John Knox is a leading scholar of international law, who is particularly interested in human rights, international environmental law, and international trade, and the ways that they intersect with one another. In 2003, he was awarded the Francis Deák Prize, established by the American Society of International Law to honor a younger author who has made a “meritorious contribution to international legal scholarship.” He served for four years as chair of EPA’s national advisory committee on the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation. His coauthored book, Greening NAFTA, is about the Commission and the relationship of environmental protection and free trade. After clerking for Judge Joseph T. Sneed of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, John served as an attorney-adviser at the Department of State, where he engaged in international negotiations, and was in private practice in Austin, Texas, where he worked on environmental and international issues. John taught at Penn State for eight years before joining Wake Forest in 2006. He is married to Julie Winterich, an assistant professor at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, and they have three daughters, in first, fourth, and sixth grade.
