2026 Outstanding Alumna
Carol Tateishi ’64, MA ’90
Long-time educator, Carol Tateishi taught English for 20 years in local schools before serving another 20 years as Director of UC Berkeley’s Bay Area Writing Project (BAWP), where she focused on educational reform and teacher leadership. During her tenure, she helped design the California Department of Education’s first statewide writing assessment and, nationally, in collaboration with NASA, coordinated the development of NASA’s first curriculum materials integrating literacy and science instruction. With a strong interest in youth programming, she started BAWP’s Young Writers Summer Camps, which continue to serve students throughout the Bay Area. After retiring in 2009, she continued this work internationally by establishing and directing youth literacy camps in Seoul, Singapore and Shenzhen, China. Carol served on the JAWAUCB board, including a term as board chair.