Alan Silva

Dr. Alan Silva serves as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) with 25 years of higher education experience spanning professorship, associate deanship, Dean of Arts and Sciences, and provost roles. He champions academic excellence, inclusivity, and social justice within Catholic intellectual traditions while overseeing all academic programs through shared governance.

His educational credentials include:

• PhD in English from University of California, Davis
• MA in English from University of California, Davis
• BA in English from California State University, Fresno

As an English professor, his research spans literature, composition, rhetoric, and linguistics with emphasis on student-centered learning in liberal arts frameworks. His work integrates Catholic intellectual traditions with contemporary pedagogical approaches to foster critical thinking and social engagement.

Dr. Silva actively participates in Catholic advisory councils, runs competitively in 5k-15k races, and maintains diverse cultural interests including fiction/poetry reading, film analysis, sports, and audiophile music exploration across multiple genres.