1958;[1] Chinese: 蔡九迪) is the William R. Kenan Jr.
Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago.
[2] Her areas of interest are Ming-Qing literary and cultural history, with specialties in the classical tale and drama.
[3] Zeitlin is "Among the most active of the literary scholars who focus on women.
"[4] She is the daughter of classics scholar Froma Zeitlin and the sister of the economic historian Jonathan Zeitlin.