Keru Cai is Lecturer in Chinese Studies at the School of Languages, University of St Andrews. Her research focuses on modern Chinese appropriations from Russian, English, and French literatures. She has published widely on Chinese and comparative literature, in journals such as Modern Language Quarterly, Comparative Literature, Modern Chinese Literature and Culture, Prism: Theory and Modern Chinese Literature, Concentric: Literary and Cultural Studies, and Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, and Reviews. Prior to joining the University of St Andrews, she taught at Penn State University and held a Fellowship by Examination at Magdalen College, University of Oxford.