UP Campus: Guadalajara

  • María José Gómez Ruiz

    María José Gómez Ruiz

    She holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City Campus. Her bachelor’s thesis received the Mexican Philosophical Association’s award for the best undergraduate thesis in philosophy nationwide. She holds a master’s degree in philosophy from the University of Cambridge and is a former Cambridge Trust fellow.

    She holds a master’s degree in Political Science from the University of Oxford and is a former CONACyT fellow. She has been a member of the Institute of Humanities at the Universidad Panamericana, Guadalajara Campus, for 13 years. There, she has taught courses in the History of Culture, the Individual and Society, Ethics, Social Philosophy, and Political Philosophy, and serves as a professor and advisor for the Anthropology and Ethics specialization.

    She has served as head of the Academy of Social and Political Philosophy and the Academy of Anthropology and Ethics. In addition, she has been a visiting professor in the School of Philosophy at the Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City Campus.

    Her areas of expertise are political philosophy—particularly the theory of democracy, the thought of John Locke, and feminist philosophy. She also has research interests and publications on the teaching of the liberal arts.

  • María Guadalupe Martínez-Fisher

    María Guadalupe Martínez-Fisher

    She holds a B.A. in Philosophy and a M.A. in Pedagogy from the Universidad Panamericana, where she graduated with honors. She has completed her doctoral studies at UAM Iztapalapa and FernUniversität (Hagen, Germany). Her research project dealt with Kantian philosophy of law. She was a DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) scholarship holder and has become the first student of the Humanities postgraduate program at UAM to obtain a double degree in philosophy.

    She has published several articles on practical philosophy both in Mexico and abroad. She has been a professor in different national and international universities teaching subjects such as anthropology, ethics, sociology and social philosophy. Since 2014 she is a member of the Society of Kantian Studies in Spanish Language (SEKLE) and of the Steering Committee of the journal Open Insight (journal recognized by CONACyT). She has been Deputy Director of Research and Projects of the Instituto de Investigaciones Parlamentarias del Congreso de la CDMX, member of its Academic Council and Technical Secretary of its Board of Directors.

  • María del Pilar Sánchez Barajas

    María del Pilar Sánchez Barajas

    María del Pilar Sánchez Barajas (Mexico, 1987). Degree in Philosophy from the Universidad Panamericana (2010), Master and PhD in Philosophy from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (2016 and 2022, both with Honorable Mention). She completed a year of PhD study at the Universidade de Lisboa, from 2018 to 2019. She has participated as a researcher in the PAPIIT Project "Naturalizing Ethics: contributions and problems of the neurocognitive turn for contemporary moral philosophy" (IN402715) (2016 and 2017) and as coordinator of the book "Naturalizing Practical Philosophy. Ethics in Dialogue with Neurosciences". She has published several articles around the topics of the ethical and political implications of Narrative Identity and Emotions and Edith Stein's thought. She has worked as a professor at Universidad Panamericana, in Mexico City, and is currently a professor and researcher in the Department of Humanities at Universidad Panamericana, campus Guadalajara.

    He has participated in international congresses and colloquia such as "Rethinking the Past. Memory/Archive/DocumentArts and Arquitecture", of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, in Lisbon (November 2018), "A culpa e o Tempo", of the Faculty of Law of Coimbra (November 2018), in the 4th Colloquium of History of Ethical and Political Philosophy, in Braga (with the paper entitled "After fair forgiveness", in January 2019), the VII International Congress of the IASPES - "Thinking Education: Edith Stein" (with the paper entitled "Formation at the individual and community level. The specific case of the university"), and at X International Congress of Philosophy of Education - CIFE 2023 "Philosophies for the university" in Barcelona (with the paper entitled "The foreign and the own. A reflection on the university based on Edith Stein's concept of empathy").

    Her main research topics are emotions and intersubjectivity, from the philosophical analysis in the field of Ethics, Politics and Philosophical Anthropology. She is a researcher candidate for the SIN since 2023.

  • Maria del Pilar Guadalajara Labiaga

    Maria del Pilar Guadalajara Labiaga

    ACADEMIC DATA

    Master's Degree in History of Thought at Universidad Panamericana campus Mx, with the thesis "Manual Labor in Mexico and the Decline of the Guilds".

    Bachelor's Degree in Institutional Management from Universidad Panamericana CDMX.
    Specialty in Gastronomy in 2017

    Management Skills Program by IPADE (D1) in 2013 and has been a participant of the
    Continuity since then to date.

    Courses, seminars, diploma courses and updates on topics related to Protocol, PR, and the world of events, as well as in the area of Humanities.

    EMPLOYMENT DATA

    Currently a full time professor in the area of Humanities at the UP Guadalajara campus.

    Until March 2022 he was responsible for the design, opening and management of the Postgraduate Programs in Hospitality at UP Campus Guadalajara, implementing 3 Masters and 3 Specialties, one of them interdisciplinary with the area of Communication and PR and another with a double degree with the International School of Protocol, in Spain.

    Professor for several years at UP undergraduate and postgraduate programs.

    Responsible for more than 20 years for the department in charge of training, education and development of personnel operating in hospital services throughout the Republic.

    Speaker and lecturer in different forums on topics related to service quality, hospital attitude, work, and others related to human development and personal growth.

  • María del Carmen Guerra Arias

    María del Carmen Guerra Arias

    Maricarmen Guerra Arias has a Bachelor's Degree in Education with a major in Educational Psychology. She studied a Master's Degree in Family Sciences at the Higher Institute of Family Studies with official recognition from the Pontifical Institute of Rome and the Anahuac University of Mexico.

    She has worked in various educational institutions for 30 years as a teacher and director.
    She was a counselor collaborating for five years in the assignment of adoption, guardianship and custody cases in Jalisco by the State Family Council (2003-2008).

    She is currently dedicated to personal and family consulting while coordinating the Humanities Teaching Strengthening project at Universidad Panamericana.

    She collaborated in the implementation of a Parent Training Project through the digital platform: SOFI for Parents - Operational System for Integral Training.

    She collaborated in the design and implementation of the Affective Intervention Model (Family Formation Program for families in Hermosillo, Sonora) (2017-2018).

    She has been a lecturer on various educational topics, family training in educational institutions.

    She has participated in several radio and television programs on educational topics and human and family formation.

    He has taught the Entrepreneurship Skills Workshop class (2016-2017) at Universidad Panamericana Campus Guadalajara.

    He has also taught the Ethics in Humanities class (2020-present) at Universidad Panamericana Campus Guadalajara.

    Since July 2022, she has been the Academic Coordinator of Humanities at Universidad Panamericana Campus Guadalajara.

  • Manuel Ocampo Ponce

    Manuel Ocampo Ponce

    Dental Surgeon from the Universidad Latinoamericana. D. in Philosophy from Universidad La Salle, Master in Humanities and Doctor in Philosophy from Centro Universitario de la Ciudad de México in scientific collaboration with the Fondation de Recherches et D'Editions de Philosophie Neohellenique de Atenas, Master in Bioethics from Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones de Bioética; He also holds a PhD in Philosophy and Letters from the Universidad Anahuac del Sur and has a Postdoctorate in Philosophy from the Centro Universitario de la Ciudad de México as well as studies in Theology at the Universidad La Salle and the Sapientia Institute.

    He is Associate Vice President for life and has been president of the Mexican Society of Philosophy founded by José Vasconcelos. President of the International Thomas Aquinas Society of Mexico. Corresponding Member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas. Academician of Number in the Hispano-American Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters corresponding to the Spanish Royal Academy. Extraordinary Professor of the University F.A.S.T.A., Mar del Plata, Argentina.

    Founder and Director of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of Universidad Anáhuac del Sur. Founder and Director of the Faculty of Human Sciences of the Universidad Simón Bolívar and Academic Vice Rector of the Universidad Simón Bolívar. He is currently Research Professor at the Institute of Humanities of the Universidad Panamericana and Director of the Center for Bioethics Studies and Research CEIB. He participates in various national and international media. He is a member of the National System of Researchers Level 1.

    He has received numerous national and international awards and is the author of seven books and more than 100 articles published in specialized scientific journals and portals in Europe, the United States and Latin America. He has been an undergraduate and graduate professor at different universities including UNAM, ITAM, ITESM, Universidad Anahuac and Universidad Panamericana.
    He has lectured extensively in Mexico and abroad.

  • Luz Imelda Acedo Moreno

    Luz Imelda Acedo Moreno

    Lucy Acedo studied Philosophy at UP Mexico, and received her PhD from the University of Navarra. She also studied a Master in Educational Sciences at the Rome campus of the University of Navarra, and began her studies for a Licenza in Theology at the Pontifical University of Santa Croce in Rome. He received his doctorate in Sacred Theology from the same University.

    He has several publications in Philosophy, Educational Sciences and Theology. He is especially interested in the relationship between Philosophy and Theology, and -within the latter- Sacramental Theology, as well as the educational lines of both sciences, how these supreme sciences can be taught, and how the unity of knowledge is achieved from any discipline.

    Among his main publications are "The immanent divine activity", where he seeks to present where human reason can reach about the intelligence of God, based on the Commentaries of St. Thomas Aquinas to the Aristotelian works. It is part of his doctoral thesis in Philosophy. And "Union with Christ in the sacraments. The contribution of St. Thomas in the Contra Gentiles to sacramental theology", complete thesis edited by the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross. And published by Editorial NUN as a book with the same title (2023).

  • Laura Yadira Munguía Ochoa

    Laura Yadira Munguía Ochoa

    Yadira Munguía holds a PhD in Hispanic American Literature from the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, a master's degree in Mexican Literature from BUAP, a master's degree in History of Mexico from the University of Guadalajara, a specialist in Anthropology and Ethics, a specialist in Didactic Competencies from Universidad Panamericana and a bachelor's degree in Hispanic Literature from the UdeG. She is currently a research professor category B at Universidad Panamericana and a member of the National System of Researchers level I. Professor of Subject category B of the Bachelor's Degree in Hispanic Literature at the University of Guadalajara. Member of important international research associations such as UC-Mexicanistas, AITENSO, Institut IIS, and AEGS. She is the author of the critical edition: Enigmas offered to the Sovereign Assembly of the House of Pleasure, by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. She is also the author of several scientific articles in international journals of academic prestige and book chapters in national and international publications. Her research interests are the literature and history of New Spain and the Spanish Golden Age, with special reference to Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.

  • Josemaría Ochoa García

    Josemaría Ochoa García

    She decided to study a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting at UPGDL when she finished high school. His professional dedication is teaching, which he is so passionate about, that is why he decided to study a Master's Degree in Pedagogy at UP. He has been a professor of accounting subjects and now he is a professor of HUMANITIES subjects.

    To prepare himself, he has studied and deepened in philosophical, anthropological and theological topics. He studied at the UP, the Specialty in Anthropology and Ethics. He keeps himself permanently updated in philosophical and theological studies.

    He worked at Colegio Altamira, and it was during this time that he completed the Diploma in Educational Centers Management at PROCEO A.C. He was part of the Board of Directors of that school, and was a teacher in elementary, middle and high school.

    He gives conferences to parents, young people and adolescents, as well as occasionally participates in radio and television programs on topics related to social responsibility and the family, among others.

    Since June 2006, she has been promoting and coordinating a program to help street children and their families, called Codo con Codo (Elbow to Elbow).

    He is an Advisor to the Construye UP Project, which supports UP Operations personnel in their housing.

    Promotes and participates in Rural Promotions in low-income communities; involves university students in visits to people in need or vulnerable groups, such as the Civil Hospital of Guadalajara, Hogares de la Caridad (children and young people with cerebral palsy), among others.

    He has been working at UP for more than 19 years, where he is currently Professor at the Institute of Humanities of UP. He is University Advisor of our house of studies. In addition, he completed 29 years as a professor.

  • José Roberto Rojas Tapia

    José Roberto Rojas Tapia

    José Roberto Roberto Rojas Tapia is Director of the Institute of Humanities at the GDL Campus and a member of the Board of Directors of the University. He is part of the Identity and Values Committee at intercampus level and a member of the Campus Crisis Management Committee.

    He holds a degree in Administration and Finance from Universidad Panamericana, where he obtained -with honorable mention- a specialist degree in Anthropology and Ethics. He also has a specialty in Bioethics from the Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones en Bioética and a Master's degree in History of Thought from Universidad Panamericana , where he also received an honorable mention. His second Master's degree was from the University of Navarra in Marriage and Family.

    He is a graduate of IPADE's Senior Management Program, AD1.

    Rojas is currently pursuing his doctoral studies in Humanities at the ABAT OLIBA University in Barcelona, Spain, where he expects to defend his doctorate in 2024.

  • José Enrique Ávila Palet

    José Enrique Ávila Palet

    José Enrique Avila Palet is a full time professor and researcher at the Institute of Humanities, he teaches History of Universal Culture and Contemporary History in all careers (they are two mandatory Humanities subjects of the common core) in the first and seventh semester of the Universidad Panamericana, Campus Guadalajara since 2013. He advised and directed master's theses in Education at Universidad TecVirtual for 7 years. He has been dedicated to public and private education for more than 30 years, as a teacher and director of different educational institutions. He worked in the area of Education in the Municipal Government of Guadalajara and in the Government of the State of Jalisco for 10 years. He is a researcher in Education and History of Mexico and Spain. He has published more than 20 articles on History and Education in different prestigious journals and has been evaluator and reviewer of numerous research articles. He has a B.A. in Geography and History from the University of Navarra, a M.A. in Education from ITESM (Monterrey, Mexico), and a Ph.D. in Arts and Humanities from the University of Navarra (Pamplona, Spain), he is also a member of the SNI level I (National System of Researchers of Mexico) and collaborates with some international research groups such as the Institute of Culture and Society of the University of Navarra.