Dora Elvira García González
Dora Elvira García González is a Mexican professor and researcher with the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Studies (Tec de Monterrey) as well as director of the humanities school of the Mexico City Campus. Her research work has been recognized by Level II membership in the Mexico’s Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. Career. García González received a bachelor's degree from the Universidad Iberoamericana in 1980, followed by a master's and doctorate from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in philosophy in 1993 and 1998 respectively. Her academic specialties in ethics, political philosophy, hermeneutics  and philosophy of culture. She has taught at the undergraduate level at the Tec de Monterrey, Autonomous University of Campeche, the University of Granada, Spain, the Universidad Iberoamericana and the Universidad Intercontinental. At the graduate level, she has taught since 1998 courses on multiculturalism, contemporary ethics, entrepreneurial philosophy, philosophical research, philosophy of the social sciences, cultural analysis and more at Tec de Monterrey and other institutions. She has been a visiting scholar at the University of Granada, Spain, the National University of Comahue and the University of Barcelona. She began her career teaching with the Universidad Iberoamericana from 1980 to  1985, then was a full-time professor and researcher at the Universidad Intercontinental from 1985 to 2003, creating the masters program in philosophy and criticism in 1996. Research projects have included the inclusion of women in Mexico's military academies for SEDENA in 2008, coordinating the justice and human rights project (2013), a multiculturalism seminar at UNAM from 2002 to 2004, a project on philosophical rhetoric in 2001 and 2002, "Philosophy and cultural criticism" with CONACYT in 2001 and with the Universidad Intercontinental from 1999 to 2004 and participation with the Círculo de Hermenéutica group from 1995 to 2001 on  various projects. Her research work has been recognized by the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores with Level II membership. She is currently the director of the humanities department of the Tec de Monterrey, Mexico City Campus, serving also as the academic leader of strategic projects in humanities since 2009 and the coordinator of the UNESCO group in ethics and human rights at the campus. García González has worked as a consultant for various banks, in education and in hospitals and other medical organizations. In 2007, she founded a journal called En-claves del pensamiento with the Humanities and Social Sciences Division  of the Tec de Monterrey which she still directs. According to her curriculum she also speaks English, French, Italian and German.