Judith T. Zeitlin (b. 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. In 2011 she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.[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.[3]