Clemson UniversityShubham Agrawal

Biography

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Clemson University, an Adjunct Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering, and director of the Systematic Psychological Research in Transportation (SPRinT) Lab .

My research brings together engineering and the social sciences to understand how people interact with emerging technologies. I study driver cognition and behavior, human-AI interaction, and the implications of automation for transportation and the workforce. My work also examines research methods and data quality in online surveys.

Before joining the faculty, I was a postdoctoral fellow at Clemson on the NSF-funded WEAVE project, preparing the workforce for automated vehicles. I earned my Ph.D. and M.S. at Purdue University and my B.Tech. at IIT Bombay.

Research interests

  • Human factors & driver cognition
  • Human-AI interaction
  • Transportation & automation
  • Workforce & technology adoption
  • Survey methods & data quality

Education

  • Ph.D., Civil Engineering (Transportation), 2020Purdue University
  • M.S., Civil Engineering (Transportation), 2015Purdue University
  • B.Tech., Civil Engineering, 2012Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

01 Research

Current projects

Human factors in transportation and emerging technologies.

All research projects

02 Publications

Selected publications

Selected work on people, technology, and transportation.

All publications
  • Souders, D. J., & Agrawal, S. (2026). Translating parenting styles to driver monitoring: The development and validation of the Driver Monitoring System-User Experience (DMS-UX) scale. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
  • Agrawal, S., Van Fossen, J. A., Schuster, A. M., Mack, E. A., Cotten, S. R., & Chang, C.-H. (2026). Professional drivers’ perceptions of automated vehicles and willingness to train for AV integration: A latent profile analysis. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2026.105131
  • Schuster, A. M., Agrawal, S., Watson, G. P., & Cotten, S. R. (2026). Online survey researchers’ experience with fraudulent responders. Sage Open, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440261424005
  • Souders, D. J., Agrawal, S., Benedyk, I., Guo, Y., Li, Y., & Peeta, S. (2025). Inflating system expectations prior to SAE level 3 automated vehicle use: Effects on monitoring behavior, resumption of control, and attitudes toward driving automation. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 34, 101725. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2025.101725
  • Agrawal, S., Watson, G. P., Schuster, A. M., Cotten, S. R., Tidwell, M. L.†, Baker, N.†, & Wang, S. (2025). It’s more than money: The research costs of spam responses in online survey studies. Research Ethics, 22(3), 433-450. https://doi.org/10.1177/17470161251357454

† Student author

03 Teaching

Teaching & mentorship

Quantitative methods, research design, and programming.

Student opportunities

Graduate courses

  • PSYC 8110Research Design and Quantitative Methods II
  • PSYC 8730Structural Equation Modeling in Applied Psychology
  • PSYC 8990Introduction to Python and R
  • PSYC 8990Python Programming in Applied Psychology
  • PSYC 8970Special Problems in Applied Psychology

Undergraduate courses

  • PSYC 3090Introduction to Experimental Psychology
  • PSYC 4980Wearables in Cars
  • PSYC 4980Cyber Crime & Psychology
  • PSYC 4980Vehicle AutomationCo-instructor

04 Contact

Contact

Research collaborations and academic inquiries.

agrawa3@clemson.edu
Department of Psychology, Clemson University
418 Brackett Hall, Clemson, SC 29634
Additional Clemson affiliations
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor · Glenn Department of Civil Engineering (2024-present)
  • Institute Associate · Human Factors Institute (2022-present)
  • Affiliate Faculty · AI Research Institute for Science and Engineering (2022-present)