The PhD in Engineering aims to improve skills for the generation of articles, patents and business ideas, through collaboration with universities, research centers and industry in the field of mechatronic systems, operations management and design, to influence nationally and internationally through the pursuit of truth and the benefit of society.
UP Campus: Guadalajara
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Doctorate in Law
The Doctorate in Law is a training program for researchers in legal science for the generation of knowledge, in accordance with supreme values such as life, liberty, equality, justice and with a high sense of ethical and social responsibility.
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Doctoral Program in Business Sciences
The Doctor of Business Administration program aims to meet the academic and research needs of the business and educational communities by providing students with a rigorous foundation for academic and/or professional practice, as well as a solid grounding in research that generates innovative knowledge.
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Spain Chapter
An event that brings together all Panamericana alumni living in Spain and aims to further strengthen the bonds among them and with their alma mater.
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Carlos López Hernández
He earned a Ph.D. in Organizational Management from the Popular Autonomous University of the State of Puebla (UPAEP), where he received an Honorable Mention for Research, the Magna Cum Laude distinction for his GPA, and the Award for Best Student in the Program. He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from IPADE, where he also completed a specialization in Business Policy, both programs completed with an excellence scholarship.
He has completed various specialized programs at international institutions such as Lock Haven University, Texas A&M University, Harvard Business School, and the National Defense University. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of the Americas Puebla, where he was awarded an excellence scholarship by the Mary Street Jenkins Foundation.
Professionally, he has worked for the National Association of Chain Drug Stores in Washington, D.C., served as a congressional intern in the United States, and held a position at Citibank-Banamex. He has also served as an advisor and consultant to various companies and institutions, including Grupo LALA, Tequila Sauza, HP, MUSTAD, and Club Deportivo Guadalajara (Chivas), among others.
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Carlos Reyes
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Guadalajara. He has specialized in Finance, Philosophical Anthropology and Ethics, as well as in Teaching Skills from the Universidad Panamericana. He holds a Master’s degree in Stock Exchange and Financial Markets from the Institute of Stock Market Studies in Madrid and a Master’s degree in Organizational Governance and Culture from the Institute of Business and Humanism at the University of Navarra, where he wrote his thesis , *Authority in the Governance of the Modern Company*, under the supervision of Alejo J. Sison.
He holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Governance and Culture from the University of Navarra. His doctoral dissertation, titled *The Response to the Vocation to the Common Good of Companies Listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange*, was supervised by Paul H. Dembinski and Rafael Alvira.
Professionally, he has worked in the Mexican banking sector in areas such as treasury, credit, internal audit, and integration between banks and branches, as well as at the Madrid Stock Exchange, in the market development area of Latibex. At the Universidad Panamericana, Guadalajara campus, he has held various executive positions, including treasurer, head of financial planning and accounting, head of the Academy of Finance, and Institutional Secretary of Research for the three UP campuses.
He currently serves as a professor at the Academy of Finance within the Business School at the Universidad Panamericana, Guadalajara campus.
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Daniela Salgado Gutiérrez
Dr. Daniela Salgado Gutiérrez is an academic and researcher specializing in the theory and philosophy of education, moral education, character education, and citizenship education, as well as family and social pedagogy. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Education from the Universidad Panamericana, Guadalajara campus, a master’s degree in Marriage and Family (2010), and a Ph.D. in Education with honors ( Cum Laude ) (2018) from the University of Navarra.
Since 2012, she has been a member of the Universidad Panamericana, where she currently serves as Director of Research in the School of Education and Psychology. She has taught undergraduate and graduate courses such as Theory of Education and “The Family as an Educational Community,” and has participated in initiatives focused on character development, civic education, and strengthening educational leadership in school and family contexts.
Her academic work seeks to integrate theoretical foundations with pedagogical innovation, fostering the development of virtues, the formation of sound judgment, and educational leadership. She has spoken at TEDx Universidad Panamericana with the talk “How Much Does Your Sack Weigh?” and collaborates with educational communities and organizations interested in the holistic development of students, families, and teachers.
Research Areas
- Theory and Philosophy of Education
- Moral Education
- Character Education and Citizenship Education
- Family and Social Education
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Sandra Hernández González
Dr. Sandra Hernández González earned her Ph.D. from the International University of Catalonia in Spain with an outstanding dissertation on the role of desires in Alasdair MacIntyre’s moral philosophy. She holds a Master’s degree in Philosophy from the Autonomous University of Guadalajara; a specialization in Philosophical Anthropology from the National Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences ( Universidad Panamericana ); and a bachelor’s degree from the School of Modern Languages at the University of Guadalajara.
She currently serves as a research professor at the Institute of Humanities and the School of Psychology, where she teaches courses in Anthropology, Ethics, and Psychoaffectivity.
She has presented at various international conferences (London, the Netherlands, Spain, the United States, Italy) and has completed research fellowships at the De Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana (USA).Based on her doctoral research, she is currently leading a workshop on the education of desires and collaborating on a research project on desires with Finnis Terre University in Chile and Comillas University in Madrid.
Research Areas
- Virtue ethics, theory of action, desires, and motivations
- Moral Psychology
- Alasdair MacIntyre
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Luz Maria Alvarez Villalobos
Luz María Alvarez Villalobos holds a PhD and a Master's degree in History of Thought from Universidad Panamericana, Campus México. She holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Universidad del Valle de Atemajac.
In 2003, she received the Annual José María Vigil Thesis Award in Literature and Literature, for: "The difficulties of human love in the common life in the anthropology of Karol Wojtyla". In 2010, honorable mention for his Master's thesis. In 2019 she received the categorization of Research Professor by the Universidad Panamericana.
She coordinated the Specialty in Anthropology and Ethics at the Guadalajara Campus from its beginning in 1998 to 2001. She has been a research professor at the Humanities Institute of the Guadalajara campus since 2001. She teaches philosophy and history at the undergraduate and graduate levels. She has publications in newspapers, book chapters and scientific journals.
She was Editorial Advisor of Culture of the newspaper Mural/Reforma and collaborator in the film section. She was the host of the television program "Hablando claro" about family issues in Mariavision. Her research interests revolve around Novo-Hispanic, Aristotelian/Thomistic and nominalist philosophy; feminism and personalism; Christianity, Judaism and Islam dialogue; and art cinema.
July 2023.
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Lourdes Mercado Ramirez
- Bachelor's Degree in Pedagogy from Universidad Panamericana Campus Guadalajara
- Specialties in Human Resources Management, Didactic Competencies and Anthropology and Ethics by UP Guadalajara.
- Master's Degree in Sociology from the Complutense University of Madrid.
- D. in Organizational Governance and Culture from the Institute of Business and Humanism of the University of Navarra.
She has served as Corporate Image Coordinator at Colegio Los Altos, Coordinator of Integral Formation at Colegio Torreblanca and Academic Coordinator of the School of Finance and Accounting at Universidad Panamericana.
28 years of teaching experience at Universidad Panamericana, teaching pedagogical, sociological and philosophical subjects.
He has been Head of Training at Grupo Tecno Gas Corporate and Head of Human Resources at Consorcio Procomía.
She is currently University Advisor at ESDAI and Gastronomic Business Management and professor at the Academy of Anthropology and Ethics of the Institute of Humanities at Universidad Panamericana Guadalajara.
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Yurixhi Gallardo Martinez
Yurixhi Gallardo Martínez is a professor and researcher at the Institute of Humanities at the Universidad Panamericana, Guadalajara campus. She is a member of the National System of Researchers (Level I).
She holds a Doctor of Law degree from the Universidad Panamericana, Guadalajara campus, which allowed her to earn a Master’s degree in Humanities and Social Sciences from the Universidad Abat Oliba CEU in Barcelona, Spain; she also holds a Master’s degree in the History of Thought from the Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City campus. In addition, she has participated in various educational programs, including those organized by the Institute of Autonomous Studies of the Government of Catalonia and the College of Jalisco, as well as those offered by The Phoenix Institute: Issues in Political Philosophy at Abat Oliba CEU University in Barcelona, Spain; the Summer Program for the Study of Western Institutions at the University of Notre Dame; and Modernity, Relativism, and Cultural Revival at Exeter College, Oxford.
Co-author of *Keys to Understanding Compliance in Mexico* (Tirant lo Blanch, 2024). Editor of *Practical Cases in Ethics for Legal Professionals in Mexico* (Tirant lo Blanch, 2020) and *Mexico and Its Legal System*, published by the American Bar Association, Section of International Law, and Carolina Academic Press (2018). Member of the Board of Directors of the Mexican Bar Association, Jalisco Chapter, A.C. She is a member of the International Association of Legal Ethics. She serves as an academic peer reviewer for the Council for the Accreditation of Legal Education, A.C. (CONAED), where she has evaluated educational institutions in Mexico and Peru.
Her research focuses on legal ethics, compliance, and the teaching of professional ethics—topics she discusses at national and international academic conferences and in various publications. She has participated in international research groups, including one led by Neil W. Hamilton at the Holloran Center for Ethical Leadership in the Professions. She is a guest columnist for the newspapers El Informador and Mural. On the radio, she has served as a commentator on the news program Así las Cosas on W Radio Guadalajara.