Ariel Kohn

Ariel Kohn attends Harvard College concentrating in Social Studies and Philosophy, with a focus on trust in American higher education. She is a founding member and student co-chair of Intellectual Vitality at Harvard, an initiative dedicated to fostering humility, respect, and genuine curiosity among students to encourage meaningful learning from one another. As a member of the student advisory board for the Mindich Program for Engaged Scholarship and the Harvard College Honor Council, Ari works to create opportunities for students to reflect on their humanity and education through the lens of active citizenship. Ari’s intellectual pursuits center on institutional trust, which she has explored through research with Harvard Business School professor Leslie Perlow, as well as internships at the American Enterprise Institute and the U.S. Treasury Department. She is particularly interested in how dialogue about the Middle East can serve as a foundation for building trust and effective problem-solving.