Fr. David Alexander is an Archpriest of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America and a longtime student and associate of Professor Renos Papadopoulos, founder of the Centre for Trauma, Asylum and Refugees (CTAR) at the University of Essex in the United Kingdom. After completing his Ph.D. at Essex under the supervision of Professor Papadopoulos and Archimandrite Nikolai Sakharov, Fr. David served for nine years as a fellow at CTAR, traveling throughout the world with Professor Papadopoulos and collaborating in refugee care, research, writing and teaching, organizational consultation, and clinical and academic supervision. His 2025 book, "Leaping Into the Hands of God: Lessons from My Teachers on Hypostatic Spiritual Care" (SVS Press), presents the foundational principles he received from his teachers during those years.

Fr. David is also a graduate of St. Vladimir's Seminary. He has worked full-time with survivors of natural disasters, political violence, and other acute forms of adversity for more than twenty years, and has participated in crisis response, relief and development efforts on six continents. He holds multiple professional licences, certifications and subspecialties related to trauma and crisis care, and is the author of more than twenty book chapters and peer-reviewed articles in the fields of refugee care, trauma care, spiritual care in crisis, and caregiver supervision. His work is particularly shaped by hypostatic theology and its implications for understanding the fundamental questions of care between persons.