If your paper includes an original idea, concept, or quotation that you learned from an instructor's lecture, you must cite it!
Footnote
#. Lecturer’s firstname lastname, “Title of Lecture,” Course # and Name (class lecture, institution, place, date).
#. Nicole Kirk, “Pilgrimage Tropes: Community, Movement, and Power,” H410: Pilgrimage: Place, Power, and Meaning Making (class lecture, Meadville Lombard Theological School, Chicago, IL, September 8, 2025).
Shortened footnote
#. Lecturer’s lastname, “Shortened Title.”
#. Kirk, “Pilgrimage Tropes.”
Bibliography
Lecturer’s lastname, firstname. “Title of Lecture.” Course # and Name. Class lecture at institution, place, date.
Kirk, Nicole. “Pilgrimage Tropes: Community, Movement, and Power." H410: Pilgrimage: Place, Power, and Meaning Making. Class lecture at Meadville Lombard Theological School, Chicago, IL, September 8, 2025.
A citation for a course powerpoint presentation or a module on a LMS like Populi or Canvas works similar to a citation for a lecture. Before you note the institution, make sure to state what sort of presentation it is (i.e., powerpoint presentation, presentation slides, module, etc.). Include as precise a date as possible, whether an actual day or the semester (i.e., fall 2023).
Footnote
# Teacher's firstname lastname, “Title,” Course #: Name (powerpoint presentation/module institution, place, date).
2 Jared Beverly, “What is a Prophet?” BS426INT: Hebrew Scriptures (lecture slides, Meadville Lombard Theological School, Chicago, IL, September 28, 2023).
3 John Dechant, “Week 10: Intolerance & Violence/Cooperation & Peace,” T/E432: Global Religions (course module, Meadville Lombard Theological School, Chicago, IL, spring 2025).
Shortened footnote
# Teacher’s lastname, “Shortened Title.”
8 Beverly, “What is a Prophet?”
9 Dechant, “Week 10.”
Bibliography
Teacher’s lastname, firstname. “Title.” Course #: Name. Class lecture at institution, place, date.
Beverly, Jared. “What is a Prophet?” BS426INT: Hebrew Scriptures. Lecture slides at Meadville Lombard Theological School, Chicago, IL, September 28, 2023.
Dechant, John. “Week 10: Intolerance & Violence/Cooperation & Peace.” T/E432: Global Religions. Course module at Meadville Lombard Theological School, Chicago, IL, spring 2025.
While you may not submit the same paper for two or more assignments without your instructors' permission, you can quote and paraphrase your earlier papers. Building off your earlier work in later papers can be a great way of developing research. However, any final paper that you have submitted for grading is, in a sense, published; you therefore must cite such earlier works.
Footnote
#. Your firstname lastname, “Title of your paper,” Course #: Name (paper, institution, place, date).
#. Julitta Smith, “The Role of Women in the History of the UU Society of Schenectady,” H394INT: Unitarian Universalist History and Polity (paper, Meadville Lombard Theological School, Chicago, IL, April 16, 2021).
Shortened footnote
#. Your lastname, “Shortened Title.”
#. Smith, “The Role of Women.”
Bibliography
Your lastname, firstname. “Title of your paper.” Course # and Name. Paper, institution, place, date.
Smith, Julitta. “The Role of Women in the History of the UU Society of Schenectady.” H394INT: Unitarian Universalist History and Polity. Paper, Meadville Lombard Theological School, Chicago, IL, April 16, 2021.
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