Dr. Marissa Shuffler is an Associate Professor of Industrial-Organizational Psychology at Clemson University and Director of the DIGITAL Research Lab. She is affiliated with the Department of Psychology within the College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences. Her research focuses on team dynamics, leadership in high-risk environments, and organizational effectiveness in healthcare, military, and space exploration contexts. With degrees from the University of Central Florida (PhD, 2013), George Mason University (MA, 2006), and Pfeiffer University (BA, 2004), she teaches courses like Group & Team Dynamics and Teamwork in the 21st Century. Her research interests include healthcare team interventions, burnout mitigation, and multiteam systems theory. Dr. Shuffler has secured over $23 million in research funding and published 70+ papers. Notable grants include an NSF CAREER Award (2017) studying team development interventions. She leads projects on clinician burnout with Prisma Health and NASA-funded space mission leadership research. Awards include the APS Rising Star (2017) and Clemson’s Board of Trustees Award (2019). Her lab’s current work addresses team health frameworks, human-autonomy collaboration, and perioperative team coordination. She advises students but is not accepting graduate applicants for Fall 2025. Ongoing collaborations involve NASA, military agencies, and healthcare systems to enhance teamwork in complex environments.







