Sports Insight

Meet RHBSSI’s student interns for Spring 2025 semester

By Griffin Barfield Coming into the new year of 2025, the Robert H. Brooks Sports Science Institute welcomes four new and one returning student intern for the spring 2025 semester. The five come with outstanding backgrounds, looking to bring new ideas and advances to the Institute.  Griffin Barfield  Griffin Barfield is a junior Communication major […]

RHBSSI welcomes six new Clemson sports faculty to fellows cohort

The Robert H. Brooks Sports Science Institute is thrilled to welcome six new Clemson faculty and staff members to its cohort of fellows beginning Spring 2025. Marissa Shuffler Associate Professor, Psychology Shuffler has over a decade of experience conducting basic and applied research in the areas of team development, leadership and organizational effectiveness. Shuffler is […]

RHBSSI welcomes five interns for the fall semester

After a successful summer semester, the Robert H. Brooks Sports Science Institute welcomes four new and one returning intern for fall. These students come with excellent qualifications, fresh perspectives and innovative ideas that they will bring to the Institute.  Grace O’Donnell Grace O’Donnell, a senior Sports Communication major from Allentown, NJ, is the Institute’s writing […]

Introducing RHBSSI’s newest faculty fellows for fall 2024

The Robert H. Brooks Sports Science Institute is excited to welcome three new Clemson faculty members to the Institute’s fellows program this fall. Their backgrounds in various areas of the sports sciences are why they have been nominated and chosen to join this cohort of experts and we are excited to have them on the […]

Clemson’s first Sports Science Research & Creative Endeavors Symposium (RECESS)

This fall, the Robert H. Brooks Sports Science Institute (RHBSSI) will host Clemson University’s first Sports Science Research & Creative Endeavors Symposium (RECESS). Faculty, staff, students and other Clemson stakeholders interested in the sports sciences are welcome at the event. Attendees will have the opportunity to network, peruse posters, enjoy refreshments and more. “We are […]

About the Robert H. Brooks Sports Science Institute

The Robert H. Brooks Sports Science Institute at Clemson University serves as a multi-disciplinary platform for the academic study of sport sciences across the university. Through the foundation of four Legacy Professors in motorsports engineering, sports communication, sports management and sports marketing, the institute defines, enhances and promotes the role of sports in academia and […]

Brooks Sports Science Institute awards seeds grants

RHBSSI Annual Seed Grant program fund projects The recipients of the 2021-2022 Robert H. Brooks Sports Science Institute’s seed grants all seek to tackle scientific and social problems connected to a broad range of sports; each team taking a different approach to fulfill that mission. One set of researchers wants to help bull riders protect […]