Vesta Silva
Title: Associate Professor
Department: Communication Arts/Theatre
Degrees: B.A., Indiana University (Indianapolis); M.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa
Email: vsilva@allegheny.edu
Phone: 332-4385
Office Location: VCCA 303
Office Hours:
MF 11:00-12:00
Tu 10:00-12:00
W 12:00-1:30
Learning Commons: M 7:00-9:00
Others by appointment
Vesta Silva is an Associate Professor of Communication Arts and the Director of
Speech at Allegheny College. She recieved her PhD in Communication Studies with a focus on Rhetoric and Cultural Studies from the University of Iowa in 2004. Her research and teaching focus on questions of health, gender, and identity in contemporary popular culture. Silva also provides faculty support and development for Allegheny’s FS program and directs the Speech Center which provides student peer speech mentoring as part of Allegheny’s Learning Commons.
