CV

Below is a summary of my academic and professional background.  For further information or for a copy of my full Curriculum vitae, please contact me at abigail.bergeron@queensu.ca 

Education

• Queen's University, Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) 2023 - [in progress]

• Queen's University, Master of Laws (LLM) 2023 - 2024

• Queen's University, Master of Arts (MA) 2022 -2023

• Swansea University, Bachelor of Laws (LLB) 2019 - 2022

• Trent University, Bachelor of Arts Honours (BA) 2017 - 2022

Teaching Experience 

Sessional Lecturer (University of Victoria)

PHIL390 Topics in Philosophy (Adam Smith) — Winter 2027 

This course introduces the life and selected works of the so-called ‘Father of Capitalism,’ the Scottish philosopher 

and economist Adam Smith (1723-1790). Excerpts from Smith’s most famous work, The Wealth of Nations (1776) will be read alongside excerpts from his book of moral philosophy, The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), along with related texts. This course challenges students to understand the key components of Smith’s philosophy, while also providing insight into Early Modern Scottish history and 18th century Scottish philosophy.

 Teaching Fellow (Queen's University)

PHIL204 Philosophy of Life, Death and Meaning — Winter 2027 

Topics include the meaning of life, death and community, with a focus on the impact of modern technology from the 

perspective of 19th/20th century Continental philosophy. 

Teaching Assistant (Queen's University)

• PHIL252 Epistemology (Winter 2026)

• PHIL253 Philosophy of Religion (Fall 2025)

• PHIL151 Great Works of Philosophy ASO (Summer 2025)

• PHIL111 What is Philosophy? (Fall 2024 - Winter 2025)

• PHIL151 Great Works of Philosophy ASO (Summer 2024)

• PHIL151 Great Works of Philosophy (Winter 2024)

• PHIL263 Philosophy of Religion (Fall 2023)

• PHIL204 Philosophy of Life, Death and Meaning (Winter 2023) 

• PHIL247 Practical Ethics (Fall 2022)

Teaching Assistant (Trent University)

• PHIL2390 Biomedical Ethics (Summer 2026)

• PHIL1000 Introduction to Knowledge & Reality (Winter 2026)

• PHIL2390 Biomedical Ethics (Winter 2026)

• PHIL1000 Introduction to Knowledge & Reality (Fall 2025)

• PHIL3280/4280 Philosophy of Dreams (Fall 2025)

• PHIL3370 Cyberethics (Summer 2025)

• PHIL2390 Biomedical Ethics (Summer 2025)

• PHIL3280/4280 Philosophy of Dreams (Winter 2025)

• PHIL3430 Early Modern Philosophy (Winter 2025)

• PHIL2390 Biomedical Ethics (Winter 2025)

• PHIL2010 Love & Desire (Winter 2025)

• PHIL2390 Biomedical Ethics (Fall 2024)

• PHIL2270 Philosophy of Mind (Fall 2024)

• PHIL-COIS3270 Philosophy of AI (Fall 2024)

• PHIL1000 Introduction to the Philosophy of Knowledge & Reality (Winter 2024)

• PHIL2010 Love & Desire (Winter 2024)

• PHIL3140 Justice & Rights (Fall 2023)

• PHIL2270 Philosophy of Mind (Fall 2023) 

• PHIL2150 Philosophy of Law (Winter 2023) 

• PHIL1000 Introduction to the Philosophy Knowledge & Reality (Fall 2021)

Research Appointments & Internships 

• Queen's Doctoral Internship in University Administration (QDIUA): Curriculum Design and Research Support Intern (Faculty of Arts and Science)  — Winter 2026

• Graduate Research Assistant: "Epistemologial Coherentism and Constitutional Jurisprudence," (Dr. Jacob Weinrib) Faculty of Law, Queen's University   — Winter 2023

• Research Internship: "Privacy and Cybersecurity Post Covid-19: Researching the Impact of 'Track and Trace,'" Swansea University, Department of Criminology  —  Summer 2021    

Presentations 

Guest Lectures

• "Thoreau and Civil Disobedience." March 13 2025 PHIL111 What is Philosophy?

• "Philosophical Literacy and Writing 101." January 13 2025 PHIL111 What is Philosophy?

• "Research Skills for Philosophical Writing." November 4 2024, Queen's University PHIL111 What is Philosophy?

• "Gabriel Marcel on Fanaticism" November 15 2023, Queen's University PHIL373 Continental Philosophy

• "Introduction to Henry David Thoreau" March 23 2023, Queen's University PHIL204 Philosophy of Life, Death and Meaning

• "Albert Camus and The Myth of Sisyphus" February 2 2023, Queen's University PHIL204 Philosophy of Life, Death and Meaning

• "Lab-Grown Meat and Eating Non-Human Animals" November 8 2022, Queen's University PHIL247 Practical Ethics 

Awards & Scholarships

• Canada Graduate Research Scholarship-Doctoral, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council  — 2026 - 2029

• Ontario Graduate Scholarship  — 2025 

• Queen's 2024-25 Graduate Dean's Doctoral Field Travel Grant  — 2025

• Franklin and Helene Bracken/McLaughlin Fellowship, Queen's University —  2024 

• William C. Leggett Graduate Fellowship, Queen's University — 2023 

• 2023-2024 Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean's Award for Social Justice, Queen's University — 2023

• The Sophia Prize, Trent University — 2022 

• Special Student Essay Prize, Foundation for Philosophical Orientation — 2022

• The Gadfly Prize, Trent University — 2021

• James Middleton Essay Prize in the Humanities, Trent University — 2019

• Bruce Barrett Memorial Prize in Philosophy, Trent University — 2018

• Trent University National Full Entrance/Renewable Scholarship — 2017 - 2018