Academic publications:

  1. Dankoor, K., Stephens, D. & Bogt, T.T. (2023). Drip Too Hard? Commercial Rap Music and Perceived Masculinity Ideals and Actual Self-Evaluations among Black U.S. and Dutch Adolescent Men. Sexuality & Culture, 27, 57–77. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-022-10003-9
  2. Contribution: Amsterdam Museum Journal (2024), 3, Polylogue, reproduction in music. http://doi.org/10.61299/zn096VHs
  3. Dankoor, K. E., Stephens, D. P., & Ter Bogt, T. F. M. (2025). “Girl, I think my butt gettin’ big”: The importance of “thickness” in music videos for Dutch Black and White women’s body image. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 72(3), 272-285. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000788
  4. Dankoor, K. E., Stephens, D. P., & Ter Bogt, T. F. M. (2025). Am I feelin' myself? A focus group study of African American college students' attitudes toward gender ideals in commercial rap music videos and their relevance for self-images. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-025-08039-9. 

 

Peer reviews for academic journals:

  1. Sexuality and Culture (2023, 2024)
  2. Body Image (2024)
  3.  Guest editor, Culture + Education, 50 years of Hip Hop and its meaning for education and culture, (2024) https://www.lkca.nl/publicatie/cultuureducatie-67
  4. Current Psychology (2024)
  5. Humanities (2025)

 

Popularizing academic publications:

  1. There's some womxn in da house: hiphopfeminisme en het grijze gebied tussen respectabiliteits- en plezierpolitiek. nY tijdschrift voor literatuur, kritiek & amusement.  https://www.ny-web.be/artikels/theres-some-womxn-in-da-house-hiphopfeminisme-en-het-grijze-gebied-tussen-respectabiliteits-en-plezierpolitiek/           .                                                                         
  2. Queens of Royal Badness! Rapmuziek en royale symboliek. RektoVerso, tijdschrift voor cultuur & kritiek. Rekto:Verso | Queens of Royal Badness! Rapmuziek en royale symboliek (rektoverso.be)

     

     

     

Academic lectures in in museums, theatres and night clubs:

 

1. Dankoor, K. (2021). MONO. Hip Hop feminism.

2. Dankoor, K. (2022). Eye Museum. Politics and Rap Music. 

3. Dankoor, K. (2022). Diversity Hub HvA. Cancel Culture or Call out Culture.

4. Dankoor, K. (2022). Meervaart Theater. Hip Hop feminism.

5. Dankoor, K. (2022). De Rode Hoed. Hip Hop feminism.

6. Dankoor, K. (2023). Felix Meritis (during Amsterdam Dance Event). Hip Hop feminism.

7. Dankoor, K. (2023). Night club De School, Amsterdam. PhD research on strip club dancers.

8. Dankoor, K. (2023). Soul Cypher, Koepelkerk. Hip Hop feminism.

9. Dankoor, K. (2024). Betweter festival, Tivoli Vredenburg. Hip Hop feminism.

10. Dankoor, K. (2025). Cultural Heritage Festival (Reinwardt Academy) at House of Hip Hop. Hip Hop feminism.

11. Dankoor, K. (2025). Pretty Girls Like Trap Music,  cultural night at Kunsthal Rotterdam. Am I feeling Myself? Rap music and young people's self-image.

 

Invited talks (conferences, symposiums, academic events):

 

1. Guest speaker Founder's week - Morehouse college, Atlanta - Media framing of rap music

2. Guest speaker - Georgia State University, Atlanta - Rap music and young Black people's self-images

3.Conference (speaker) - Erasmus University, Rotterdam - Pop Talks: music communities 

4. Gay Johnson McDougall Symposium (speaker) - Agness Scott college, Atlanta - Commercial rap music and adolescents' self-concepts

5. Symposium 'Inclusion and diversity' (moderator) - Erasmus University, Rotterdam - Conversations with international scholars (i.a., U.S., Germany, Turkey) about inclusion and diversity in arts and academia

6. Doctoral dissertation event Dr. Julian Schaap - Erasmus University, Rotterdam - Gender in pop music 

7. Studium Generale - Technical University Eindhoven - Politics and rap music

8. Inaugural Speech Dr. Iris Andriessen (moderator) - Fontys College - Gender and equality

9. Conference 'Challenges in pedagogical and social work research' (keynote speech) - University Antwerpen - Hiphop feminism

10. Symposium 'On Kings and Queens: Exploring Monarchy - University Hasselt  - Royal symbols in rap music

11. European Conference 'Breaking Rules: hiphop, science and police' (moderator/speaker) - LKCA (participants: universities in the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, France and Belgium)  

12. Yellow House Nights - Erasmus University, Codarts, International Film Festival Rotterdam - Popular media representations and social worlds

13. Conference ‘American Soundscapes’ (speaker) - Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg - Rap music and young Black people's self-images 

14. Studium Generale, Betweter Festival - University Utrecht - Hip Hop feminism

15. Quetelet Colleges Universiteit Gent en Descartes College Universiteit Utrecht, honours studenten - University Utrecht - Hip Hop feminism 

16. Popular Culture and American Culture Association - PCA/ACA national conference, New Orleans - Women Rap and Women's Body Image 

17. Consortium meeting Embodied and Braided - NWO funded project Re/presenting Europe, Wereldmuseum Leiden 

18. Black Expert Conference - Erasmus University, the Hague - Rap music and young Black men's self-image

19.  Cultural Currency Conference - Weena, Rotterdam - Community of Practice

20.  European Hip Hop conference - Things Done Changed - Groninger Museum, Groningen -  Women Rap and Women's Body Image, Hip Hop feminism in the Dutch context, and the Revolution of Hip Hop

 

Music conferences (non-academic):

1. Eurosonic Noorderslag Groningen, 2018 - gender representation in rap (Kech- gate).

2. Eurosonic Noorderslag, Groningen 2018 - pop culture and technology.

3. No Man's Land, Utrecht, 2020 - The boundaries of cultural expressions in music.

4. Eurosonic Noorderslag Groningen, 2021 - Politics and pop music.

5. No Man's Land, Utrecht, 2021 - Women in Hip Hop.

6. No Man's Land, Utrecht, 2021 - Cancel Culture. 

7. Eurosonic Noorderslag, Groningen, 2022 - Women in Hip Hop.

8. No Man's Land, Utrecht, 2023 - 50 years of Hip Hop.

9. No Man's Land, Utrecht, 2024 - Activism in music. 

10. Eurosonic Noorderslag, Groningen, 2025 - Music and A.I.