 Several of Cesereanu's studies deal with the impact of the communist regime on Romanian culture and society, and in particular with the history of repression and penal labor.She has also contributed essays and coordinated research on various aspects of Romania's post-communist history, as well as on the history of journalism in her country.Born in Cluj-Napoca, Ruxandra Cesereanu is the daughter of writer Domeţian Teodoziu Cesereanu and his wife Aurora, a teacher.