Current Position


Willetta Wyatt Silva, PhD
Adjunct Instructor
Department of Psychology
Villanova University
Villanova, PA 19085-1699

Adjunct Professor
Graduate School of Counseling Studies
Heidelberg College
Sapporo, Japan


 Professor Emeritus
Department of English
Tohoku Gakuin University
Sendai, Japan

Residential/Mailing Address
P. O. Box 1316
Valley Forge, PA  19482-1316
Email:
WMSilva@aol.com

 

Transitional Counseling - Sensible Senior Solutions: This is a community service designed to serve senior citizens. As a transition counselor, Dr. Silva provides counseling services to seniors in addition to offering workshops concerned with the issues of aging. Topical workshops are available that focus on the loss of memory, copying with disabilities in later life, diet and life style management, sexual functioning after sixty, challenges in mating and relating, etc. Individual and group counseling services are available. Please call 610-935-7929.

Seminars Concerning Travel and Residence in Japan
:  Designed for business professionals, students and vacationers or those who are new to the culture.  This seminar is offered periodically or by request.  Individual consultations are available. 

Speaker for University Classes in Cross Cultural Studies, Civic Groups: (Click Here for more information)   One hour slide presentation for those who want to explore the culture in depth from the perspective of a  gaikokujin who has lived there. 

Ikebana Lessons, American Style: Two hour, hands on version of the basic concepts of Japanese Flower Arrangement.

Business Consultation:  This service is available to those individuals who are interested in establishing  business  in Asia.

Counseling Support:  Students from foreign countries studying in this country who are struggling with cross-cultural issues.  First priority will be given to Japanese students affiliated with Villanova University.  Home stays along with visitation to cultural sites can be arranged. 

Location:  Location of seminars and related services will be announced at a later date.   

Academic Credentials : Click Here to View

Certification for American Board of Senior Disability Analysts : Click here to view


            Dr. Willetta Wyatt Silva has worked and lived in Asia for ten years as a professor of English and as a research consultant to medical groups involved in brain imaging in the field of cognitive neuroscience.  Currently, Dr. Silva is involved in teaching at various universities in the US and Japan.   She resides in Valley Forge, PA.  For information about the seminars and workshops, please contact the email address listed.  


Publications: This section consists of conference papers published while in Japan.

Conference Program: Functional Imaging of Metabolism in Vivo in Humans. Japanese Society of Positron Medicine.

Click Pages to View Conference Program: Front Cover, Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4

Click Here to View Conference Documentation: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5

Click Here to View Writings:  
Regional Activations During Processing of Japanese Ideograms
Tohoku University; Division of Language Education, Tohoku Gakuin University
The First Seoul International Conference on Phonetic Sciences