Faculty/Staff Detail
Lynn Couturier MacDonald
Dr. Lynn Couturier MacDonald, D.P.E., is a Professor and former chair of the Physical Education Department at SUNY Cortland. She is a Past President of the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) and chaired NASPE’s Curriculum Framework & K – 12 Standards Revision Task Force, which developed the current grade-level outcomes. Dr. MacDonald also served as a member of SHAPE America’s Physical Education Teacher Education Initial Standards Revision Committee and has served in numerous capacities for AAHPERD, NASPE, and the National Council for the Accreditation of Coaching Education. She has published in numerous peer-reviewed journals in the areas of physical education pedagogy and women’s sport history. Most recently, she was one of the principal writers for the National Standards and Grade-Level Outcomes for K – 12 Physical Education and PE Metrics. She co-authored the introductory chapters for both Lesson Planning for Middle School Physical Education and Lesson Planning for High School Physical Education, while co-editing the remaining chapters. Highlights of her service on campus include chair of Faculty Senate (2018 – 2019), advisor for Student Teaching in Australia, member of the Institutional Planning and Assessment Committee, as well as numerous other committees and advisory boards.
Dr. MacDonald earned her B.S. and D.P.E. degrees in physical education from Springfield College (MA) and her M.S. in biomechanics from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Her postdoctoral studies include earning a graduate certificate in Advanced Feminist Studies from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a M.A. in American Studies from Trinity College. Dr. MacDonald was the recipient of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service (2017), inducted as a fellow in the North American Society for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance (2016) and recognized for her service to the profession with the AAHPERD Honor Award (2014).
Education
Doctor of Physical Education
Springfield College, Springfield, MA
Dissertation: Exercise as a Predictor of Body-Cathexis and Self-Concept in Pregnant Women
Master of Science, Biomechanics
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL
Thesis: A Mechanical Analysis of Women's Lacrosse Sticks
Bachelor of Science, Physical Education Summa Cum Laude
Springfield College, Springfield, MA
Certifications: K -12 Physical Education and Health
Master of Arts, American Studies Honors
Trinity College, Hartford, CT
Thesis: Considering The Sportswoman, 1924 - 1936
Graduate Certificate in Advanced Feminist Studies
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Teaching
EDU 470 Foundations of Education in American Culture
PED 434 Statistics & Assessment in Physical Education
PED 101 Introduction to Contemporary Physical Education
PED 140 Racquetball
PED 141 Introduction to Squash
PED 380 Skill Acquisition
Publications
SHAPE America [Pietz, B. & MacDonald, L.C., Primary writers]. (2019).
National standards and guidelines for physical education teacher education. Reston, VA: Author.
SHAPE America [Chepko, S., Holt/Hale, S., Doan, R., & MacDonald, L.C. (eds.)]. (2018).
PE metrics: Assessing student performance using the national standards and grade-level outcomes for K – 12 physical education. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
Foley, J.T., MacDonald, L.C., & Breiman, D.J. (2018). Shake up PE’s status quo. Principal,
November/December, 24 – 26.
MacDonald, L.C., Doan, R., & Chepko, S. (2017). Planning lessons for high school
physical education: Meeting the national standards & grade-level outcomes. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
Doan, R., MacDonald, L.C., & Chepko, S. (2017). Planning lessons for middle school
physical education: Meeting the national standards & grade-level outcomes. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
Presentations
MacDonald, L. C., & Chepko, S. (2018, August). PE Metrics: Assessment of National Standards and Grade-Level Outcomes [Part 3]. Webinar for SHAPE America.
MacDonald, L.C., & Doan, R. (2018, March). Planning high school lessons using the
national standards and grade-level outcomes. Presented at the SHAPE America National Convention, Nashville, TN.
Chepko, S., Holt/Hale, S., Doan, R., & MacDonald, L.C. (2018, March). Practical assessment
of national standards and grade-level outcomes with PE Metrics. Half-day workshop presented at the SHAPE America National Convention, Nashville, TN.
Chepko, S., Holt/Hale, S., Doan, R., & MacDonald, L.C. (2018, March). Assessing student
learning using the national standards and grade-level outcomes. Half-day workshop presented at the SHAPE America National Convention, Nashville, TN.
Doan, R., & MacDonald, L.C. (2017, March). Planning middle school lessons using the
national standards and grade-level outcomes. Presented at the SHAPE America National Convention, Boston, MA.