Laila Abdalla
Associate Dean, Graduate Studies and Research
Phone: (509) 963-3101
E-mail: abdallal@cwu.edu

Julie Guggino
Associate Director, Research and Sponsored Programs
Phone: (509) 963-2640
E-mail: GugginoJ@cwu.edu

Julie serves as the university's research administrator/associate director of research. She assists faculty and staff in identifying external funding sources, aids in the grant writing process, especially the development of budgets, and ensures that grants are submitted on time and in compliance with University requirements. She also serves as the fiscal and office manager for Graduate Studies and Research. Julie has been employed at CWU since 1986. She received her M.S. from CWU in 1992.

Dawn Muzzall
Program Coordinator, Post Admissions
Phone: (509) 963-3108
E-mail: MuzzallD@cwu.edu

Dawn serves as the Post Admissions Program Coordinator in the Graduate Office. She assists master's students with the policies and procedures, required forms, graduation, posting degrees and thesis processing. She also handles the graduate faculty recommendation process and assists the Graduate Council committee.

Justine Eason
Program Coordinator, Graduate Admissions
Phone: (509) 963-3108
E-mail: EasonJ@cwu.edu

Justine serves as the graduate admissions program coordinator. She assists students and faculty throughout the application/admissions process. She also manages the on-leave program, assists in recruitment efforts and provides back up for the post admissions coordinator.

Diane Houser
Program Assistant
Phone: (509) 963-3102
E-mail: HouserD@cwu.edu

Diane is a program assistant in the Office of Graduate Studies and Research. She has been an employee of the university since 2002. She coordinates graduate student financial affairs: assistantships, financial aid, insurance, and travel awards for attending conferences and meetings.

Lila Harper
Program Assistant
Phone: (509) 963-3102
E-mail: HarperL@cwu.edu

Dr. Harper serves as the thesis editor. She has taught at Central for 20 years in the English department and also teaches in Computer Science and in the Douglas Honors program. Her job is to provide documentation and writing guidance to the graduate students and review the theses once they are completed for adherence to the thesis regulations, along with documentation, formatting, research methodology, and writing correctness. She completed her Ph.D. from the University of Oregon in 1996 with a focus on Victorian science and literature.