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'''Dr. Sindy Joyce ''' is an [[Irish Traveller]] [[human rights]] activist and academic [[sociologist]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://limerick.academia.edu/SindyJoyce|title = Sindy Joyce | University of Limerick |website=Limerick.academia.edu}}</ref> In January 2019 she became the first Irish Traveller to obtain a [[doctorate]] from an Irish university.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/sindy-joyce-is-first-traveller-to-graduate-with-a-phd-in-ireland-1.3759198|newspaper=[[Irish Times]]|date=16 January 2019|title=Sindy Joyce is first Traveller to graduate with a PhD in Ireland|author=David Raleigh}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=University of Limerick student becomes first Traveller in Ireland to graduate with a PhD|url=https://www.thejournal.ie/dr-sindy-joyce-traveller-phd-limerick-4441437-Jan2019/|date=16 Jan 2019|publisher=[[TheJournal.ie]]}}</ref> |
'''Dr. Sindy Joyce ''' is an [[Irish Traveller]] [[human rights]] activist and academic [[sociologist]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://limerick.academia.edu/SindyJoyce|title = Sindy Joyce | University of Limerick |website=Limerick.academia.edu}}</ref> In January 2019 she became the first Irish Traveller to obtain a [[doctorate]] from an Irish university.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/sindy-joyce-is-first-traveller-to-graduate-with-a-phd-in-ireland-1.3759198|newspaper=[[Irish Times]]|date=16 January 2019|title=Sindy Joyce is first ever Traveller to graduate with a PhD in Ireland|author=David Raleigh}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=University of Limerick student becomes first Traveller in Ireland to graduate with a PhD|url=https://www.thejournal.ie/dr-sindy-joyce-traveller-phd-limerick-4441437-Jan2019/|date=16 Jan 2019|publisher=[[TheJournal.ie]]}}</ref> |
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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 Traveller Pride Award 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 ever 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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