Writer/Editor/Researcher August 2004 – Present
School of Economic Sciences
Washington State University, Pullman, WA
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
Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Conducted research for a major study of energy conservation by the California Energy Commission and Washington State University.

Other Clients
(Writing/Editing)

Writing Sample and Reporting Credits from Newsweek (links to articles may be found at newslibrary.com)

"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

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.

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.

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.

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 science-related 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. Washington State University, Pullman, WA (Sociology), 2004

M.A. Washington State University, Pullman, WA (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.

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.