Ian Clausen

{{short description|American philosopher}}

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| institutions = Villanova University

|main_interests = Augustine

| thesis_title = The weight of love: locating and directing the soul in Augustine's early works

| thesis_url= https://era.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/31025

| thesis_year = 2014

| doctoral_advisor = Oliver O'Donovan, Sara Parvis

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| spouse= Lauren Clausen

| education = University of Edinburgh (PhD, MTh), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (BA)

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Ian Clausen is an American philosopher and Assistant Teaching Professor at Villanova University.{{cite web |title=Ian Clausen |url=https://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/artsci/acsp/facstaff/biodetail.html?mail=ian.clausen@villanova.edu&xsl=bio_long |website=Villanova University}}

Previously he was Arthur J. Ennis Postdoctoral Fellow at this university.

Clausen is known for his works on Saint Augustine's thought.{{cite journal |last1=do Vale |first1=Fellipe |title=Book Review: Todd Breyfogle, On Creativity, Liberty, Love and the Beauty of the Law Ian Clausen, On Love, Confession, Surrender and the Moral Self |journal=Studies in Christian Ethics |date=February 2020 |volume=33 |issue=1 |pages=119–124 |doi=10.1177/0953946819883780a |language=en |issn=0953-9468|doi-access=free }}{{cite journal |last1=Smalbrugge |first1=Matthias |title=[Book review of:] Ian Clausen, 'On Love, confession, Surrender and the Moral Self' |journal=Augustiniana |date=December 2019 |volume=69 |issue=2 |pages=380–382 |url=https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/book-review-of-ian-clausen-on-love-confession-surrender-and-the-m |issn=0004-8003}}{{cite journal |last1=Hampson |first1=Peter |title=ON LOVE, CONFESSION, SURRENDER AND THE MORAL SELF by Ian Clausen, [Reading Augustine Series], Bloomsbury, New York and London, 2018, pp. xiv + 140, £17.99, pbk |journal=New Blackfriars |date=July 2019 |volume=100 |issue=1088 |pages=485–487 |doi=10.1111/nbfr.12488 |s2cid=197910130 |url=https://doi.org/10.1111/nbfr.12488 |language=en |issn=0028-4289}}{{cite journal |last1=Kidd |first1=Erika |title=Ian Clausen, On Love, Confession, Surrender and the Moral Self |journal=Augustinian Studies |date=2019 |volume=50 |issue=2 |pages=230–233 |doi=10.5840/augstudies201950254|s2cid=198606392 }}

He is the editor-in-chief of Augustinian Studies.{{cite web |title=Augustinian Studies - The Journal of the Augustinian Institute |url=https://www.pdcnet.org/augstudies |website=www.pdcnet.org |language=en}} Currently he is a professor of the mandatory freshmen Augustine Culture Seminar (ACS) program at Villanova University.{{cite web |title=Professor Ian Clausen |url= https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2297554 |website=Rate My Professor}}