Jacqueline Peschard Mariscal is a Mexican sociologist who specializes in electoral integrity and democracy studies. She was President Commissioner of the Federal Institute for Access to Public Information from 2009 until 2013. She also served as Counselor to the

Instituto Nacional Electoral The Instituto Nacional Electoral (INE) (Spanish for ''National Electoral Institute'') (formerly Federal Electoral Institute) (, IFE) is an autonomous, public agency responsible for organizing federal elections in Mexico, that is, those relat ...

from 1997 to 2003. In 2010, she was elected president of the Iberoamerican Network of Data Protection (RIPD), which is a forum for promoting the universal right to data protection across Latin America. She currently teaches at the

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México The National Autonomous University of Mexico (, UNAM) is a public university, public research university in Mexico. It has several campuses in Mexico City, and many others in various locations across Mexico, as well as a presence in nine countri ...

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Education

Peschard has bachelor's and master's degrees from

UNAM The National Autonomous University of Mexico (, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It has several campuses in Mexico City, and many others in various locations across Mexico, as well as a presence in nine countries. It also has 34 ...

and a doctorate from

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Research

She has taught at

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, the

Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México The Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (), commonly known as ITAM, is a private university located in Mexico City. It is one of Mexico's most important institutions of higher learning; highly prestigious in the social sciences. It is a ...

and the

. She has been a member of the

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Level II since October 2004. In 2004, she was an advisor to the

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Electoral Assistance Division on election stability in

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Published works

*''Transparencia: Promesas y Desafíos (Grandes Problemas)'' (El Colegio de México Press, 2017), *''Mexico's Democratic Challenges: Politics, Government, and Society'' (Stanford University Press, 2010), *''El Federalismo Electoral en Mexico'' (Miguel Angel Porrua, 2008), *''2 de Julio Reflexiones y Alternativas'' (UNAM Press, 2007), *''Hacia la Sociología'' (Addison Wesley Longman, March 2000),

External links

Right to Know by Jacqueline Peschard

References

Living people Mexican sociologists Mexican women sociologists National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni Academic staff of the National Autonomous University of Mexico Academic staff of El Colegio de México Academic staff of the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México Year of birth missing (living people) Mexican women academics {{North America-sociologist-stub