David Alff

David Alff is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University at Buffalo (SUNY-Buffalo), College of Arts and Sciences. His research focuses on 17th and 18th-century Anglophone writing and performance, infrastructure, public works, and the cultural implications of projects and projection.

• PhD in English from the University of Pennsylvania (2012)
• Academic affiliations: SUNY-Buffalo, University of Pennsylvania
• Editorial roles: Co-editing special issues on infrastructure (Eighteenth-Century Studies) and Histories of Science (University of Virginia Press)

His research explores how infrastructure shapes human experience through literary and historical analysis. Recent work examines transportation networks, public works as narrative constructs, and the intersection of finance and fiction in 18th-century Britain.

While none of his publications explicitly focus on scientific awards, his scholarly contributions have been recognized through invitations to speak at prestigious institutions like Harvard, Yale, and Columbia. His academic output includes books and articles in leading journals such as Critical Inquiry, ELH, and PMLA.