Editing and Communications Staff

Lisa McBride, M.F.A.
Senior Editor
lmcbride@ku.edu
(785) 864-6187

Lisa leads CETE’s editing and communications team. In addition to managing editing staff, Lisa also oversees copyright permissions and commissioning of stimuli for the Kansas Assessments, website development, press releases, and grant support.

Candace Bond, M.A.
Editor/Grants Coordinator
candacebond@ku.edu
(785) 864-1597

As Grants Coordinator, Candace supports and coordinates grant proposal development for CETE. Additionally, Candace edits a variety of documents including grant applications, assessments, manuals, research articles, website content, and correspondence.

Tonya Eberhart, M.S.
Editor
teberhart@ku.edu
(785) 864-1594

Tonya serves as the math/science content editor and provides both copyediting and comprehensive editing for a variety of documents including manuals, research articles, website content, and correspondence.

Laurie Harrison, M.S.
Editor
lharrison@ku.edu
(785) 864-1594

Laurie serves as the reading/social studies content editor. She also provides copyediting and comprehensive editing for a variety of documents including manuals, research articles, website content, press releases, and correspondence.

Gina Mengoni, B.F.A.
Graphic Designer/Web Designer
gmengoni@ku.edu
(785) 864-6392

Gina creates images for a wide variety of projects including test items for the Kansas Assessment Program. Gina also designs and creates both web pages and websites for CETE projects.

Michelle Mellen, M.B.A.
Permissions Coordinator
mmellen@ku.edu
(785) 864-6389

Michelle handles all copyright permissions for the Kansas Assessments. She also coordinates commissioned reading passages including soliciting authors, maintaining contracts, and coordinating passage review.

Nathan Reed, B.A.
Information Specialist
njr74@ku.edu
(785) 864-6393

Nathan serves as CETE’s media contact and information specialist. As such, he writes press releases, coordinates and writes web content, and assists with website development.