Assistant Professor Christopher Hill teaching Kinesiology 324: Psychology of Physical Activity

CSUSB professor Terry Rizzo, alumnus Rafael Alamilla and new faculty member Christopher Hill received national honors from the American Kinesiology Association (AKA). In early 2018, the AKA honored Rizzo for his outstanding leadership and service with the 2017 Jerry R. Thomas Distinguished Leadership Award. Rizzo, who joined CSUSB in 1988, served as department chair for 21 years, then as interim assistant vice president and dean of undergraduate studies in 2016-17.  Alamilla, who graduated in June and was named the CSUSB College of Natural Science’s Outstanding Undergraduate Student, received the association’s National Undergraduate Scholar Award. Alamilla entered the doctoral program at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign to study physiology of exercise. Hill received the association’s National Doctoral Student Scholar Award. He completed his doctorate in kinesiology from Michigan State University in May, and began teaching at CSUSB in fall 2018. Before pursuing his Ph.D., Hill earned his master’s in kinesiology and health from Miami University in Ohio and his bachelor’s in kinesiology from Louisiana State University. Both Alamilla’s and Hill’s awards are based on the nominations by department faculty at the nominees’ academic institution, and, the AKA said, are intended to “recognize and promote academic excellence, to further the professional competence and dedication of academically accomplished students and to promote kinesiology and its related fields.”