Jonathan Leggo (he/they) is an Editor in the Course Production unit of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, where he helps to prepare courses for online publication. Depending on the needs of the course, he provides structural editing, copyediting, fact-checking, proofreading, project management, etc. This work contributes to the high quality of courses at Athabasca University.
Prior to AU, Jonathan studied plant–insect interactions as a graduate student and worked as an instructor and technician in biology. When not working on FHSS courses, he writes and edits board game instructions, edits and indexes academic work, and reads copious amounts of speculative fiction.
A white settler raised in Gespeg (Mi’gmaq: “where the land ends”) in what is now eastern Québec, Jonathan currently lives and works in amiskwacîwâskahikan, ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Cree: “beaver hills house”), in Treaty 6 territory: the home, meeting ground, gathering place, and travelling route for Anishinaabe, Dené, Nakota Isga, nêhiyaw, Niitsitapi, Métis, and other Indigenous Peoples.
Educational credentials
BSc Botanical Sciences, McGill University, 1999
MSc Biology, Laurentian University, 2003
PhD Candidate, Forestry and Environmental Science, University of New Brunswick, 2004–2007 (incomplete)
Cellulose: A Plant Cell Biology Game (Genius Games, 2022)
Tiny Ninjas: Heroes (2niverse Games, 2021)
Chai (Steeped Games, 2019)
Cytosis: A Cell Biology Board Game (Genius Games, 2017)
Indexing
Heyes, C. J. (2020). Anaesthetics of Existence. Duke UP.
Research
Johns, R. C., & Leggo, J. J. (2014). Induced tree response to herbivory influences the foraging preference and performance of a conifer-defoliating sawfly. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 152, 61–71. https://doi.org/10.1111/eea.12200
Johns, R. C., Leggo, J. J., MacLean, D. A., & Quiring, D. T. (2013). Relationships between Pikonema alaskensis larval density and shoot growth and production in young black spruce. Forest Ecology and Management, 292, 130–138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2012.12.010
Johns, R. C., Boone, J., Leggo, J. J., Smith, S., Carleton, D., & Quiring, D. T. (2012). Temporal and spatial variations in microclimate influence the larval foraging behaviors and performance of a conifer-feeding sawfly. Environmental Entomology, 41(3), 594–602. https://doi.org/10.1603/EN11262
Leggo, J. J., & Shorthouse, J. D. (2006). Development of stem galls induced by Diplolepis triforma (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) on Rosa acicularis (Rosaceae). The Canadian Entomologist, 138(5), 661–680. https://doi.org/10.4039/n05-086
Leggo, J. J., & Shorthouse, J. D. (2006). Modification of galls of Diplolepis triforma (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) by the parasitoids Eurytoma spongiosa (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) and Glyphomerus stigma (Hymenoptera: Torymidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 138(5), 681–696. https://doi.org/10.4039/n05-088
Shorthouse, J. D., Leggo, J. J., Sliva, M. D., & Lalonde, R. G. (2005). Has egg location influenced the radiation of Diplolepis (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) gall wasps on wild roses? Basic and Applied Ecology, 6, 423–434. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2005.07.006
Shorthouse, J.D., & Leggo, J. J. (2002). Immature stages of the galler Diplolepis triforma (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) with comments on the role of its prepupa. The Canadian Entomologist, 134(4), 433–446. https://doi.org/10.4039/Ent134433-4