Jeffrey Alan Lockwood (born 1960) is an author, entomologist, and

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professor of Natural Sciences and Humanities. He writes both

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s, as well as

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. Lockwood is the recipient of both the

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and the

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. He also serves on the Advisory Council of

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Education and career

Lockwood earned a B.S. degree in biology from

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, where he was the 1982 recipient of the Brown Award. He received a Ph.D. in

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from

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, after completing a dissertation entitled ''The behavioral ecology of the first instar southern green stink bug, Nezara viridula (L.)''. His career at the University of Wyoming began as Assistant Professor of Entomology before becoming Professor of Natural Sciences and Humanities, then transferring to the philosophy department and teaching in the

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program in

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. Lockwood has authored numerous articles, some of which have been licensed by government entities, such as the Wyoming Water Research Center. In 2000, he co-authored ''Grasshoppers and Grassland Health'' for the

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. His most recent science book, '' Six-legged Soldiers: Using Insects as Weapons of War'', is a historical account of entomological

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from early days through the present, and the near future. ''A guest of the world: Meditations'' is Lockwood's latest book on spirituality under

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, a book publisher run by the

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. Lockwood and other scholars at the

have recently become locked in a debate with university administration, and Wyoming business and energy leaders over what he and others have argued is a clear case of the infringement of academic freedom. According to emails and reports released under the

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(FOIA), the sitting university President, Tom Buchanan, ordered the destruction of ''Carbon Sink'', an artwork created by artist

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, after Wyoming energy and business leaders considered it an untoward criticism of the industry that partly subsidizes the university through

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. Although Wyoming industry leaders have called for a moratorium on the debate, the university administration's infringement of academic freedom has become the hot-button topic while the university seeks a replacement for Buchanan, upon his scheduled retirement in July 2013. Lockwood is married, and has a son and daughter. He is a member of the

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Fellowship of

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, USA. He also appears as a character in Tectonic Theater Project's ''The Laramie Project ''and ''The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later''.

Partial bibliography

;Articles * (1987). ''Probabilities of rangeland grasshopper outbreaks in Wyoming counties''. Laramie, Wyo: Agricultural Experiment Station, Dept. of Plant, Soil, and Insect Sciences. OCLC 20379263 * (1988). ''Impact of sedimentation on the aquatic macroinvertebrates of the North Fork of the Little Snake River''. Laramie, Wyo: Wyoming Water Research Center]. OCLC 54467910 ;Books * (1988). ''Biology and recommendations for use of Nosema locustae Canning, a biological control agent of grasshoppers''. Laramie, Wyo: Agricultural Experiment Station, Dept. of Plant, Soil, and Insect Sciences, University of Wyoming. OCLC 20975160 * (1997). ''Ethical issues in biological control''. Agriculture and human values, v. 14, no. 3. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic. OCLC 39233868 * (2002). ''Grasshopper dreaming: Reflections on killing and loving''. Boston: Skinner House Books. * (2004). ''Locust: The devastating rise and mysterious disappearance of the insect that shaped the

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''. New York: Basic Books.
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* (2004). ''Prairie soul: Finding grace in the earth beneath my feet''. Boston: Skinner House Books.
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* (2006). ''A guest of the world: Meditations''. Boston: Skinner House Books. * (2009). '' Six-legged soldiers: Using insects as weapons of war''. Oxford: Oxford University Press. * (2009). (with William A. Reiners) ''Philosophical Foundations for the Practices of Ecology''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. * (2013). ''The Infested Mind: Why Humans Fear, Loathe, and Love Insects''. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Education and career

Partial bibliography

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