Ted Scarr studied liberal arts at the University of Melbourne, graduating with double-Honours in Literature and Philosophy in 2004. He has served in the Army, completing operational deployments to the Pacific and the Middle East where he was awarded a commendation medal for meritorious service. Ted completed a multi-disciplinary PhD at ANU in 2012 and spent a few years teaching and undertaking research at the Australian National University before completing the prestigious Parliamentary Fellowship where he wrote a report for Parliament on military mental health. Recently Ted has run a busy and successful management consulting company, providing strategic advice to Federal Government Departments. With his St John’s College, Annapolis, Scholarship, Ted will undertake the College’s renowned two-year Master of Arts in Liberal Arts degree and be mentored to secure and participate in an area of interest in Washington, D.C. In the future Ted hopes to pursue a career combining his interests in politics and writing.