Research Week 2026: Full Schedule

Jacquelyn Mathews, Curriculum Librarian at Liberty University’s Library and adjunct professor for the School of Education, holds an M.A. in Secondary Education with a Library Science concentration from West Virginia University and a B.A. in Education from the University of North... Read More →

Kenneth Camplin

Liberty University

Tuesday April 21, 2026 10:00am - 10:30am EDT
JFL 261A - Group Study Room

Applied, Oral

School School of Education

10:30am EDT

Decades After Exposure: The Continuing Burden of Asbestos-Related Diseases in the United States

Tuesday April 21, 2026 10:30am - 11:00am EDT

JFL 261A - Group Study Room

34064

Presenters

Luke Montgomery

Liberty University

Tunde Adebola

Hannah Mnayarji

Judges

Rachel Joseph

Liberty University

Sandra Tordoff

Professor, Liberty University

Tuesday April 21, 2026 10:30am - 11:00am EDT
JFL 261A - Group Study Room

Applied, Oral

School School of Health Sciences

11:00am EDT

National Trends and State-Level Correlates of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Utilization Among Treatment Admissions in the United States, 2014-2023

Tuesday April 21, 2026 11:00am - 11:30am EDT

JFL 261A - Group Study Room

31984

Presenters

Prince Osei Sarpong

Graduate Student Assistant, Department of Public Health, Liberty University

Manasvi Shiyani

Michael Ago Tetteh

Naa Komley Commey

Emmanuel Owusu

Judges

Amanda Hahn

Research and Instruction Librarian, Liberty University

Rachel Joseph

Liberty University

Tuesday April 21, 2026 11:00am - 11:30am EDT
JFL 261A - Group Study Room

Applied, Oral

School School of Health Sciences

11:30am EDT

Environmental Limitations of a Low-Cost, COTS LoRa MeshCore Node Network

Tuesday April 21, 2026 11:30am - 12:00pm EDT

JFL 261A - Group Study Room

32464

Presenters

Hannah Murai

School of Engineering

Judah Sotomayor

Alexander Weir

David Zelinsky

Robert Thompson

Judges

Lindsey Stevenson

Liberty University

Sangkyoung Lee

Assistant Professor, Liberty University

Tuesday April 21, 2026 11:30am - 12:00pm EDT
JFL 261A - Group Study Room

Applied, Oral

School School of Business

12:00pm EDT

Neuroplasticity on the Water: Transforming Mental Habits into Elite Performance

Tuesday April 21, 2026 12:00pm - 12:30pm EDT

JFL 261A - Group Study Room

32605

Presenters

Dayne Harter

School of Behavioral Sciences

John Paul Fryrear

School of Behavioral Sciences

Jada Ward

Judges

Giordana Morales-Spier

Liberty University

Lindsey Stevenson

Liberty University

Tuesday April 21, 2026 12:00pm - 12:30pm EDT
JFL 261A - Group Study Room

Applied, Oral

School School of Behavioral Sciences

12:30pm EDT

Comparison of FEA Model Connection Methods for a Structural Digital Twin

Tuesday April 21, 2026 12:30pm - 1:00pm EDT

JFL 261A - Group Study Room

33665

Presenters

Luther Davis

Judges

Jeremiah Winter

Liberty University

Jeremy McGinniss

Liberty University

Tuesday April 21, 2026 12:30pm - 1:00pm EDT
JFL 261A - Group Study Room

Applied, Oral

School School of Engineering

1:00pm EDT

The Cost of Cargo Preference: How Shipping Requirements Hinder Food Aid Efficiency

Tuesday April 21, 2026 1:00pm - 1:30pm EDT

JFL 261A - Group Study Room

30804

Presenters

Grace Pattara

Judges

Gregory Smith

Liberty University

Timothy Bangerd

Liberty University

Tuesday April 21, 2026 1:00pm - 1:30pm EDT
JFL 261A - Group Study Room

Applied, Oral

School Helms School of Government

10:00am EDT

The Cold War's Impact on ABBA--The USSR's Temporary Acceptance of ABBA

Wednesday April 22, 2026 10:00am - 10:30am EDT

JFL 261A - Group Study Room

29804

Presenters

Samantha Foster

College of Arts & Sciences

Judges

Alex Boggs

Director of Graduate and Doctoral Studies, Liberty University

Jeremy McGinniss

Liberty University

Wednesday April 22, 2026 10:00am - 10:30am EDT
JFL 261A - Group Study Room

Textual & Investigative, Oral

School College of Arts & Sciences

10:30am EDT

Women in the Early Church: Developing a Documentary

Wednesday April 22, 2026 10:30am - 11:00am EDT

JFL 261A - Group Study Room

28364

Presenters

Sana Washa

Judges

Cindy Schmidt

Liberty University

Will Coberly

Graduate Research & Instruction Librarian, Liberty University

Wednesday April 22, 2026 10:30am - 11:00am EDT
JFL 261A - Group Study Room

Textual & Investigative, Oral

School School of Communication & the Arts

11:00am EDT

Myth in Service of Sin: Theology and Mythology in Dante's Inferno

Wednesday April 22, 2026 11:00am - 11:30am EDT

JFL 261A - Group Study Room

30024

Presenters

Holly Staggs

Judges

Alex Boggs

Director of Graduate and Doctoral Studies, Liberty University

Will Coberly

Graduate Research & Instruction Librarian, Liberty University

Wednesday April 22, 2026 11:00am - 11:30am EDT
JFL 261A - Group Study Room

Textual & Investigative, Oral

School College of Arts & Sciences

11:30am EDT

The Influence of Pre-War Cruiser Design and Doctrine on the Guadalcanal Campaign of World War II

Wednesday April 22, 2026 11:30am - 12:00pm EDT

JFL 261A - Group Study Room

31825

Presenters

Dawson Baber

Judges

Angela Holt

Liberty University

Marilyn Peyton

Liberty University

Wednesday April 22, 2026 11:30am - 12:00pm EDT
JFL 261A - Group Study Room

Textual & Investigative, Oral

School College of Arts & Sciences

12:00pm EDT

Theater of the Fright

Wednesday April 22, 2026 12:00pm - 12:30pm EDT

JFL 261A - Group Study Room

33331

Presenters

Carolyn Wilkerson

Judges

Angela Holt

Liberty University

Melissa Clemmons

Assistant Director, Teaching Consultant, Liberty University

Wednesday April 22, 2026 12:00pm - 12:30pm EDT
JFL 261A - Group Study Room

Textual & Investigative, Oral

School College of Arts & Sciences

12:30pm EDT

Euripides’ Medea as an Existential Protagonist: Comparing Conceptualizations of Fate in the 400s BC and the 1800s AD

Wednesday April 22, 2026 12:30pm - 1:00pm EDT

JFL 261A - Group Study Room

31165

Presenters

Johanna Bryant

Judges

Amanda Hahn

Research and Instruction Librarian, Liberty University

Cindy Schmidt

Liberty University

Wednesday April 22, 2026 12:30pm - 1:00pm EDT
JFL 261A - Group Study Room

Textual & Investigative, Oral

School College of Arts & Sciences

1:00pm EDT

Authentic vs. Artificial Intelligence: The Effect of Generative AI on Users’ Brains

Wednesday April 22, 2026 1:00pm - 1:30pm EDT

JFL 261A - Group Study Room

34068

Presenters

Ivy Rath

Judges

Amanda Hahn

Research and Instruction Librarian, Liberty University

Oliver Schulz

Liberty University

Wednesday April 22, 2026 1:00pm - 1:30pm EDT
JFL 261A - Group Study Room

Textual & Investigative, Oral

School College of Arts & Sciences

1:30pm EDT

An Unfaltering Step to the End: An Analysis of Virginia Governor James L. Kemper's Veto of the 1874 Petersburg Charter

Wednesday April 22, 2026 1:30pm - 2:00pm EDT

JFL 261A - Group Study Room

28384

Presenters

Chandler Lilley

Student, Liberty University

- History
- Theology
- Humanities
- Education

Judges

Oliver Schulz

Liberty University

Timothy Bangerd

Liberty University

Wednesday April 22, 2026 1:30pm - 2:00pm EDT
JFL 261A - Group Study Room

Textual & Investigative, Oral

School School of Education

2:00pm EDT

Winston Churchill's Crucial Role in Developing the Tank

Wednesday April 22, 2026 2:00pm - 2:30pm EDT

JFL 261A - Group Study Room

32774

Presenters

Wesley Jones

Judges

Abigail Sattler

Liberty University

Oliver Schulz

Liberty University

Wednesday April 22, 2026 2:00pm - 2:30pm EDT
JFL 261A - Group Study Room

Textual & Investigative, Oral

School College of Arts & Sciences

2:30pm EDT

The Secret Society of British Prisoners of War at the Albemarle Barracks

Wednesday April 22, 2026 2:30pm - 3:00pm EDT

JFL 261A - Group Study Room

32885

Presenters

Ethan Hope-Ogden

Judges

Chris Sneeringer

Chair/Associate Professor, Liberty University

Samuel Smith

Liberty University

Wednesday April 22, 2026 2:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
JFL 261A - Group Study Room

Textual & Investigative, Oral

School School of Business

10:00am EDT

I Liked Your Book ... Now Tell Me What It Means: Intertextual and Postmodern Influences in an Original Narrative

Thursday April 23, 2026 10:00am - 10:30am EDT

JFL 261A - Group Study Room

31084

Presenters

Katherine Bechter

Judges

Claire Stough

Liberty University

Justin Bower

Liberty University

Thursday April 23, 2026 10:00am - 10:30am EDT
JFL 261A - Group Study Room

Creative & Artistic, Oral

School College of Arts & Sciences

10:30am EDT

Everything You Know About the Piano Is Wrong

Thursday April 23, 2026 10:30am - 11:00am EDT

JFL 261A - Group Study Room

32385

Presenters

Khuong Vo

Judges

Elisabeth Sweeney

Liberty University

Mark Hamilton

Research and Scholarly Communications Librarian, Liberty University

Thursday April 23, 2026 10:30am - 11:00am EDT
JFL 261A - Group Study Room

Creative & Artistic, Oral

School School of Music

11:00am EDT

A Created Longing: Sehnsucht and the Creative Arts

Thursday April 23, 2026 11:00am - 11:30am EDT

JFL 261A - Group Study Room

34224

Presenters

Hope Dornfeld

Judges

Claire Stough

Liberty University

Heather Higgins

Head, Learning Commons & Access Services, Liberty University

Thursday April 23, 2026 11:00am - 11:30am EDT
JFL 261A - Group Study Room

Creative & Artistic, Oral

School School of Music

11:30am EDT

Does a Youth-Led Faith Revival Suggest Promise for Reversing Decades-Long Trends of Religious Decline

Thursday April 23, 2026 11:30am - 12:00pm EDT

JFL 261A - Group Study Room

28164

Presenters

James Black

Judges

Barbara Hubbard

Liberty University

Jeremy McGinniss

Liberty University

Thursday April 23, 2026 11:30am - 12:00pm EDT
JFL 261A - Group Study Room

Textual & Investigative, Oral

School Helms School of Government

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