The Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship has called her "Canada’s pre-eminent scholar on political behaviour, gender and diversity, and the media.
"[1] Gidengil attended the London School of Economics and New York University.
[2] Gidengil has also been on the planning committee for the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems.
[13] Gidengil received an honorary doctorate from the Université Laval in June 2014.
[14][15][16] Gidengil has been extensively cited in popular media reports on topics like Canadian politics and vote choice in venues like the FiveThirtyEight,[17] the CBC,[18] Maclean's,[19] the Ottawa Citizen,[20] and the Winnipeg Free Press,[21] and her work has been recommended by The Hill Times.