Norah Rami

My research interests focus on the political implication of storytelling. I study English with a Concentration in Critical Theory and Political Science with a Concentration in Political Theory. I have previously worked for the Computational Social Science Lab Penn Media Accountability Project as a research assistant. I have also previously worked for the Penn Digital Humanities lab as a research assistant on Dr. Brent Cebul's project regarding mortgage equity distribution post World War II. In 2023, I received the Universe in Verse prize from the Kelly Writers House to do research on visually representing spoken word poetry through linguistic analysis. My current field research on the literary market of College Street in Kolkata, India is funded by the Center for Advanced Study of India, Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, Penn South Asian Center, and Vitale Digital Media Lab. My previous work experience includes interning as a Fox Fellow at CHILD USA as well as teaching poetry at Writers in the Schools. I currently work at the Marks Writing Center as a Penn Writing Fellow. I am the digital managing editor of Penn's Arts and Culture Magazine 34th Street. During the school year, I also write obituaries for homicide victims in Philadelphia through The Philly Obituary Project. My writing can be found in The New York Times, Teen Vogue, and the Philadelphia Citizen.

• Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting Fellow
• Penn Computational Social Science Lab Research Assistant
• Universe in Verse Prize Winner