Jeffery McCune ’99

Jeffrey McCune ’99 was back on the Hilltop in April, this time as a lecturer. He gave several talks as part of the Beta Omicron Distinguished Alumni Visitors program, including one on racial identity, gender, politics, and perception in hip-hop, and another about the value and potential of hip-hop. McCune holds a doctorate in performance studies and gender studies from Northwestern University, and is now an assistant professor of American studies and women’s studies at the University of Maryland. At the start of his first talk, he spoke about how important Cornell was to him and how his classes gave him the critical analytic skills that have allowed him to think about the way hip-hop affects American culture.