvenile sandbar sharks (Carcharhinus plumbeus) Dowd, W. Wesley, 1978- Marine Science 2003 Master of Science
Development of a storm surge model using a high-resolution unstructured grid over a large domain Shen, Tao, 1983- Marine Science 2009 Master of Science
Evaluation of opercular bones for aging eight species of Chesapeake Bay fishes Sipe, Ann M., 1973- Marine Science 2001 Master of Science
Developmental plasticity in response to familiar and unfamiliar predators in the mud snail, Ilyanassa obsoleta Hoolihan, Kelly Strickland, Biology 2013 Master of Science
Synthesis and characterization of hydrogen-rich polyimide materials for radiation shielding Yang, Sha, 1980- Chemistry 2005 Master of Science
Microzooplankton community structure and grazing impact along the western Antarctic Peninsula Price, Lori M., 1985- Marine Science 2012 Master of Science
Mortality of diamondback terrapins in blue crab traps : population changes and conservation in southeastern Virginia Rook, Megan Ann. Biology 2009 Master of Science
The effects of medium on the UV-induced photodegradation of Rhodamine B dye Carta, Carolyn Louise, Chemistry 2014 Master of Science
Repeatability of mate preferences and mate-choice copying in female zebra finches Houck, Amanda Karen, 1983- Biology 2007 Master of Science
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
Life history and ecology of the freshwater amphipods Gammarus pseudolimnaeus and Gammarus fasciatus in southeastern Virginia Postaski, Lindsey L. Biology 2012 Master of Science
Holocene sedimentation on the Lanyang Plain and adjacent continental shelf, northwestern Taiwan Wu, Chia-Yu. Marine Science 2013 Master of Science
Computational and experimental investigations of gas-phase thermodynamics of non-protein amino acids Janiga, Ashley R. Chemistry 2010 Master of Science
Basal food web dynamics in a natural eelgrass (Zostera marina) community : cage-free field experimentation Whalen, Matthew A., 1984- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science
Toxicology of decabromodiphenyl ether in avian embryos : disposition of the flame retardant BDE-209 in yolk-injected chicken embryos (Gallus gallus) Sifleet, Samantha D., 1980- Marine Science 2009 Master of Science