Rate My Professor Nate McCaughtry

McCaughtry has authored or co-authored over 100 refereed journal articles and 14 book chapters, with more than 7,133 citations on Google Scholar. Key publications include “The relationship between teacher burnout and student motivation” (2015, British Journal of Educational Psychology, 878 citations), “Girly girls can play games/las niñas pueden jugar tambien: Co-creating a curriculum of possibilities with fifth-grade girls” (2009, Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 269 citations), “The emotional dimensions of a teacher’s pedagogical content knowledge: Influences on content, curriculum, and pedagogy” (2004, Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 220 citations), and “Effects of a Comprehensive School Health Program on Elementary Student Academic Achievement” (2021, Journal of School Health). As principal or co-investigator, he has obtained grants exceeding $100 million from the NIH, USDA, Health Resources and Services Administration, and Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, including $2.6 million for the Community Health Worker Academy (2022–2025). His contributions earned induction as a Fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology (2015), the Metzler-Freedman Exemplary Paper Award (2012), multiple American Educational Research Association Exemplary Paper Awards, and the AAHPERD Social Justice and Diversity Award (2010).