I am an Associate Professor in Northeastern University's Departments of Philosophy and Religion and Political Science. I am also affiliated with the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program. I specialize in social and political philosophy, ethics, and philosophy of law, with a focus on the political ethics of resistance. In 2026-2027, I am a Fellow-in-Residence at Harvard University's Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics.
I am the Legal & Political Section Editor at Philosophy Compass and I serve on the Editorial Board of Res Publica.
Before joining Northeastern in 2015, I was an Assistant Professor at Clemson University in upstate South Carolina. I received a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Boston University (under the direction of David Lyons), a M.A. in Philosophy from Georgia State University (under the direction of Andrew Altman), a Master 2 in Ethics and Politics from Université Paris IV Sorbonne, and a B.A. (Licence and Maîtrise) from Université Paris X Nanterre. In 2016-2017, I was a Dworkin-Balzan Fellow at the New York University School of Law Center for Law and Philosophy. In 2022-2023, I was a Fellow-in-Residence at the Collegium de Lyon, one of France's Institutes for Advanced Study.
At Northeastern, I mainly teach Contemporary Political Thought (POLS 2332), Social and Political Philosophy (PHIL 2303), and Philosophical Problems of Law and Justice (PHIL 2301). I also lead a Dialogue of Civilizations on Free Speech and Resistance in France.
I co-organize the Northeast Workshop to Learn About Multicultural Philosophy (NEWLAMP), a summer institute designed to equip teachers with the competency to integrate modules on traditionally underrepresented areas of philosophy in their undergraduate courses. For its first edition in 2022, NEWLAMP took place at Northeastern University and focused on African and Africana social and political philosophy. The 2023 NEWLAMP, which was organized by Alex Guerrero at Rutgers University, was devoted to Mesoamerican, Latin American, and Latinx moral, social and political philosophy. In summer 2024, NEWLAMP was a NEH Summer Institute that I hosted at Northeastern University, on the theme of Native American, Indigenous, and Land-Based Social and Political Philosophy. Helena de Bres hosted the 2025 NEWLAMP at Wellesley College, on the topic of African social and political philosophy.
I am the Legal & Political Section Editor at Philosophy Compass and I serve on the Editorial Board of Res Publica.
Before joining Northeastern in 2015, I was an Assistant Professor at Clemson University in upstate South Carolina. I received a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Boston University (under the direction of David Lyons), a M.A. in Philosophy from Georgia State University (under the direction of Andrew Altman), a Master 2 in Ethics and Politics from Université Paris IV Sorbonne, and a B.A. (Licence and Maîtrise) from Université Paris X Nanterre. In 2016-2017, I was a Dworkin-Balzan Fellow at the New York University School of Law Center for Law and Philosophy. In 2022-2023, I was a Fellow-in-Residence at the Collegium de Lyon, one of France's Institutes for Advanced Study.
At Northeastern, I mainly teach Contemporary Political Thought (POLS 2332), Social and Political Philosophy (PHIL 2303), and Philosophical Problems of Law and Justice (PHIL 2301). I also lead a Dialogue of Civilizations on Free Speech and Resistance in France.
I co-organize the Northeast Workshop to Learn About Multicultural Philosophy (NEWLAMP), a summer institute designed to equip teachers with the competency to integrate modules on traditionally underrepresented areas of philosophy in their undergraduate courses. For its first edition in 2022, NEWLAMP took place at Northeastern University and focused on African and Africana social and political philosophy. The 2023 NEWLAMP, which was organized by Alex Guerrero at Rutgers University, was devoted to Mesoamerican, Latin American, and Latinx moral, social and political philosophy. In summer 2024, NEWLAMP was a NEH Summer Institute that I hosted at Northeastern University, on the theme of Native American, Indigenous, and Land-Based Social and Political Philosophy. Helena de Bres hosted the 2025 NEWLAMP at Wellesley College, on the topic of African social and political philosophy.
Just so you know, the 's' in Delmas is pronounced ('Delmass'), but not in Dumas, despite their etymological relationship (Delmas is Occitan for "du mas," meaning "from the farmhouse").
I am a first-generation college student. I was born in Cannes and grew up in Cagnes-sur-mer, a town outside Nice, France, known among other things for its medieval castle, Auguste Renoir's home, and its annual world championship of "boules carrées," a game of pétanque with cubes (or "square balls" as the Cagnois, with their penchant for oxymoron, call them) that is played uphill and downhill on a steep slope.
Whenever I go home to Nice, I indulge in socca, brocciu, merda dé can (a chard-laced gnocchi), bouillabaisse (a traditional fish stew), rosé de Provence, and pastis. My favorite beach day is on the pristine Lérins Islands (the mysterious Man in the Iron Mask was imprisoned on one of these islands; on the other island is a 5th century Cistercian monastery with a famed wine estate). My favorite hike is up this Baou.
Here in Massachusetts, I love jogging around this pond, swimming across that pond, and listening to live music at my husband's Irish pub, The Plough and Stars, which his dad and uncle opened in 1969. At home, our twins turn my research on uncivil protest and resistance into their daily practice.
I am a first-generation college student. I was born in Cannes and grew up in Cagnes-sur-mer, a town outside Nice, France, known among other things for its medieval castle, Auguste Renoir's home, and its annual world championship of "boules carrées," a game of pétanque with cubes (or "square balls" as the Cagnois, with their penchant for oxymoron, call them) that is played uphill and downhill on a steep slope.
Whenever I go home to Nice, I indulge in socca, brocciu, merda dé can (a chard-laced gnocchi), bouillabaisse (a traditional fish stew), rosé de Provence, and pastis. My favorite beach day is on the pristine Lérins Islands (the mysterious Man in the Iron Mask was imprisoned on one of these islands; on the other island is a 5th century Cistercian monastery with a famed wine estate). My favorite hike is up this Baou.
Here in Massachusetts, I love jogging around this pond, swimming across that pond, and listening to live music at my husband's Irish pub, The Plough and Stars, which his dad and uncle opened in 1969. At home, our twins turn my research on uncivil protest and resistance into their daily practice.
I am not on social media. Email me at c.delmas [at] northeastern.edu
