E.J.R. David was born in the Philippines by Kapampangan and Tagalog parents, and grew up in Pasay, Las Pinas, Makati, and Utkiagvik, Alaska. He lives in Anchorage, Alaska or Dgheyay Kaq - the traditional homelands of the Dena'ina Athabascan People - with his wife Gee'eedoydaalno (Koyukon Athabascan) and their four children - Malakas Betlee’ hoolaanh, Kalayaan Neełnohʉłno, Kaluguran Hoozoonh ts’e kk’ohoo’oyh, and Tala Nodoyedee’onh - and countless relatives and friends. He is a tenured Professor of Psychology at the University of Alaska Anchorage, and has authored multiple books including “Brown Skin, White Minds”, “Internalized Oppression”, “The Psychology of Oppression”, and “We Have Not Stopped Trembling Yet”.