Cara Worick

Experience

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  Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments

  Jan 2008 - Jun 2008

  Intern

  Duties were to produce a 30 minute documentary for the Research Channel about research that was being done on Tobacco Policy Research at the University of Kentucky.

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  IEntry

  Oct 2008 - Apr 2011

  Editor

  Producing videos for webpronews.com and smallbusinessnewz.com containing the latest ebusiness and search news, as well as helpful tips related to all areas of online business.

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  University of Kentucky

  Nov 2011 - Jul 2018

  Cara Worick collaborates with new and expert instructors as they create meaningful learning experiences for their students. She is committed to enhancing student success and psychological well-being in educational contexts through evidence-based and innovative pedagogies. Working with faculty and academic departments on initiatives involving teaching first-year students, developing self-regulated learning skills in students, designing hybrid/online/flipped classroom models, and designing engaged service learning experiences remain a central focus of her work. Cara joined CELT in 2011 and holds a M.S. in Instructional Design from Western Kentucky University and a B.A. in Communications from the University of Kentucky. Show less

  • Faculty Instructional Consultant

    Nov 2011 - Jul 2018

  • Multimedia Producer

    Nov 2011 - Dec 2012
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  Centre College

  Jul 2020 - Dec 2020

  Adjunct Instructor, Department of Psychology

  Primary instructor for PSY 205: Research Methods for undergraduate students in Psychology and Neuroscience.

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  University of Kentucky

  Jan 2021 - now

  Primary instructor for a large-lecture introductory psychology course. This is a 4 credit hours course with a lab component that meets the social sciences core requirement at our university. My research seeks to understand how motivational factors support or thwart the self-regulation of learning. Primary instructor of PSY 215: Experimental Methods, which is the introductory research methods course for psychology majors at the University of Kentucky. This was a 4 credit hour course with a weekly lab. I had supervised the teaching assistant running labs for this course.

  • Faculty Lecturer

    Aug 2023 - now

  • Primary Instructor for Introductory Psychology (PSY 100), Department of Psychology

    Aug 2021 - Dec 2023

  • Doctoral Candidate

    Aug 2018 - Aug 2023

  • Primary Instructor of PSY 215: Experimental Methods

    Jan 2021 - May 2021