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
Alex Hughes ('25) of Marshall, Michigan concentrates in Government at Harvard College. He is interested in defense policy and the political theory of republican citizenship. He is the editor-in-chief of the Salient, Harvard's student-run conservative magazine, which works to promote open debate and intellectual rigor on campus. He is also the president emeritus of the Harvard Republican Club.
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.