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Biography

Dennis Clausen, PhD

Professor, English

  • PhD, University of California, Riverside, English and American Literature
  • MA, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, American Studies
  • BA, University of Minnesota, Morris, English and American Literature

Dennis M. Clausen, PhD, has been a member of the University of San Diego faculty since 1972. Clausen has taught undergraduate American literature courses with a special emphasis on authors who write about American small towns.