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. Please see Teaching for a summary of my teaching background and experience.
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
Graduate Research Assistant/Data Analyst: Dean's Office, Queen's University (Faculty of Arts and Science) — Summer 2026
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
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
Conferences
Michigan State University Graduate Philosophy Conference: Environment, Science and Society!
Illinois State University: AI & the Humaninities, An Interdisciplinary Symposium.
Queen's University 2023 Political Studies Graduate Student Association (PSGSA) Graduate Conference: Emerging Technologies in the Age of Digital Censorship, Surveillance and Repression.
University of Victoria: Social Movements & Technology Graduate Conference.
Undegraduate Philosophy Journal of Australasia: Undergraduate Philosophy Conference
Trent University: Philosophy Society Student Symposium
Trent University: Philosophy Soicety Student Symposium
Trent University: Philosophy Society Student Symposium
March 2026
April 2025
June 2023
May 2023
May 2022
April 2022
April 2021
April 2019
Canada Graduate Research Scholarship-Doctoral, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council — 2026 - 2029
Sansom Ideas Foundation: Graduate Student Scholarship for Studies in the History of Ideas — 2026 - 2027
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