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]

  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.