About Ramie Tateishi

My role at UC San Diego

I assist students applying to professional and graduate schools with writing-related issues and concerns, from generating and organizing the content of their application essays to developing their sense of grammar and writing style.

My career path

I started working at the Career Services Center on a temporary basis when I was still a graduate student here at UCSD. After I completed my PhD in Literature, I was happy to be hired by the Career Services Center on a permanent basis, and also to continue to teach writing courses here on campus.

The rewards in doing what I do

The best part is when students realize that in order to become better writers, they have to become more critical thinkers - that there's no template or formula you can follow that can make you a good writer - and seeing the resulting improvement in their writing.

My words of wisdom to students

Focus on developing intellectual curiosity as opposed to merely acquiring knowledge, because the latter is meaningless without the former.

In my free time...

I'm reading, writing, watching TV, or playing guitar and/or piano (but not all at the same time).