David A. White has a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Toronto and taught philosophy in colleges and universities from 1967 to 2025. He has written nine books and more than 50 articles in philosophy, literary criticism, and educational theory. In 1985, he received a Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies to study the function of myth in Plato's philosophy. Since 1993, he has taught programs in philosophy for the gifted centers and various magnet schools of the Chicago Public School system, the International Baccalaureate program at Lincoln Park High School in Chicago, and Northwestern University's Center for Talent Development, grades 4-9.