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Below are example papers and templates for different academic writing styles required in Liberty’s programs.  Remember that you do have access to Grammarly, a helpful writing resource in many ways (please see this resource on Grammarly’s Place in the Writing Process ), but these links below are the writing style guides you should use as vetted by the university and its individual departments.

Students are encouraged to download and save the selected template file to their desktop in .dotm format. This will allow it to open as the same, unchanged template every time and prevent it from being overwritten.

American Psychology Association

• APA 7th Sample Paper (Undergraduate)
• APA 7th Template (Undergraduate)
• APA 7th Sample Paper (Graduate/Doctoral)
• APA 7th Template (Graduate/Doctoral)

Please refer to our APA Quick Guide  page for more APA resources.

• Turabian Sample Paper
• Turabian Template (with headings)
• Turabian Template (no headings)
• Turabian Dissertation Template
• Turabian Author Date Format 9th Edition (for book reviews only)

Please refer to our  Turabian Quick Guide  page for more Turabian resources.

Modern Language Association (MLA)

MLA-9 has separate formatting rules for individual student papers and group projects:

• MLA-9 Sample Paper for individual students
• MLA-9 Template  for individual students
• MLA-9 Sample Paper for group papers
• MLA-9 Template  for group papers

Please refer to our  MLA Quick Guide  page for more MLA resources.

American Medical Association (AMA)

• AMA Non-Structured Abstract Sample Paper
• AMA Non-Structured Template
• AMA Structured Abstract Sample Paper
• AMA Structured Template

Please refer to our AMA Quick Guide page for more AMA resources.

• Bluebook Sample Paper
• Bluebook Template

Please refer to our  Bluebook Resources page for more Bluebook resources.

These Bluebook resources are only intended for use in writing essays and research papers for PLST and JURI courses where the formatting requirements are otherwise unspecified. They are not intended to be used for legal documents such as case briefs, memos, persuasive briefs, complaints, etc.

If you are an online student, please visit the Online Writing Center home page for writing tutoring services and more writing aids.

If you are a residential student, please visit the Residential Writing Center home page for writing tutoring services and more writing aids.

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Health sciences (hsci ).

This course has been designed to study the ethical underpinnings for the proper conduct of research involving human participants including a brief historical review of ethics in science, laws, and regulations that address human subjects’ research.

Offered: Online

This course is a study of the healthcare delivery systems and their components including programs, providers, policies, and payment systems. Students will examine the healthcare delivery system in terms of cost, quality, and access as they explore various healthcare organizations and the people they serve. The course emphasizes the U.S. healthcare delivery system, while exploring health systems across the globe.

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to critically analyze cultural perception of health and illness as a component of the holistic delivery of health care. The student is expected to develop knowledge and respect for cultural differences among patient populations and to foster culturally sensitive and appropriate methods of health care delivery.

This course introduces health science professionals to the fundamentals of education. Student will learn the principles of teaching and learning, while balancing theoretical perspectives with practical application. It will emphasize the learning process, the needs and characteristics of learners, and strategies for instruction and evaluation. This course includes instruction of strategic, assessment principles, and evidence-based practice.

Online Prerequisite: HSCI 705 and HSCI 710 and HSCI 715

This course is designed to prepare health science professionals to positively influence the attitudes, beliefs, feelings, and behaviors of others in professional practice. The course will achieve this goal by equipping students with an intimate knowledge of leadership theories and models, while providing students with opportunities to implement these models into their daily lives and reflect on the outcomes.

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to proactively and reactively address incidents that may occur in the setting of the healthcare organization. The curriculum focuses on the need for healthcare managers to identify and minimize risk as a means to reduce injury to patients, staff, and visitors within a healthcare system. Students will use the knowledge and skills gained from this course to create and develop risk management plans.

This course is designed to teach evidence-based practice (EBP) skills that will enable the review of existing literature to improve client care. The course provides a comprehensive overview of EBP, and the components for implementation. It is designed to focus on skills needed to critically evaluate information available from research findings and conduct systematic reviews.

Online Prerequisite: HSCI 705 and HSCI 715 and HSCI 735

This course aims to facilitate students’ preparation for the practicum and doctoral project. This course includes the development of a resume, selection of a practicum placement site, development of practicum objectives, and advisory committee formation. The student will also develop their research topic for the purposes of the oral defense and manuscript for potential submission to a peer-reviewed journal based on the work completed in HSCI 888 , HSCI 889 , and HSCI 990 .

The course will describe the anatomy of clearly defined and searchable clinical/research questions. The course will cover the use of Medical Subject Headings (MESH) and Boolean operators used to convert a clinical question into a search strategy that will work on any bibliographic database. This course will examine and apply current techniques for reviewing and critiquing the quality of literature found for a focused clinical question. The course will discuss common appraisal tools and scheme used to grade the body of available literature.

Online Prerequisite: HSCI 705 and HSCI 810

This doctoral level course examines the qualitative method used in health sciences research, with a focus on five qualitative designs: narrative phenomenological, grounded theory, ethnographic, and case study. Underpinning philosophical assumptions are presented in context with the selected qualitative designs. The course also covers data collection, analysis, and validation measures appropriate for qualitative research.

This course focuses on developing an understanding of advanced inferential statistics as it relates to the health sciences. Students will learn to identify when to use specific statistics, how to conduct those statistical analyses in statistical software, and how to interpret the results of those analyses from both statistical and practical application standpoints.

Online Prerequisite: HSCI 798 and HSCI 810 (may be taken concurrently) and HSCI 898 (may be taken concurrently)

This semester-long course is the first in a series of 3 classes related to scholarly inquiry for students in the DHSc program. Students will build on their topic and project plans created in HSCI 789 by conducting an extensive relevant literature review. Students must submit their IRB proposal for institutional approval as appropriate for future scholarship courses. The topic must be directly related to the practicum experience.

Online Prerequisite: HSCI 815 (may be taken concurrently) and HSCI 820 (may be taken concurrently) and HSCI 888

This semester-long course is the second in a series of 3 classes related to scholarly inquiry for students in the DHSc program. This course focuses on developing the applied doctoral research project and the final defense. Following IRB approval if required, the student will collect, and analyze data related to the research question. Students will manage data to assure quality, integrity, confidentiality, and accuracy. The candidate will complete work on the project with a faculty mentor and prepare for the oral presentation.

Online Prerequisite: HSCI 889 and HSCI 898

This 8-week course is the third in a series of 3 classes related to scholarly inquiry for candidates in the DHSc program. The candidate will present their oral presentation for defense and develop a manuscript for submission to a peer-reviewed journal. Candidates will conclude with a written reflection on their experience within the program of study.

Online Prerequisite: HSCI 798

Students will complete a semester-long practicum experience to integrate and implement principles learned in a professional practice environment. With the guidance of a site mentor as well as a faculty member, the student will meet agreed-upon objectives within the learner’s practice environment or selected site. The student will also evaluate the experience and provide future recommendations based on the assessment.

Online Prerequisite: HSCI 705 and HSCI 710 and HSCI 715 and HSCI 720 and HSCI 725 and HSCI 730 and HSCI 810 and HSCI 815 and HSCI 820

This course focuses on structure and design of Ph.D. dissertation research that includes chairperson review and scholarly discourse leading to proposal development and a draft of chapter one. Any student who is not ready for enrollment in HSCI 988 after completing HLTH 987 may be required, as determined by the student’s dissertation chair, to repeat HSCI 987 until deemed ready for enrollment in HSCI 988 .

Online Prerequisite: HSCI 987

This course is the second step for Ph.D. candidates to develop and complete their dissertation. Doctoral candidates will develop chapters 2 and 3 which includes their methodology for conducting the study and combine it with chapter 1 into a single document. Candidates will also complete and submit their IRB package and complete their proposal defense. Any student who is not ready for enrollment in HSCI 989 after completing HSCI 988 may be required, as determined by the student’s dissertation chair, to repeat HSCI 988 until deemed ready for enrollment in HSCI 989 .

Online Prerequisite: HSCI 988

This course is the final step in developing the dissertation manuscript. Doctoral candidates will conduct their field study, analyze their data, and present their findings and develop chapter 4 and 5 of their dissertation. Candidates will combine all sections into their completed dissertation manuscript in preparation for their dissertation defense. Students who do not successfully defend their dissertation must re-enroll in HSCI 989 .

Online Prerequisite: HSCI 989

This course is the last step in the Ph.D. program. Doctoral candidates will defend their dissertation and finalize their dissertation manuscript for publication.

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Doctoral Dissertations

Submissions from 2024 2024.

Making Sense of Ethnocentrism: Intelligence Analysis & National Cultural Dimensions , Travis J. Benson

Educated Cops: A Qualitative Analysis of Police Chiefs' and Police Officers' Perceptions of the Effects of Post-Secondary Education on Job Performance , James Wesley Blair

Redefining Disproportionate Arrest Rates: An Exploratory Quasi-Experiment that Reassesses the Role of Skin Tone , Soren G. Brockdorf

Media, Politics and Law Enforcement: How the Current Political Climate and Media Coverage are Leading to Fewer Law Enforcement Officers in the Field , Allen Denver Denny Jr

Employee Engagement in Public Sector Organizations , Rhonda Isler Dent

A Survey of Police Patrol Officers' Perceptions of Juvenile Offenders , Charles Barrick Freitag Jr.

An Exploration of the Elderly and Disabled Participation Rate in the Medicaid Home and Community-Based Service (HCBS) Program in the State of Alabama , Arnita Hicks

Cyber Defense Planning in Tabletop Exercises and Consideration of a Fractured Flaw Theory for Security Applications , Patrick K. Kilroy II

The Degradation Effects of Targeted Drone Killings Against Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula , Isaac Oeltjen

A Phenomenological Study of the Lived Experiences of African American Males' Challenges in Post Incarceration , Amber L. Scott

Servant Leadership: The Change Needed in Law Enforcement , Shane H. Shetler

How the Physical, Social, and Psychological Environment Impacts Border Security , John J. Smietana Jr.

Recruitment and Retention in the Post-Floyd Era: A Phenomenological Study of Miami-Dade County Law Enforcement , Carlos A. Vesco

Submissions from 2023 2023

The Perspectives of Ghanaian Political Leaders and Citizens Concerning the Development and Implementation of the Ghana Vision 2020 Development Plan , Kwame Aduhene-Kwarteng

The Role of Social Media in the Expansion of Jihadist Terrorism in the United States , Shakira Natalee Anglin

Challenges Law Enforcement Faces in Utilizing Community Policing to Counter Violent Extremism , Steven Brett Beams

Understanding Recidivism: A Phenomenological Study of Repeat Offenders' Lived Experiences Under Placer County, California Probation Supervision , Andrew Stephenson Beasley

A Conceptual Frame for US Counterterrorism Policy: Examining the Effectiveness against Al Qaeda and Its Associates Prior to 9/11 , "Tod" Thomas Patrick Brown

Introducing Just Competition Theory: Christian Realist Strategic Risk Management in Great Power Competition , Jason A. Byrd

Legislating Criminal Justice Reform in Louisiana , Jason Callegari

A Quantitative Examination of Emotional Intelligence among Primary and Secondary School Principals in the Guam Department of Education , Forrest Ceasar Anderson Chargualaf

Civil Gang Injunction Effects: The Perceptions of Residents and Neighbors of Their Safety , Marc M. Collazo

The Perceived Influence Of The ALICE Training Principles On Survivors During A Violent Critical Incident , Shawn William Collins

Law Enforcement Officers and the Domestic Violence Advocacy Referral Process , Aaron Allen Cubbage

Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Single Adult Homelessness in New York City , Chloe A. Delgado

Mitigating School Violence Through the Lens of School Officials in Southern States , Faith Derrick

Understanding Lived Experiences of Correctional Officers' Reintegration Back Into The Work Environment Post-Assault , Claudette Duggins

A Perfect Storm: Exploring the Impact of the 2020 Sociopolitical Climate and COVID-19 on Police Attrition , Cullen Marshall Duncan

A Qualitative Study of the Lived Experiences of Unarmed Police Officers , Thomas A. Egan

Impact of the Completed South Carolina Post Critical Incident Seminar on the Well-Being of the Law Enforcement Participants , Michael P. Evans

The Impact of Bail Reform on Arrest Rates for Aggravated Assault In Two Cities , Brion P. Gilbride

The Dark Web and Human Trafficking , Jamie Kay Graham

The Etiology of a New Era: Where Heroes Become Zeros and Victims Become Villains , Traci Jo Harmon

Cumberland County Adult Treatment Court Comparing Opioid Participants’ Successful and Unsuccessful Completion , Lisa Matteson Harrison

The Impact of Juvenile Transfer Laws , Kerina Lynn Ibarra

Res Communis Omnium v. Res Nullius in U.S. Space Mining Law & Policy: A Multilevel Theoretical Analysis of U.S. Public Policy on Space Minerals Mining Under TITLE IV, §51301- §403, U.S. 2015 Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act (Public Law 114-90) & Its Implications for International Space Law Under Articles I & II, 1967 Outer Space Treaty , Samuel Chuks Japhets

Leadership in a Military Criminal Investigative Organization: Perceptions of Authentic Leadership Among Special Agents , Precious JeanBatiste

A Transcendental Phenomenological Study of the Lived Experiences of Law Enforcement Officers Challenges in Combatting Human Trafficking in Alabama , Patience S. Johnson-Daniels

A Quantitative Study on the Impact of COVID-19 on Drug Treatment Courts , Derek J. Kingsbury

Law Enforcement Cardiovascular Health: A Qualitative Study on Law Enforcement Officers' Risk Awareness and The Targeted Mitigation of Cardiovascular Disease , Gretchen Sue Harvey Lapp

Irregular Competition: Contemporary Lessons Learned and Implications for the Future , Jeremiah Carl Lumbaca

Pedophilia: Understanding the Origins and Problems within the Criminal Justice System , James K. McElhaney

Sex and Violence: An Exploratory Study of Changes in Male and Female Violent Offenders' Choices of Weapon and Victim Over Time , Lindsey Hutton Nagle

Advance Fee Fraud on the Increase: The Shield of Support Over the Victims , Ovenseri Ven Ogbebor

The Relationship between Leadership Transparency and Accountability on Public Rural Basic Education in Amenfi Central District, Western Region of Ghana , Emmanuel Osei-Kissi

The Impact of Pre-Hire Fitness Scores on Resilience and Burnout Among New Castle County Patrol-Level Police Officers , Eugene Joseph Reid

The Perceived Racial Discrimination of Incarcerated African American Juveniles by Correctional Officers , Jervaughn Fabian Reid

Efficacy of Education on Police Misconduct , Roel Rosalez

The Utilization of Employee Assistance Programs in Law Enforcement: Breaking the Stigma , Kristi Lynn Shalton

Firefighter Staffing Model Implications on Fire Casualties and Fire Loss: Life Safety and Socio-Economic Impacts of the Fire Service , Jeffrey Daniel Shoffner

A Descriptive, Multi-Site Case Study to Discover the Inclusion of Disability Competencies in Undergraduate Public Health Program Curricula in California-Based Public Universities , Jacqueline Suzanne Siukola Tompkins

Exploring Unknown Patterns of Criminality in Homicide: A Quantitative Exploratory Analysis of Crime in Macon-Bibb County , Santel Dion Smith

The 2015 Migrant Crisis: An Impact to Germany? , Irish Nicole Solinsky

A Quantitative Study Exploring the Perceptions of Body-Worn Camera Use in the Texas Department of Juvenile Justice , David Dean Stender

Law Enforcement Perceptions and Responses Regarding Child Sex Trafficking Victims in South Carolina , Alton B. Terry

Facebook Usage by Small-Town Governments: A Multi-Case Study in Southwestern Virginia , Adam Luke Tolbert

Effective Public Sector Leadership in a Mandatory Remote Work Environment , Sara Janene Valdez Hoffer

Strengthening Community Trust: A Qualitative Exploration of College-Aged African American Males' Perceptions of and Experiences with the Police , Craig Vernon VanClief

Recidivism Among Rehabilitated Offenders With Mental Illness: A Quantitative Study , Robert Olando Walker

To What Extent Do Environmental Regulations Curb Air Pollution and Enhance Production, Productivity, and Innovation? , Emmanuel Wabi Wangi

The Impact of Juvenile Drug Court on Recidivism , Mallory Noelle Watkins

Police Demographics and Stress Relief Program Utilization , Michael Wayne Whittington

The Breeding of Wolves: Understanding the Escalation Continuum & Escalation Dynamics of Contemporary Sex Trafficking Demand , Kevin Lee Wilkinson Jr.

Vested Interest and Preparedness Policy: Increasing Preparedness Behaviors among American Individuals and Families , Nicholas Evan Winters

Cognitive Machine Individualism in a Symbiotic Cybersecurity Policy Framework for the Preservation of Internet of Things Integrity: A Quantitative Study , Gary C. Wong

Submissions from 2022 2022

Cognitive Abilities of Criminal Justice Leaders , Dustin Joe Addison

Defelonization and Police Decision-Making: A Phenomenological Study of Policing Behaviors in Los Angeles County Post-Proposition 47 , Stephen William Bell

Property Tax and School Choice in Pennsylvania K-12 Education , David William Scott Bolton

A Public Administration Study of Ohio's Declining Abortion Rate , Brandel Denise Boyd

An Investigation into the Likelihood that a Centrally Planned Economy Can Provide Greater Economic Good than Spontaneous Order Created by the Free Market , Douglas W. Cardell

The Modern Homeland Security Struggle: Divisive Disinformation , Stephen H. Dickerson

Implicit Bias in the U.S. Air Force Criminal Justice System and the Excessive Punishment of Black Airmen , Brandon Lanier Dinkins

Incarcerated Mothers and their Children's Caregivers: How their Relationship Impacts the Mother-Child Relationship , Jodi Simmons Ford

The Impact of Law Enforcement Training on the Ability of Officers to Recognize Human Trafficking Situations in West Tennessee , Marie Angelena Garrett

Organizational Factors Influencing Campus Law Enforcement Agencies Belonging to Professional Accrediting Bodies , Jamie Adam Gauthier

Police Promotions and Assignments: Understanding Law Enforcement Officers’ Experiences with Particularism , John Leo Glasser III

The Effects of Physical Fitness Policies on Law Enforcement Officers' Physical Fitness Levels , Tina M. Hall

The Impact on Crime Rate During a Period of Covid-19 Induced Jail Booking Restrictions , Nathan A. Jendrick

A Quantitative Research Study on Probability Risk Assessments in Critical Infrastructure and Homeland Security , Alfred B. Lee

Exploring Public Perceptions Of The Recovery Response As A Result Of Hurricane Michael’s Landfall , David Lovett

Gender Differences in Views of Vice: A Comparative Phenomenology of Prostitution and Human Sex Trafficking , Sean Jeremy McKnight

Displacement and Diffusion: Rural Hotspot Policing and Drug Arrests in Southwest Virginia , Melissa C. Minton

Drug Evaluation and Classification Program: An Evaluation and Validation Study in the State of Florida , Micah Moore

The Keynesian Stimulus Model: Stimulating Economic Activities with Stimulus Payments , Christopher Osuoha

The Family Connection: Examining the Transitional Impact on Family Members of Returning Citizens Reentering Society , Leon Rankins

Exploring African American Males' Experiences With Police In Southern California: A Phenomenological Study , Barbara R. Ray

The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Law Enforcement Protocols in Middle Appalachian States , Timothy W. Roberts

Examining Associations between Servant Leadership, Job Burnout, and Job Satistfaction in the Iowa Probation and Parole Job Profession , Alfredo Rodriguez Ordaz

The Use of Comprehensive Planning in Barre and Bennington Revitalization Projects , Erica Nicole Rumball-Petre

Are EMS Prepared to Respond to a Pandemic or Bioterrorist Attack? , Douglas Howard Schneider

A Quantitative Study on Officer Proactivity Before and After Body-Worn Cameras Using Archived Data , Jessica Renee Smith

Early Intervention and Prediction of Risk Management Issues in Law Enforcement: A Phenomenological Study , Pamela Lynn Smith

TANF Work Policy Influences on Family Behaviors and Child Development , Robert William Sturgill Jr

Developing a Consolidated and Holistic Framework for Restrictive Housing that Accounts for Gender Disparities: A Grounded Theory Approach , John Stephens Tankersley

Leadership Qualities Needed for a School-Based Police Chief , Tridung Tran

The Correlates of Right-wing Extremism , Michael Damian Tucker

Evaluating the Concepts of the Tarde Imitation Theory and Its Impact on Training Effectiveness for Law Enforcement in Times Of Disaster , Barry D. Walker Jr

Submissions from 2021 2021

Examining The Relationship Between Crime and Major Weather Events and Disasters in the 10 Largest Cities in Texas , Daniel Augusto

The Lived Educational Experiences in Juvenile Facilities: Perspectives of Former Juvenile Offenders , Deneil D. Christian

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