Welcome to Graduate Stories, where we celebrate the diverse journeys of our post-graduate sociology students at Trinity College Dublin. Each month, our graduates share what sparked their interest, the highlights of their studies, and their advice for future students.
Tawreak Gamble-Eddington
Graduated in 2022
What are you doing now and could you provide a brief overview of your career journey since graduating?
Since graduating from the MPhil in Race, Ethnicity and Conflict in 2022, I completed an MPhil in Politics (Comparative Government) at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. I am now in my first year at Yale Law School, where I am pursuing a Juris Doctorate (JD).
What sparked your interest in the course and what aspects did you find most rewarding?
I was originally interested in the MPhil because of its unique and interdisciplinary approach to studying not only conflict but identity formation more generally. As part of the course I was able to take classes on conflict in Northern Ireland, Israel-Palestine, and the United States.
Additionally, I was able to participate in a class trip to Northern Ireland to speak with those involved in the Troubles and conduct original dissertation research on LGBTQ+ participation and identity formation within the far-right. The course pushed me to challenge how I see the world around me and how I understand its sociological underpinnings.
What advice would you offer to anyone considering postgraduate studies in sociology?
Do it! During my undergraduate, I was a political science and history student but my time studying sociology at Trinity gave me a new lens.
Through professors with varying interests and critical discussions, postgraduate studies in sociology gave be the ability to not just examine how society currently manifests itself but how it has and can manifest itself through actions both big and small that construct our experiences.
February 2025