Lockwood, Jeffrey Alan

1960 -

Laramie, WY

Albany County

Biographical and Professional Information

Jeff Lockwood earned a B.S. in biology from New Mexico Tech and a Ph.D. in entomology from Louisiana State University. Originally hired as an Assistant Professor of Entomology at the University of Wyoming, he metamorphosed into a Professor of Natural Sciences & Humanities and transferred to the department of philosophy and in the MFA program in creative writing. He teaches nature and spiritual/religious writing, environmental ethics, and philosophy of ecology. His writings have been honored with a Pushcart Prize and a John Burroughs Award. His current book project is: Six-Legged Soldiers: The use of insects as weapons of war and terror (Oxford University Press).

Genres

Nonfiction

Titles

Six-legged soldiers: Using insects as weapons of war (2008. Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press. # ISBN-10: 0195333055. ISBN-13: 978-0195333053.

A Guest of the World: Meditations (2006). Boston, MA: Skinner House Books. ISBN: 1558965041.

Locust: The Devastating Rise and Mysterious Disappearance of the Insect that Shaped the American Frontier (2004). New York: Basic Books. ISBN: 0738208949.