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Faculty Member

Dr. Nate Cottle

Biography

Dr. Nate Cottle teaches in the Family Studies area and has his PhD from the University of Texas.

Education

Certificate of Proficiency in Substance Use Disorder Counseling, Salt Lake Community College, 2025

Major: Substance Use Disorder Counselor

PhD, University of Texas, 2003

Major: Human Development and Family Sciences

MS, Brigham Young University, 1999

Major: Marriage, Family, and Human Development

BS, Brigham Young University, 1996

Major: Family Science and Human Development

Teaching

FAMS 3050

Clinical Practice for Helping Professions, Summer 2026

FAMS 3300

Trauma-Informed Care, Summer 2026

FAMS 3050

Clinical Practice for Helping Professions, Spring 2026

FAMS 3050

Clinical Practice for Helping Professions, Spring 2026

FAMS 2400G

Contemporary Family Relation, Spring 2026

FAMS 3300

Trauma-Informed Care, Spring 2026

Presentations

Hydo, Richard (Co-Presenter), Cottle, Nate (Co-Presenter), Utah Advising Association, "What Is to Give Light Must Endure Burning_ Resilience, Meaning & True Self-Care for Academic Advisors", Weber State University, Ogden, UT. (May 27, 2026)
Hydo, Richard (Co-Presenter), Pope, Kael (Co-Presenter), Cottle, Nate (Co-Presenter), 2025 DHHS Fall Conference on Substance Use, "Enhancing Client Outcomes Through Best-Practice Substance Use Disorder Assessment and Screening Across All Levels of Behavioral Health Care", Utah Department of Health and Human Services, St. George Utah. (October 23, 2025)
Thompson, Camille (Author Only), Hydo, Richard (Chair), Cottle, Nate (Co-Author), NCUR, "Exploring Dirverse Perpectives on ADHD_ A Comparative Study across College Majors", Long Beach, CA. (January, 2024)
Cottle, Nate , Survival Skills for Healthy Military Families Training, "Survival Skills for Healthy Military Families Training", Virtual. (December, 2022)
Cottle, Nate , 4th Annual UVU Conference on Family Life, "Staying connected in marrage", Orem, UT. (November, 2015)
Cottle, Nate , Burr, B , Hubler, D S, Payne, P B, Kern, B , 77th Annual National Council of Family Relations Conference, "Assessing unique perceptions of couple relationship education programs", Vancouver, BC. (November, 2015)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Cottle, Nate , Boden, J , Richards, G , (2022) "Learning through engagement_ A praxis approach to teaching family life education methodology" . Nacogdoches, TX: Stephen F. Austin Press.
Cottle, Nate , (2022) "Certification in Accelerated Resolution Therapy" .
Cottle, Nate , Thompson, A K, Burr, B K, Hubler, D S , (2014) "The effectiveness of relationship education in the college classroom" (vol. 13). Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy.
Cottle, Nate , Newton, W J, Durand, S , (2012) "Dad's for Life_ Fathering for Family Wellness" . Salado, CA: Family Wellness.
Cottle, Nate , Newton, W J, Boden, J , Bentley, G , (2011) "Great Start Premarital Workshop" . Amarillo, TX: Amarillo Marriage and Family Institute.
Cottle, Nate , Glover, R J, (2011) "Teaching human development_ A case for blended learning" (Issue: 3, vol. 38). Teaching of Psychology Journal.

Awards

October 2023 Service-Learning Superstar

The Center for Social Impact - October 1, 2023

The Center for Social Impact is excited to announce a new way of recognizing the fantastic work of our service-learning faculty members on campus and in our community–a monthly Service-Learning Superstar Award.

Community Engaged Fellow in Residence

December, 2015

Global Intercultural Fellowship

June, 2015

eLearning Excellence Award

University of Central Oklahoma

One of two professors to receive the award for the design and teaching of FMCD 4333

Phi Omicron Nu Honors Society

Advisor to student project that won the national award as “Best Student Project"

Exemplary Online Teacher and Course Designer

University of North Texas Denton, TX One of three professors to receive the award for the design and teaching of DFST 1013 Human Development