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Dr. William Thomas Kaufhold

  • Associate Professor - School of Jrnlism & Mass Comm
Portrait of Dr. William Thomas Kaufhold

Biography and education

Dr. William T. "Kelly" Kaufhold enjoyed a widely diverse career a journalist for 25 years, working in Ohio, Texas and Florida. He has been a reporter, videographer, photographer producer and manager, in radio, TV and at Miami Medicine magazine, and he worked for one of the first online magazines - College Press Network - in 1999. He returned to graduate school in 2002, earning a master's degree in communication studies from the University of Miami and a doctorate in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin.

Teaching Interests

Research Interests

  • Kaufhold, William Thomas (Principal), Percent Contribution: %60, Oskam, Judith B (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %40, Devlin, Michael Brandon (Other). Communication Strategy Implementation Proposal, Texas Department of Health and Human Services, State, $636149.00. (Funded: July 2017 - December 2017). Grant.
  • Kaufhold, William Thomas. Psychological motivations for Tribal Identity in Selective Media Exposure and Issue Attitudes, Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, $8000. (Submitted: December 6, 2020). Grant.
  • Craig, Clay Martin (Other), Kaufhold, William Thomas (Principal), Percent Contribution: %60, Oskam, Judith B (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %40. Communication Strategy Implementation Proposal, Texas Department of Health and Human Services, State, $636149. (Funded: July 2017 - December 2017). Grant.
  • Yunjuan, Luo (Principal), Kaufhold, Kelly (Principal), Autumn, Shafer (Principal). Komen Tissue Bank, A division of the Susan G. Komen Foundation, at Indiana University, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $12500. (Submitted: September 2012, Funded: 2012 - 2016). Grant.
  • Kaufhold, Kelly (Principal). Patricia Witherspoon Research Award for original public service research, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $2000. (Submitted: 2009). Grant.
  • Kaufhold, W. T. (2024). Tribe Trumps Facts: Novel Measures of Hostile Media and Hypocrisy. Electronic News. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/19312431241277960
  • Bello, A., & Kaufhold, K. T. (2023). Power to the People: Social Media as a Catalyst for Political Participation in Nigeria. International Journal of Interactive Communication Systems and Technologies (IJICST), 12(1). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.4018/ijicst.320652
  • Zheng, N., Ng, M. Y. M., Chyi, H. I., & Kaufhold, W. T. (2021). Digital Sustainability: Assessing U.S. Newspapers’ Online Readership with the Multidimensional Attention Model. International Journal on Media Management, 23(3–4), 149–175. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/14241277.2022.2038606
  • Kaufhold, W. T. (2020). What if Newspapers are Still (Slowly) Dying? Newspaper Research Journal, 41(1), 8–63. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/07395329199006
  • Price, D. M., & Kaufhold, W. T. (2019). Bordering on Empathy: The Effect of Selective Exposure on Immigration Attitudes. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 63(3), 494–511. https://doi.org/ttps://doi.org/10.1080/08838151.2019.1659089
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: Top Research Paper, Community Journalism Interest Group, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. August 2021 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Top Reviewer, Media Management, Economics and Entrepreneurship Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. August 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Teaching, School of Journalism and Mass Communication. January 2022 - August 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Teaching, Texas State University. August 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Teaching, Texas State University. August 2019
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  1. Co-Chair

    Broadcasting and Mobile Journalism Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

  2. Other

    School of Journalism and Mass Communication

  3. Member

    Standing Committee on Career Development, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

  4. Member

    Research Enhancement Program Selection Committee

  5. Member

    Graduate Research Fellowships Awards Committee

  6. Member

    Graduate Faculty Committee

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