Professor of political science at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania Shannan Mattiace, will speak at Central College’s Commencement ceremony this Saturday at 2 p.m. at Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium.

Mattiace, a 1990 Central graduate, has been with Allegheny since 1999. She teaches courses on Latin American politics, specifically Mexico. A native of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Mattiace studied political science and Spanish at Central and received both her master’s degree and Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. While at Central, she studied abroad in Yucatán, Mexico, and London, England. She also participated on the women’s tennis team and was inducted into the Athletics Hall of Honor in 2011.

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