His work centers on Black masculinity, popular culture, and race/gender/sexuality theory. McCune has made contributions to multiple anthologies and journals. McCune is also a playwright and director, and his play, Dancin' the Down Low, has been recently selected for publication in an anthology. He is also completing his forthcoming book, Sexual Discretion: Black Masculinity and the Politics of Sexual Passing. McCune is a member of the Black Sexual Economics Group and the Black Performance Theory Consortium, and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Homosexuality and Spectrum: A Journal on Black Men.