Office: TECH 123
Front Desk: 281.290.5273
This program enables students to competently communicate ideas to others. To do this, students are taught skills in a variety of behaviors and the ability to choose the best approach for a given situation. Hence, the speech program instructors teach a variety of courses in order to increase students’ skills in being effective communicators.
Faculty and Staff
| Fay Lee Dean 281.290.3406 Office: TECH 123-F |
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| Melanie Steel Department Chair 281.290.3906 Office: HSC2 250-O |
Professor Melanie Steel has been a full time faculty member in the Speech Department at Lone Star College-CyFair since January 2013. Along with teaching a full course load, Professor Steel works with the Center for Civic Engagement where she focuses on Deliberative Dialogues. Through one Civic Engagement initiative, Professor Steel and colleagues trained student moderators and held timely Dialogues in STEM classrooms centered around relevant course topics. Additionally, Professor Steel teaching an Honors Public Speaking course focused on Civic Engagement and Public Advocacy. Professor Steel received a Bachelor’s Degree in Telecommunications from Baylor University, a Master’s Degree in Public Relations from the University of Houston, and a Master’s Degree in Organizational Communication and Leadership from Gonzaga University. |
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Professor
Click here for Professor Pruden’s Introduction Video
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Sunnye Pruden is a 20-year veteran professor of speech communication at Lone Star College and a Founding Faculty member of the LSC-CF campus. She earned her B.A. in Speech Communication from Trinity University in San Antonio, and a M.A. in Speech Communication from Texas A&M University. Sunnye’s teaching philosophy can be summed up in one word: CONNECTION. Students learn when they are connected to each other, to the course material and to their instructor. Towards that end, she works to create a warm and inviting classroom environment (both face-to-face and online) where students feel safe to learn and practice new ways of reaching others through more effective communication. |
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Professor
Click here for Professor Villarreal’s Introduction Video
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Shelby Villarreal is proud to call Texas her home and spent all of her grade school years just around the corner from our Lone Star College campus. She received her undergraduate degree in Communication from Texas A&M University and completed her graduate degree in Communication Studies from Sam Houston State University. Many of her experiences, including teaching at Tsinghua University in Beijing and working in Washington, D.C. led her to pursue her dream of becoming a Communication Professor. She is grateful to have found the perfect home to live out that dream at Lone Star College. In addition to her passion for communication and education, she loves spending time with all of her family including her husband and their two daughters. Shelby has been with Lone Star College since 2015 and plans to continue to grow and share her love of speech here for as long as possible. |