Professor Jeffrey Lockwood is the recipient of the University of Wyoming's George Duke Humphrey Distinguished Faculty Award. The Humphrey Award, named for UW's 13th president who served from 1945-1964, recognizes teaching effectiveness, distinction in scholarly work, and distinguished service to the university and state.
Lockwood is a professor of natural sciences and humanities, splitting his duties with the Department of Philosophy and M.F.A. program in creative writing. He previously was an entomologist in the College of Agriculture's Department of Renewable Resources. A prolific nature and science writer, Lockwood's teaching specializations are in natural resource ethics, environmental justice, philosophy of ecology, and nature and spiritual writing.
His research and creative work include essays, meditations, and book-length projects, including Prairie Soul: Finding Grace in the Earth Beneath My Feet (2004); Locust: The Devastating Rise and Mysterious Disappearance of the Insect That Shaped the American Frontier (2004); Grasshopper Dreaming: Reflections on Killing and Loving (2002); and A Guest of the World
