María del Pilar Sánchez Barajas (Mexico, 1987) holds a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from the Universidad Panamericana 2010), as well as a Master’s and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (2016 and 2022, both with honors). She completed one year of doctoral studies at the University of Lisbon (from 2018 to 2019). She conducted a research fellowship at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana (January 2024).
She 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 served as editor of the book “Naturalizing Practical Philosophy: Ethics in Dialogue with the Neurosciences.” She has published several articles on the ethical and political implications of emotions. She has worked as a professor at the Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City campus, since 2011; she is currently a professor and researcher in the Department of Humanities at the Universidad Panamericana, Guadalajara campus. She has participated in the creation and development of various ITED courses.
She has presented at several international conferences, including those held in Braga (2019), Barcelona (2013), Ávila (2023), and Rome (2025). She has been a candidate for the SNI research fellowship since 2023.
She has served as a reviewer for applications to the Master’s and Ph.D. programs in Philosophy at UNAM, as a reviewer for SECIHTI projects, as a reviewer for philosophical research publications for Editorial NUN, and as a reviewer for the journal *Efemérides Mexicana*. She currently serves as an advisor for two Ph.D. dissertations in Philosophy at UNAM.
Áreas de Investigación
- Emociones e intersubjetividad, desde el análisis filosófico en el campo de la Ética, la Política y la Antropología filosófica