Information
Sunny Skye Hughes specializes in teaching online public speaking. She began teaching public speaking in 2004 at the University of Florida and has taught courses in mass communications, telecommunications, journalism and media law at top schools in Maine and Florida.
Her research focuses on online education and press-government relations. She is specifically interested in the chilling effect of domestic government surveillance on free speech, free assembly, free press and the right to petition the government for redress.
She has worked as a reporter in both public television and radio, as well as a producer for commercial television news. Hughes produced the "Government in the Sunshine" video for the Brechner Center for Freedom of Information in 2004. She also produced a documentary called "The Way It Is: The State of Journalism in Maine" that aired on the Maine Public Broadcasting Network in 2010.
Hughes has presented research at conferences organized by the Surveillance Studies Network, the Broadcast Education Association (BEA), the National Communication Association (NCA) and the American Educators in Journalism & Mass Communication (AEJMC).
Hughes spends her free time with her poodles: Jackson, Judith & Juniper.
You can learn more about Dr. Hughes at her website.
Education
B.S. in Journalism from Texas A&M University
M.S. in Telecommunications from University of Florida
Ph.D. in Mass Communication from University of Florida
Office Hours
Office Hours are held virtually through Canvas.
Message in Canvas LMS to contact and arrange hours.
Courses
SPC 2608 Introduction to Public Speaking