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Jeffrey Q. McCune, Jr. is the Frederick Douglass Professor and Associate Professor of English and Black Studies at the University of Rochester’s School of Arts & Sciences. He serves as the Founding Chair of the Department of Black Studies and Director of the Frederick Douglass Institute of African and African American Studies. Holding a PhD in Performance Studies from Northwestern University (2007), his work bridges gender studies, sexuality, and Black queer theory. He authored the award-winning Sexual Discretion: Black Masculinity and the Politics of Passing (2014) and co-edited Black Sexual Economies (2019). Current projects include Disobedient Reading: An Experiment in Seeing Black and a study on Kanye West’s cultural impact. His research has been featured on NPR, Pitchfork, and Bill Nye Saves the World.
McCune’s research focuses on Black queer theory, performance in popular culture, and visual cultural studies. He explores intersections of race, gender, and sexuality through analyses of film, music, and literary texts. His articles engage topics like Black masculinity in Moonlight, Kanye West’s theological aesthetics, and racialized dissent in public discourse. He co-edits the New Sexual Worlds book series for University of California Press and holds editorial roles in multiple journals.
He has received grants for projects like AFTERLIFE: An Archive of Violence (performance project on anti-Black violence) and the Ferguson Oral History Project, documenting activist narratives. His honors include the National Communication Association Book Award and the Mellon Foundation Divided City Grant. McCune teaches courses on Black masculinities, queer studies, and Black cultural politics, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to race and representation.
