Reviews of professor Ian Blaustein

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
generally, one of the best lecturers/instructors I have met at tufts -- super engaging class discussions and very kind and inclusive. one thing though, his gradings on essays and assignments are extremely slow. not a super tough grader, but values logic and clarity in essays

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
He is such an amazing teacher and really cares about philosophy and totally gets you interested. Such a fair grader and such a cool dude. Take his class if you can!!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Blaustein is a nice, smart, and well-mustachioed professor who's certainly very caring for his students. That said, philosophy 1 with him was really boring - I didn't like the way he set up his units and in-class discussions always dragged and felt awkward. Also took forever to get grades back (like months)

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I cannot say enough about him. He is smart, caring, and open-minded. His essays just want you to reflect and give your thoughts. All he is looking for is engagement and I love that. He also asks about student's lives and makes connections and wants to show that he really cares about you. He is one of the most underrated profs at Tufts.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Very nice and insightful teacher, although the lectures tend to be a little tiring but he's a good teacher, and the class is what you make of it.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Took for eng2 credit, literally one of my favorite classes, super low key and really wholesome, readings were short and discussion was amazing. You can tell he really cares about his students.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Ian is an incredibly good discussion leader. The class I took was heavily discussion-based, where we would discuss the reading from the previous night and delve into the philosophical topics at hand. He always left moments of silence so that students could jump in, and let us come to our own conclusions. 10/10 professor, would absolutely take again

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof Blaustein is great for an intro level philosophy class. The class was structured into three topics: death, anger, and ethics. He is great at leading a discussion and making you really think about the topics and deeper meaning of each reading. His biggest flaw is being an incredibly slow grader which takes all semester to get papers back.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Ian tends to start the discussion backward and then slowly get to the point at the end. I wished discussions were focused on going through the logic of the reading chronologically (starting with the main point, then discussing our thoughts on it), rather than jumping around aimlessly. Feels too convoluted/missing the main point of the readings.