David Scott-Macnab is Honorary Professor at the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Bristol. He has held academic positions in departments of English at North-West University, the University of Johannesburg, the University of Pretoria, the University of Sydney, and the University of Würzburg. He has also been a Visiting Scholar at Arizona State University, and in 2024 he was Leverhulme Visiting Professor at the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Bristol.