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% Modify the following line to match your school
% Available options include `Harvard`, `Princeton`, and `NYU`.
\documentclass[School=Harvard]{Dissertate}
%This here makes sure the chapter heading is left aligned
%****************************************** add before \begin{document}
\newcommand{\setchapterhead}{\raggedright} % use it to move the chapter headings
\pgfplotsset{compat=1.17}
\makeatletter
\renewcommand{\@makechapterhead}[1]{\chapterheadstartvskip%
{\size@chapter{\sectfont\setchapterhead{\chapnumfont%
\ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne%
\if@mainmatter\thechapter%
\fi\fi
\par\nobreak}%
{\setchapterhead\advance\leftmargin10em\interlinepenalty\@M #1\par}}
\nobreak\chapterheadendvskip}}
\makeatother
%*************************************************************
\begin{document}
% the front matter
\captionsetup{justification=centering}
\renewcommand{\cftchapfont}{\normalfont\bfseries}% titles in bold
\input{frontmatter/personalize}
\maketitle
\copyrightpage
\doublespacing
\abstractpage
\tableofcontents
%\authorlist
\listoffigures
\dedicationpage
\acknowledgments
% include each chapter...
% enable the next line if you need the Chapter number to start from 0
% \setcounter{chapter}{-1} % start chapter numbering at 0
\include{chapters/introduction}
\include{chapters/chapter1}
\include{chapters/chapter2}
\include{chapters/chapter3}
\include{chapters/conclusion}
\begin{appendices}
\include{chapters/appendixA}
\end{appendices}
\singlespacing
% the back matter
\clearpage
\bibliography{references}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{References}
\bibliographystyle{apalike2}
\include{endmatter/colophon}
\end{document}