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
Deep-pelagic (0-3000m) fish assemblage structure over the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the area of the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone Cook, April B., 1978- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science
The influence of golf course landscapes on the occupancy and reproductive success of eastern bluebirds Pitts, Marie Louise, 1984- Biology 2011 Master of Science
Academic optimism and instructional leadership in urban elementary schools Allen, Angela M., 1974- Education 2011 Doctor of Education
Abiotic release of low molecular weight nitrogen from effluent organic nitrogen Funkey, Carolina P., 1985- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science
On the real-time performance, robustness and accuracy of medical image non-rigid registration Liu, Yixun. Computer Science 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
The SUMO-targeted ubiquitin ligase subunit Slx5 functional interacts with the SUMO E3 ligase Siz1 Westerbeck, Jason William. Biology 2011 Master of Science
A numerical modeling study of storm surge and inundation in the Chesapeake Bay during the November 2009 Mid-Atlantic nor'easter Gao, Jie, 1987- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science
Mate-guarding in the Australian zebra finch, Taeniopygia guttata : for males, protecting paternity is more important than extra-pair copulations Wilson, Leah Catherine, 1984- Biology 2011 Master of Science
Teacher instructional practices designed to meet the individual learning needs of mathematically gifted/talented students in middle school algebra I Tonneson, Virginia Caine, 1958- Education 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
Big-fish-little-pond effect : the impact on academic self-concept Kwiterovich, Peter O., 1969- Education 2011 Doctor of Education
Towns in mind : urban plans, political culture, and empire in the colonial Chesapeake, 1607-1722 Musselwhite, Paul Philip, 1983- History 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
Slow and stored light under conditions of electromagnetically induced transparency and four wave mixing in an atomic vapor Phillips, Nathaniel Blair. Physics 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
Net microbial activity, vegetation dynamics, and ecosystem function in created and natural palustrine forested wetlands in southeastern Virginia, USA Hauser, Christian A., 1985- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science
To seek the good, the true, and beautiful : white, Greek-letter sororities in the U.S. South and the shaping of American 'ladyhood', 1915-1975 Freeman, Margaret Lynn. American Studies 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
Production of cyclohexylene-containing diamines in pursuit of novel radiation shielding materials Bate, Norah G. Chemistry 2011 Master of Science
Ellen Churchill Semple and American geography in an era of imperialism Adams, Ellen E., 1976- History 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
Thin film and chemical ordering effects on the magnetic anisotropy in binary alloys Skuza, Jonathan Ronald. Physics 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
Understanding the origins, dispersal, and evolution of Bonamia species (Phylum Haplosporidia) based on genetic analyses of ribosomal RNA gene regions Hill, Kristina M., 1981- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science
Reactive sulfur : redox reactions of cysteines and methionines in the cytoskeletal protein tubulin Hagedorn, Tara Dawn. Chemistry 2011 Master of Science
Development of a method for quantifying the air-sea flux of volatile organic carbon Jayne, Emily A., 1987- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science
Investigations of the fragmentation spectra of dipeptides containing lysine and its non-protein amino acid homologs Hamdy, Omar. Chemistry 2011 Master of Science
Ecological, physiological, and bio-optical characteristics of Phaeocystis globosa in coastal waters of south central Vietnam Liu, Xiao, 1987- Marine Science 2011 Master of Science
Quantum turbulence in two dimensional Bose-Einstein condensates Zhang, Bo, 1982- Physics 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
The total synthesis of the lolium alkaloids Hovey, Michael Todd. Chemistry 2011 Master of Science
Investigation of ultrasonic wave scattering effects using computational methods Campbell Leckey, Cara Ann. Physics 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
Faculty perceptions of principal support and change orientation in Virginia high schools Cagle, Karen E. Education 2012 Doctor of Education
Parity-violating asymmetry in the nucleon to [Delta] transition : a study of inelastic electron scattering in the G degree experiment Capuano, Carissa Lee. Physics 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
Myctophid feeding ecology and carbon transport along the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge Hudson, Jeanna M. Marine Science 2012 Master of Science
Jumping off the couch : infusing creativity into counselor education Lawrence, Christopher, Education 2012 Doctor of Education
Dark matter in the heavens and at colliders : models and constraints Primulando, Reinard, 1984-, Physics 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
Physiological and morphological characterization of genetically defined classes of interneurons in respiratory rhythm and pattern generation in neonatal mice Picardo, Maria Cristina De Guzman. Applied Science 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
Real talk : blackness and whiteness in the works of Jefferson Pinder, Dave Chappelle, and Aaron McGruder Hayes, Jeffreen M. American Studies 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
Emancipated foster youth's transition from care to Virginia community colleges Scott, Shylan E. Education 2012 Doctor of Education
Habitat utilization and trophic interactions by fauna in a shallow estuary : comparisons between clam aquaculture and natural sites Kling, Lara Gates, 1987- Marine Science 2012 Master of Science
Gone to the dogs : inter-species bonds and the building of bio-cultural capital in America, 1835-present Anglin, Merit Elfi, American Studies 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
The relationship of high school teachers' job satisfaction to principal support Bressler, Kathleen M. Education 2012 Doctor of Education
Quantifying watershed loads to a low relief, coastal plain estuary, the New River Estuary, N.C. Koroknay, Brittani J. Marine Science 2012 Master of Science
Executive search firms' consideration of person-organization fit in college and university presidential searches Turpin, James Christopher, 1965- Education 2012 Doctor of Education
Information integration for software maintenance and evolution Gethers, Malcom Bernard, Computer Science 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
Pax5 signatures : the identification of Pax5 isoforms in developing and activated B cell populations of rainbow trout MacMurray, Elizabeth Anne. Biology 2012 Master of Science
Sexual dimorphism, diet, and body condition of Rusty Blackbirds wintering in Virginia McGann, Andrew John. Biology 2012 Master of Science
Surface impedance of superconducting radio frequence (SRF) materials Xiao, Binping, Applied Science 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
Factors that contribute to the academic success of African American males : perceptions of African American male high school students Swanson, Alexis C., 1966- Education 2012 Doctor of Education
Searching, selecting, and synthesizing source code components McMillan, Collin, Computer Science 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
Shedding light on the estuarine coastal filter : the relative importance of benthic macroalgae in shallow photic systems Maxey, Johnathan Daniel. Marine Science 2012 Master of Science
SPE-7, a novel regulator of MSP assembly in C. elegans spermatocytes Messina, Kari Lynn. Biology 2012 Master of Science
Discovering new vulnerabilities in computer systems Wu, Zhenyu, 1982- Computer Science 2012 Doctor of Philosophy
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
Life history and ecology of the freshwater amphipods Gammarus pseudolimnaeus and Gammarus fasciatus in southeastern Virginia Postaski, Lindsey L. Biology 2012 Master of Science
Teaching slope of a line using the graphing calculator as a tool for discovery learning Nichols, Fiona Costello. Education 2012 Doctor of Education