Michael Duke
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology
University of Memphis
United States of America
Biography
Michael Duke is a Social/Medical Anthropologist (University of Texas at Austin 1996) with over 20 years of experience carrying out social research focusing on the intersection of labor, substance abuse, migration, gender and masculinity, sexuality, and mental health, particularly among Latin American and Pacific Islander immigant populations. He is also a nationally recognized expert on qualitative and mixed method research, particularly with hard-to-reach populations, and has written and lectured extensively on this topic. Prior to coming to the University of Memphis, Dr. Duke served as Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator on multiple studies, including an investigation of mental health treatment barriers for Puerto Rican adolescents and a large, National Institute of Health-funded study of heavy drinking and sexual risk among New England-based farmworkers. This was followed by an investigation on the physical and mental health effects of migration on a rural sending community in Mexico. He also served as Co-Investigator of a study on syringe sharing and HIV risk among injection drug users in China's Guangdong Province. Dr. Duke's subsequent research focused on heavy drinking and their associated problems among blue collar populations, specifically construction workers, restaurant workers, and military personnel. More recently, he served as Principal Investigator on two additional studies; one focusing on problem drinking and partner violence among farmworkers in San Diego County, CA, and the other on stress and alcohol use among day laborers. Dr. Duke joined the faculty of the University of Memphis in 2011. He is the founding member and Chair of the Anthropology and Mental Interest Group (AMHIG) of the Society for Medical Anthropology.
Research Interest
Drug and alcohol use; migration; gender and masculinity; labor; Latin American and Caribbean populations; mental health; Micronesian populations in the US; migration; research methods; sexual comportment; social theory.
Publications
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2011 Duke, M.R. and C.B. Cunradi. Measuring intimate partner violence among male and female farmworkers in San Diego County, CA. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology,17(1):59-67.
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2011 Duke, M.R. Ethnicity, well being, and the organization of labor among shade tobacco workers. Medical Anthropology, 30(4):409-424.
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2013 Duke, M.R., L. Bergmann, C.M. Cunradi, and G.M. Ames. Like Swallowing a Butcher Knife: Layoffs, Masculinity and Couple Conflict in the U.S. Construction Industry. Human Organization, 72(4):293-301.
