Sindy Joyce

Sindy Joyce is an Irish Traveller human rights activist and academic sociologist. In January 2019 she became the first Irish Traveller to obtain a doctorate from an Irish university.[1] Her doctoral dissertation, "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.[2]

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 the Traveller Pride award for Education.[3] On 4 April 2019 Michael D. Higgins, the President of Ireland, appointed her to his Council of State.[4]

References
  1. David Raleigh (16 Jan 2019). "Sindy Joyce is first Traveller to graduate with a PhD in Ireland". Irish Times.
  2. "University of Limerick student becomes first Traveller in Ireland to graduate with a PhD". TheJournal.ie. 16 Jan 2019.
  3. "PhD candidate Sindy Joyce and "The Travellers" documentary". University of Limerick.
  4. "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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