Jeffrey Lockwood

                                                                                       Curriculum Vitae

Department of Philosophy                                                     Office: (307) 766-4260

University of Wyoming                                                      Fax: (307) 766-2096

Laramie, WY 82071                                                           

                                                                Email: lockwood@uwyo.edu                                                   

Academic Appointments

2006–                    Department of Philosophy, University of Wyoming, Professor of

                              Natural Sciences & Humanities

2006–                    MFA Program in Creative Writing, University of Wyoming,

1996-2006             Professor of Entomology, University of Wyoming.

1997                      Fellow, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

1994-1994             Visiting Fellow, Division of Botany & Zoology, Australian

National University

1991-1996            Associate Professor of Entomology, University of Wyoming

 1986-1991           Assistant Professor Entomology, University of Wyoming

 

Education

1985          Ph.D., Louisiana State University. (Entomology).

1982          B.S., New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology (Biology)

 

Areas of Specialization

        Research, creative work, and teaching at the interface between the Natural

        Sciences (agriculture, renewable resources, biodiversity, ecology, and evolution)

        and the Humanities (philosophy, literature, art, history, sociology, economics,

  political science, and religion).

Publications

Articles (selected)

Lockwood, J. A. 2006. The Nature of Violence. Orion. January/February: 14-19.

Halloy, S. R. P. and J. A. Lockwood. 2005. Ethical implications of the laws of pattern abundance distribution. Complexity and Organization 7: 41-53.

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

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. 1997. The intent and implementation of the Endangered Species Act: A matter of scale. Land and Water Law Review 32: 551-569.

Lockwood, J. A. 1996. The ethics of biological control: Understanding the moral implications of our most powerful ecological technology. Agric. Human Values 13: 2-19.

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.

Lockwood, J. A. 1987. The moral standing of insects and the ethics of extinction.  Symposium on insects in altered habitats, Florida Entomol.  70:70-89.

 

Books and Chapters (selected)

Lockwood, J. A. 2006. A Guest of the World. Skinner House, Boston.

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

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

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

Lockwood, J. A. 2001. The ethics of “classical” biological control and the value of place, pp. 100-119. In J. A. Lockwood, F. G. Howarth, and M. F. Purcell [eds.],  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.

Lockwood, J. A., M. F. Purcell, and F. G. Howarth. 2001. The value of place and the place of values, pp. 1-2.  In J. A. Lockwood, F. G. Howarth, and M. F. Purcell [eds.],  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.

Lockwood, J. A (editor). 1997. Ethical issues in biological control. Special issue of Agriculture and Human Values. Introduction and 9 chapters, 107 pp.

 

Papers Presented (selected)

Reiners, W.A. and J.A. Lockwood. 2006. Ecological theory and Zadeh's “law of incompatibility”: Incorporating contingency-based models into metatheories. Ecological Society of America, Memphis, Tennessee.

Lockwood, J. A. 2006. Philosophy of forgiveness.  Symposium on Forgiveness: Necessary for Healing? 10th Annual Shepard Symposium on Social Justice (presentation and panel discussion), Laramie, Wyoming.

Lockwood, J. A. 2005. Aquinas and acridids: Waging a just war against an insect enemy. Plenary Symposium of the 9th International Conference of the Orthopterists Society.  Canmore, Canada.

Lockwood, J. A. and S. R. P. Halloy. 2004. Ethical implications of the laws of pattern abundance. Second 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., A. T. Showler, and A. V. Latchininsky. 2001. Can we make locust and grasshopper control sustainable?  Symposium on Pest Management at the International Conference on Orthopteroid Insects, Montpellier, France.

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

 

courses

Undergraduate (frequently taught)

·               Natural Resource Ethics

·               Environmental Ethics (seminar)

·               Nature Writing

Recent Graduate Seminars

·               Deep Ecology

·               Environmental Justice

·               Humans & Nature (Thoreau and Leopold)

 

 

 

Updated: 13-Sep-2006