I’m Joey Navarro. This is my personal academic and research website: a place for my ongoing research interests, analytical writing, and learning projects.
I hold a Bachelor of Science and Arts in Biochemistry from The University of Texas at Austin and a master’s degree in Leadership and Change from St. Edward’s University. I am pursuing doctoral study in Information Technology at Walden University, with a research focus on the intention to implement artificial intelligence in healthcare.
Research interests
My interests sit at the intersection of healthcare, information systems, and organizational behavior. I am interested in how people evaluate new technology, what they expect it to achieve, and what makes implementation workable in a real organization.
My current questions include:
- How do perceptions of AI’s usefulness relate to adoption intentions in healthcare?
- How do usability, complexity, training, and implementation effort shape those intentions?
- What roles do leadership, social influence, resources, and organizational conditions play?
These are the questions guiding my ongoing academic work. Explore the research focus.
Academic background and perspective
I am a Gates Millennium Scholar. I attended an engineering magnet high school before choosing to study biochemistry, broadening the way I approached scientific questions. My later study of Leadership and Change developed my interest in communication, self-leadership, organizational behavior, and how people learn from one another.
My healthcare and pharmacy technology experience adds a practical perspective to this academic work. It encourages me to consider workflows, the people using a system, and the setting in which an idea must operate.
I am also a tinkerer. Coding, electronics, hands-on projects, and learning new methods have long been part of how I explore a question. My technical background includes work with Python, R, Java, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Swift, and Scala.
Writing and learning projects
The writing archive preserves my analytical project reports. Selected code projects explore machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision, and geospatial analysis. They are part of my learning record and complement the research interests shared here.
Get in touch
For academic correspondence, research conversations, or questions about my writing, email hello@joeynavarro.io.
My separate field IT business is Navarro Technologies, where I share on-site technical services and my Field Nation profile.