Portrait of Dr. William Thomas Kaufhold

Dr. William Thomas Kaufhold

  • Associate Professor at School of Jrnlism & Mass Comm, College of Fine Arts & Communication

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Co-Chair, Broadcasting and Mobile Journalism Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. August 2023 - Present.
  • Interim Program Coordinator, Electronic Media, School of Journalism and Mass Communication. February 2023 - Present.
  • Member, Standing Committee on Career Development, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. December 2021 - Present.
  • Member, Research Enhancement Program Selection Committee. October 2021 - Present.
  • Member, Graduate Research Fellowships Awards Committee. August 2021 - Present.
  • Member, Graduate Faculty Committee. August 2019 - Present.
  • Member, Personnel Committee. August 2019 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journalism and Mass Communication Educator (Journal). 2015 - Present.
  • Member, Center for Communication, Collaboration and Creativity (C3) Advisory Board. January 1, 2015 - Present.
  • Member, Communication Technology and Mass Communication and Society Divisions. August 2014 - Present.
  • Member, President's committee on the audience, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. August 2014 - Present.
  • Member, Media Management and Economics, Association for Education in Journalism and Electronic Media. March 2013 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly (Journal). 2012 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Mass Communication and Society (Journal). 2012 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Electronic News (Journal). 2010 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. May 2010 - Present.
  • Member, Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication. March 2008 - Present.

2024

  • President, Southwest Education Council for Journalism and Mass Communication (SWECJMC). October 2023 - October 2024.
  • Southwest Education Council for Journalism and Mass Communication (SWECJMC). September 2022 - October 2024.

2023

  • Vice President, Southwest Education Council for Journalism and Mass Communication (SWECJMC). October 2022 - October 2023.
  • Chair, Center for Communication, Collaboration and Creativity (C3) Advisory Board. August 2019 - May 2023.

2021

  • Member, QEP Task Force, undergraduate research. February 2018 - May 2021.

2019

  • Member, Bobcat Day, Fall 2019. November 23, 2019.
  • Chair, Midwinter Conference, Mass Communication and Society Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. August 2014 - March 2019.

2018

  • Member, STAR Park Strategic Plan Advisory Committee. February 5, 2016 - December 2018.
  • Division Research Co-Chair, Midwinter Conference Chair, Media Management, Economics and Entrepreneurship Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. August 2017 - August 2018.
  • Co-Chair, Media Management, Economics and Entrepreneurship Division, AEJMC. August 2017 - August 2018.

2017

  • Participant, Bobcat Day, Fall 2017. October 21, 2017.
  • Member, Joint Ph.D. program organizing committee between Communication Studies and SJMC. April 2017 - September 2017.
  • Member, University Leadership Assembly. August 1, 2015 - May 2017.

2015

  • Member, Distance learning committee for the graduate program, College of Media and Communication. August 2014 - December 2015.
  • Member, Curriculum committee, College of Media and Communication, Texas Tech University. August 2013 - December 2015.
  • Member, Community outreach committee. August 2012 - December 2015.
  • Member, Graduate faculty, College of Media and Communication, Texas Tech University. January 2012 - December 2015.

2012

  • Member, Committee to re-name the Texas Tech University College of Mass Communications to the College of Media and Communication. January 2012 - May 2012.
  • Faculty judge, Texas Tech University Undergraduate Research Conference, held every spring. March 2012.

2011

  • Founding member, Community, Journalism and Communication Research group. January 2008 - May 2011.

2010

  • Member, Electronic News Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. April 2008 - August 2010.
  • Visiting Lecturer, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. Teaching Agenda Setting with Maxwell McCombs, Ph.D. June 2010.
  • Founding editor, ReportingTexas.com. August 2009 - May 2010.