Sindy Joyce

Dr. Sindy Joyce is an Irish Traveller human rights activist and academic sociologist.^[1] In January 2019 she became the first Irish Traveller to obtain a doctorate from an Irish university.^[2] Her doctoral thesis funded by the Irish Research Council, "Mincéirs Siúladh: An ethnographic study of young Travellers’ experiences of urban space", explored the interaction of young Travellers with the settled community and the Gardaí in Galway city.^[3]

Publications[]

Sindy Joyce, "Divided Spaces: An examination of everyday racism and its impact on young Travellers' spatial mobility", Irish Journal of Anthropology, 18/1 (2015)
Sindy Joyce, Margaret Kennedy and Amanda Haynes, "Anti-Traveller and Anti-Roma Hate Crime in Ireland", in Critical Perspectives on Hate Crime: An Irish Perspective, edited by A. Haynes, J. Schweppe, and S. Taylor, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.

Awards[]

In 2014 Joyce received a for Education.^[4] On 4 April 2019 Michael D. Higgins, the President of Ireland, appointed her to his Council of State.^[5]

References[]

^ "Sindy Joyce | University of Limerick". Limerick.academia.edu.
^ David Raleigh (16 January 2019). "Sindy Joyce is first Traveller to graduate with a PhD in Ireland". Irish Times.
^ "University of Limerick student becomes first Traveller in Ireland to graduate with a PhD". TheJournal.ie. 16 January 2019.
^ "PhD candidate Sindy Joyce and "The Travellers" documentary". University of Limerick.
^ "President appoints members to Council of State" (Press release). Office of the President of Ireland. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.

External links[]

Interview with Sindy Joyce on The Late Late Show, posted on the Late Late Show YouTube channel, 23 September 2016.
Sindy Joyce, Ireland - Testimony at the 2017 Dublin Platform on the Front Line Defenders YouTube channel, 28 October 2017.

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[1] "Sindy Joyce | University of Limerick". Limerick.academia.edu.

[2] David Raleigh (16 January 2019). "Sindy Joyce is first Traveller to graduate with a PhD in Ireland". Irish Times.

[3] "University of Limerick student becomes first Traveller in Ireland to graduate with a PhD". TheJournal.ie. 16 January 2019.

[4] "PhD candidate Sindy Joyce and "The Travellers" documentary". University of Limerick.

[5] "President appoints members to Council of State" (Press release). Office of the President of Ireland. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.

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