B. S. Chemistry/Biology (Pre-Med) - Jacksonville State University (AL), 1962. M.M. Music/Dance with Slavic Folklore minor - Florida State University, 1972. M.A. Folklore/Mythology with Dance Ethnology minor - UCLA, 1980. Ph.D. Research/ Performing Arts - Texas Woman's University, 1982.

Jerry Duke, Ph.D., is Professor of Dance Ethnology and History and Coordinator for the Dance Program of Studies at SFSU. He also serves as Coordinator of Academic Program Review for the university. His research on dance and ritual extends through the U.S. and Europe, and to parts of Asia and the Pacific. He is former president of the Congress on Research in Dance. He has set folk and historical choreographies for dance companies, theater productions and opera.

His folk choreographies have been performed in seven European countries and at Carnegie Hall in New York, Ahmanson Theater, Royce Hall, and Mark Tabor Forum in Los Angeles, Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley, the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, and the Seattle Opera House. He produced three dance specials for educational television and choreographed for a Bob Hope Special at Hollywood Bowl.