2024 John Aroutiounian Fellows

Given each year to academically and interpersonally outstanding students at Harvard or colleges and universities in the greater Boston area, the John Aroutiounian Fellowship recognizes young men and women of exceptional talent and high motivation who have demonstrated ability in building peer and intergenerational communities of intellectual and moral virtue.

Scarlett Rose Ford, HDS ‘25

Scarlett Rose Ford is a current Master of Theological Studies candidate at Harvard University. She previously attended the University of Alabama, where she received her B.A. in English and Religious Studies. In the interim between degrees, Scarlett Rose did editorial work in Vatican City, where she developed her current research on the history of Eastern Catholicism and trends within American Catholicism. While pursuing her M.T.S., she works as a news correspondent for Harvard Divinity School, a graduate assistant for Religion and Public Life, and a contributing writer for the Catholic publication Aleteia. When not writing, Scarlett Rose enjoys reading, baking, knitting, praying, and ambling around Cambridge.

Alexander Hughes ‘25

Alexander Hughes is a senior studying Government at Harvard College. His academic interests include defense policy, republican theory, and the writings of Abraham Lincoln. He most recently worked as a communications intern for the House Select Committee on the CCP. He was also formerly the editor-in-chief of the Salient, Harvard's student-run conservative magazine, and the president of the Harvard Republican Club. He has been a John Aroutiounian Fellow at AAI for 2 years.

Mathis Bitton, Phd Candidate

Mathis Bitton is a Ph.D. candidate in the Harvard Government Department studying political theory and intellectual history. His interests include Chinese political thought, liberalism and its critics, the politics of technology, and democratic theory. His current work focuses on techno-critical writings in the Western and Chinese traditions. Before graduate school, Mathis co-founded a cybersecurity start-up and received a B.A. in Political Science from Yale College.