David DeRuiter
Research Manager
Bio
David DeRuiter joined the C4i in August 2025 as a Research Manager. He graduated from Yale in 2024 with a double major in Comparative Literature and Theater Studies and was awarded the Cohen Postgraduate Fellowship for a year of public service activity. He spent the year in San José, where he taught improv comedy to middle school students from low-income families and worked as a Spanish-English medical interpreter.
When not working, David can be found chucking threes at your local pickup basketball game.