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University of Wyoming
 

Jeffrey Lockwood

Professor

Natural Sciences and Humanities
BS: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (Biology)
PhD: Louisiana State University (Entomology)

Phone: 766-4260
Email: lockwood@uwyo.edu


My scholarly work is focused on the interface between the Natural Sciences and the Humanities.  I devote my creative efforts and teaching to studies, analyses, syntheses, critiques, and expressions of the interface between natural sciences (agriculture, renewable resources, biodiversity, ecology, and evolution) and other fields of inquiry and knowledge (philosophy, literature, art, history, sociology, economics, political science, and religion).  In this context, I have developed various courses, given public lectures, organized symposia, offered readings, and written books, essays, magazine articles, poems, and academic papers – all of which explore the relationships between nature and humanity through the interplay of science with the arts, humanities, and social sciences.  I have taught courses in the biological sciences as well as: Agricultural Ethics, Great Books of the Life Sciences, The Organic Universe: Science & Religion, and The Land. 

Previous Appointments:

Affiliate Professor of Philosophy (2003-present), Univ. of Wyoming
Adjunct Professor of Natural Sciences (1996-present), Univ. of Wyoming
Fellow, Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development, 1997
Visiting Fellow, Division of Botany & Zoology, Australian National University, 1993-1994.
Visiting Scientist, CSIRO Division of Entomology, Canberra, Australia, 1993-1994.
Postdoctoral Associate (1985-86), Louisiana State University.
LSU Alumni Research Fellow (1982-86), Louisiana State University.

Degrees Earned:

  • B.S. Biology, New Mexico Tech, 1982
  • Ph.D. Entomology, Louisiana State University, 1985

Academic Expertise:

  • Ecology
  • Natural History
  • Agricultural, Environmental, and Resource Ethics
  • Nature Writing

Current Creative Work:

  • History of the use of insects as weapons or war and terrorism
  • Ethical issues associated with extensive agroecosystem management, including the role of extractive industries and the effects of non-native species
  • History of the Rocky Mountain locust and its relevance to American culture, with particular attention to modern perspectives of the West
  • Spiritual perspectives on the nature and meaning of the steppe, especially as viewed through an understanding of the lives of grasshoppers
  • Methods of ecology and practices of natural history as the pertain to understanding and perceiving environments and ecosystems

Courses Taught:

  • Nature Writing

  • Contemporary and Classical Issues in the Life Sciences

  • Great Books of the Life Sciences

  • Natural Resource Ethics

  • Environmental Ethics Seminar

 Professional Activities:

  • Advisory Board, William Ruckelshaus Institute of Environmental and Natural Resources

  • Contributing Editor, Pushcart Literary Prizes.

  • Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics.

  • Advisory Board, Rocky Mountain Land Library.

Significant Publications:

Lockwood, J. A. 2005. Prayerful Science. EarthLight: Journal for Ecological and Spiritual Living.  Winter, pp 14-19.

Lockwood, J. A. 2005. Becoming Native In: Writing Place (a college textbook for composition courses), George Grattan (Ed.), Pearson-Longman (in press).          

Lockwood, J. A. 2004. The Orgy in Your Backyard. New York Times Op-Ed page, May 20, 2004.

Lockwood, J. A. 2004. The Joyful Terror of Oneness. Wild Earth, Spring/Summer: 54-56.

Lockwood, J. A. 2004. Insect Lore, pp. 305-306. In: D. Wishart (ed.), Encyclopedia of the Great Plains, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln.

Lockwood, J. A. 2003. Losing: Gracefully, Creatively, and Humanely (essay). Conservation in Practice,  4: 3-4.

Lockwood, J. A. 2003. War memorial (poem), pp. 48-49. In Y. Shorb and T. Shorb (eds.), Blessed Pests of the Beloved West: An affectionate collection on insects and their kin. Native West Press, Prescott, Arizona.

Lockwood, J. A. 2002. Behold the grasshopper. Quest 57(9): 4-5.

Lockwood, J. A. 2002. Nature’s tough love. UU World magazine. July/August 16(4): 12-14.

Lockwood, J. A. 2001. Good for nothing: a scientist finds a spiritual side to the study of grasshoppers.  UU World magazine. May/June 15(2): 30-35.

Lockwood, J. A. 2001. To be honest. Orion. Summer: 66-73.

Lockwood, J. A. 1999. Agriculture and biodiversity: finding our place in this world. Agric. Hum. Values 16: 365-379.

Lockwood, J. A. 1997. Competing values and moral imperatives: An overview of ethical issues in biological control. Agric. Human Values 14: 205-210.

Lockwood, J. A. 1988. Taking agricultural ethics to the forefront:  a practical guide to the organizational and philosophical issues.  Agr. and Human Values.  5:96-101.

Lockwood, J. A. 1988. Not to harm a fly:  our ethical obligations to insects.  Between the Species.  4:204-211.

Selected Books:

Lockwood, J. A. 2004. Locust: The devastating rise and mysterious disappearance of the insect that shaped the American frontier. Perseus (Basic) books, New York.

Lockwood, J. A. 2004. Prairie Soul: Finding Grace in the Earth Beneath My Feet. Skinner House, Boston.

Lockwood, J. A. 2002. Grasshopper dreaming: Reflections on killing and loving. Skinner House, Boston, 141 pp.

Lockwood, J. A., F. G. Howarth, and M. F. Purcell [eds.]. 2001. Balancing nature: Assessing the impact of importing non-native biological control agents (An international perspective). Thomas Say Publications in Entomology, Entomological Society of America, Lanham, Maryland, 130 pp.

Lockwood, J. A., A. V. Latchininsky, and M. G. Sergeev (eds.). 2000. Grasshoppers and Grassland Health: Managing Grasshopper Outbreaks without Risking Environmental Disaster. Kluwer Academic Publishers, New York, 221 pp.

Samways, M. J. and J. A. Lockwood (editors). 1998. Conservation of Orthoptera. Special issue of the Journal of Insect Conservation, Volume 2, 141 pp (16 papers).

Significant Presentations:

Lockwood, J. A. 2005. The Perfect Swarm. National Geographic Explorer film (consultant and featured scientist).  Program aired nationally on the National Geographic Channel throughout the year.

Lockwood, J. A. 2005. Prairie Soul: Finding Grace in the Earth Beneath My Feet.  Reading and presentation at Tattered Cover Books, Denver, Colorado.

Lockwood, J. A. and S. R. P. Halloy. 2004. Ethical implications of the laws of pattern abundance. econd international workshop on complexity and philosophy (sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Coherence and Emergence), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (8 out of 50 papers chosen for presentation).

Lockwood, J. A. 2003.  Grasshoppers as Idols, Idlers, and Idyllists. Denver Museum of Nature and Science Lecture Series, Denver, Colorado.

Lockwood, J. A. 2002. Grasshopper Dreaming. Rocky Mountain Land Series, Tattered Cover Bookstore, Denver, Colorado.

Lockwood, J. A. 2001. Waging a just war against nature. School of Religion seminar series, University of Wyoming, Laramie.

Lockwood, J. A. 2000. Confessions of a deserter: The cultural war between science and religion.  School of Religion seminar series, University of Wyoming, Laramie.

Goodin, S. and J. Lockwood. 1999. Trees, species, physicians and other morally relevant entities: What environmental ethics has to offer to medical ethics. Association of Professional and Applied Ethics. Washington, DC.

Lockwood, J. A. 1999. “Killing the softly”, Albert Schweitzer Sermon, Unitarian Universalist Association, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Lockwood, J. 1998. Grasshoppers as idlers, idols, and idyllists: Ecology as experience vs. erudition. President’s Lecture, University of Wyoming, Laramie and Casper.