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Ester D. Navarro, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, St. John's University. Her research focuses on social cognition, bilingualism, and stress physiology, with a particular interest in how language experience, multiculturalism, and cognitive abilities influence perspective-taking and theory of mind. She leads the Schema Lab, exploring individual differences in cognitive, emotional, and physiological responses to stress and uncertainty, especially in military personnel. Her work integrates methods from psychology, linguistics, and psychometrics, including item response theory and network science.
Navarro’s research bridges theoretical and applied domains, addressing questions such as the impact of bilingualism on empathy and the efficacy of wearable technologies for predicting human performance. She has published widely on topics like acute stress induction, cognitive mediation in metalinguistic awareness, and the interplay between theory of mind and intelligence. Her lab’s findings have implications for education, clinical practice, and military resilience programs.
Navarro’s academic profiles include a Google Scholar page (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bE7oQeEAAAAJ&hl=en) and a ResearchGate profile (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ester-Navarro). Her lab’s activities are detailed at https://schemalabsj.wixsite.com/schema-lab.
