Dr. Sam Zizzi
Pat Fehl Endowed Professor
College of Applied Human Sciences
“Zizzi named 2024 recipient of WVU’s Distinction in Graduate Research Mentoring Award”
Dr. Sam Zizzi is the Pat Fehl Endowed Professor in the College of Applied Human Sciences. He is also a core member of the Center of ActiveWV team that runs grant-funded, community-focused projects in many WV counties. Sam teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the sport, exercise, and performance psychology program and he coordinates their PhD program. Just yesterday - coincidentally on the 27th anniversary of his master's thesis defense - his 33rd WVU PhD student successfully defended her dissertation.