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Ronie Garcia-Johnson Garcia-Johnson, assistant professor of Environmental Policy at the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, died of melanoma on April 15, 2003, after an illness of four months' duration. She is survived by her husband, David Johnson, and two children, Madeleine Revel and Soleil Holiday Garcia-Johnson.
Garcia-Johnson graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1991 and received her Ph.D in political science from the University of Michigan in 1998. She came to Duke in the fall of 1999. At Duke she was known for her outstanding scholarship, herbrilliant teaching, her dedication to interdisciplinary research, and her personal commitment to the people with whom she worked. She inspired intense dedication from her students, and built strong ties with faculty members across the university, including those in political science, law, and public policy as well as the Nicholas School. Her death leaves an emotional as well as an...