Hello, I’m Cara

How do  people drive technology? How does technology influence people? How does technology transform culture?  How do people react to that transformation? These are questions that have long fascinated me. Initially this fascination led me to pursue my graduate degree in Anthropology, during which I taught undergraduate courses and conducted rigorous research at a variety of institutions.  Since leaving academia, I have used a wide variety of mixed method techniques to conduct research at a high growth startup, an international agency and a large enterprise company.  

When not working, you can find me pursuing one of my many passions, including archaeology, arts & crafts, travel, baking and playing with my pup.

Career Highlights

UX Researcher2020 -

UX Researcher

2020 -

Research Manager2019 - 2020

Research Manager

2019 - 2020

Researcher (Intern)2018

Researcher (Intern)

2018

Professor, Anthropology 2014 - 2017

Professor, Anthropology

2014 - 2017

Skills

Research

  • Usability testing

  • Generative research

  • Evaluative research

  • Insights synthesis

  • Survey design + analysis

  • Qualitative research

  • Contextual inquiry

  • User interviews

  • Competitive analysis

  • Diary studies

  • Personas

  • Data analysis

Design

  • Storytelling

  • Information architecture

  • UX Writing

  • Wireframing

  • Copywriting

  • Prototyping

  • Site mapping

  • Mockups

Tools

  • Figma

  • Sketch

  • InVision

  • Qualtrics

  • Tableau

  • Basic SQL

  • Mural

  • JIRA