Marcia Hill Gossard, Ph.D. Science Writer and Editor Tel: (509) 432-6024 Email: mgossard@nasw.org Web site: www.nasw.org/users/mgossard CLIENTS (Writing/Editing) OTHER EXPERIENCE American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Washington State University University of Idaho Luztenhiser Associates Alturas Analytics Communications Consultant December 2007 present College of Veterinary Medicine Writing and editing a variety of internal and external publications including college brochures, development literature, Web content, press releases, and information sheets. Press Release Writer June 2007 present Moscow Food Co-op, Moscow, ID Write monthly press releases. Volunteer Editor May 2007 December 2009 Moscow Food Co-op, Moscow, ID Issue editor for the monthly newsletter Community News. Technical Writer April 2007 January 2009 Alturas Analytics, Moscow, ID Writing, editing, and compiling data for analytic study reports. GLP training June 2009 Writer/Editor/Researcher August 2004 May 2007 School of Economic Sciences Writing, editing, and statistical analysis on a variety of research and writing projects. Project topics have included carbon dioxide emissions and dam breaching, rural transit demand forecasting, truck-trip survey methodologies, effects of classroom seating and study habits on grades, and Washington State grain transportation modes. Substantive editing and preparing academic research articles for publication. Research Associate 2001 2004 Sociology Department Conducted research for a major study of energy conservation by the California Energy Commission and Washington State University. Page 1 of 5
WRITING AND PUBLICATIONS Living the Magic (Alumni Profile) by Marcia Hill Gossard (Programs & People, Summer 2007) Writing Sample and Reporting Credits from Newsweek Taking Control by Marcia Hill Gossard (Newsweek, July 15, 2002) What's A Woman To Do? by Claudia Kalb. With Debra Rosenberg, Karen Springen and Marcia Hill Gossard (Newsweek, July 22, 2002) The End of the Age of Estrogen by Geoffrey Cowley and Karen Springen. With Marcia Hill Gossard (Newsweek, July 22, 2002) How Are We Doing? by Claudia Kalb. With Marcia Hill Gossard (Newsweek, August 19, 2002) Living in the Blog-osphere by Steven Levy. With Ana Figueroa, Arian Campo-Flores, Jennifer Lin and Marcia Hill Gossard (Newsweek, August 26, 2002) Scientific Publications Lutzenhiser, Loren (primary author), Laura Cesafsky, Heather Chappells, Marcia Gossard, Mithra Moezzi, Dulane Moran, Jane Peters, Mersiha Spahic, Paul Stern, Elizabeth Simmons, and Harold Wilhite (contributing authors). 2009 (April). Behavioral Assumptions Underlying California Residential Sector Energy Efficiency Programs. White paper prepared for the University of California, California Institute for Energy and Environment (CIEE) Behavior and Energy Program. Painter, Kathleen M., Eric Jessup, Marcia Hill Gossard, and Ken Casavant. 2007 Demand Forecasting for Rural Transit: Models Applied to Washington State. Transportation Research Record 1997. Jessup, Eric, Jon Newkirk, Ken Casavant, and Marcia Hill Gossard. 2007. Qualitative Research for a Quality of Life: Benefits of Rural Airports. Western Planner 28 (1). Gossard, Marcia Hill, Eric Jessup and Ken Casavant. 2006, June. Anatomy of a Classroom: An Exploratory Analysis of Elements Influencing Academic Performance. NACTA (North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture). Painter, Kathleen M., Eric Jessup, Ken Casavant, and Marcia Hill Gossard. 2006. If You Build it Will They Come? and How Many? Western Planner 27 (1). Casavant, Ken, Marcia Hill Gossard, and Eric Jessup. 2005. Grain Receipts at Columbia River Grain Terminals 1980-1981 to 2004-2005. Strategic Freight Transportation Analysis (SFTA) Working paper #1. Page 2 of 5
WRITING AND PUBLICATIONS (Cont.) Gossard, Marcia Hill. 2004. Dissertation Thesis: California's Crisis: An Exploratory Analysis of Lifestyle, Energy Use, and Conservation. York, Richard and Marcia Hill Gossard. 2004. Cross-National Meat and Fish Consumption: The Human Diet in Economic, Cultural, and Ecological Context. Ecological Economics 48:293-302. Gossard, Marcia Hill and Richard York. 2003. Social Structural Influences on Meat Consumption. Human Ecology Review 10(1):1-9. Lutzenhiser, Loren, Marcia Hill Gossard, and Sylvia Bender. 2002. Crisis in Paradise: Understanding Household Conservation Response to California's 2001 Energy Crisis. Proceedings, American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy. Washington, DC: ACEEE Press 8:153-166. Bender, Sylvia L., Mithra Moezzi, Marcia Hill Gossard, and Loren Lutzenhiser. 2002. Using Mass Media to Influence Energy Consumption Behavior: California s 2001 Flex Your Power Campaign as a Case Study. Proceedings, American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy. Washington, DC: ACEEE Press 8:15-28. Lutzenhiser, Loren and Marcia Hill Gossard. 2000. Lifestyle, Status and Energy Consumption. Proceedings, American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy. Washington, DC: ACEEE Press 8:207-222. Scientific Publications (under review) Gossard, Marcia, Eric Jessup and Ken Casavant. A Further Analysis of An Environmental Paradox: Global Warming, Salmon Restoration and Wheat Transportation in the Pacific Northwest. Article to be submitted to the Journal of Transportation Research Forum, May, 2008. Jessup, Eric, Ken Casavant, Catherine Lawson and Marcia Gossard. Utilizing Mail and Fax Surveys to Collect Truck Trip Data Details: Case Study of Portland, Oregon. Article to be submitted to the Journal of Transportation Research Forum, May, 2008. Jessup, Eric, Ken Casavant, Catherine Lawson and Marcia Gossard. Comparison of Known vs. Unknown Survey List in Producing Truck Trip Data Details. Research Note to be submitted to the Journal of Transportation Research Forum, June, 2008. Other Publications Gossard, Marcia Hill. 2003. "On the Market." Environment, Technology and Society (Fall 2003). Newsletter of the section on Environment and Technology of the American Sociological Association. Gossard, Marcia Hill. 2002, November. "News from Newsweek." Footnotes 30(8). Newsletter of the American Sociological Association. Page 3 of 5
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS EDUCATION TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2007 Agricultural and Rural Transportation Paper Award Transportation Research Forum (48 th Annual Forum) Gossard, Marcia Hill, Eric Jessup and Ken Casavant. An Environmental Paradox: Global Warming, Salmon Restoration, and Wheat Transportation in the Pacific Northwest. 2004 Selected as a fellow for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Science and Technology Policy Diplomacy Fellows Program to work at the Department of State, Office of Climate Change in Washington, DC (unable to accept post because of a conflicting obligation). 2002 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and American Sociological Association (ASA), Mass Media Science and Engineering Summer Fellow (selected by Newsweek Magazine in New York City). Program is designed to enhance coverage of sciencerelated issues in the media and to improve public understanding of science and technology. 2002 Selected as a fellow for the 2002 International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Young Scientist Summer Program in Austria (unable to attend because overlapped with the AAAS Mass Media Fellowship). 1999 Selected to participate in the Consumption, Everyday Life, and Sustainability Summer School, Lancaster University, Lancaster, England (August). Funded for travel in Europe through the European Science Foundation. Ph.D. (Sociology), 2004 M.A. (Sociology), 1999 B.A. University of Washington, Seattle, WA (Psychology with a Spanish minor), 1992 Instructor Social Deviance (Upper Division) Fall 2005 A survey of social deviance Society and Technology (Upper Division) Spring 2004, Fall 2003, Spring 2003, Fall 2002, Fall 2001, Spring 2001 Role of technology in social evolution; social impacts and shaping of technology. Invited Lecturer Lecture: Consumerism and Global Inequality. Social Inequalities (Upper Division) Spring 2002. Lecture: Consumption and Lifestyle. Society and Environment (Upper Division) Summer 2000. Lecture: Population Growth. Population, Resources and the Future (Upper Division) Fall 1998. Page 4 of 5
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS LANGUAGES REFERENCES National Association of Science Writers (NASW) American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Spanish (proficient) Available upon request Page 5 of 5