Kristin Naca Explained
Kristin Naca (born Washington, D.C.) is a Latina and Fillipina American poet.
Life and education
Naca grew up in northern Virginia.[1] She has a B.A. from the University of Washington, an MFA from the University of Pittsburgh,[2] and a Ph.D. in English from University of Nebraska.[3]
Her poems have appeared in Poetry,[4] ART PAPERS[5] Bloom, Harpur Palate,[6] Indiana Review, Prairie Schooner,[7] Octopus Magazine,[8] Seattle Review, Poetry Northwest, and Rio Grande Review.
Naca is a member of the prestigious Macondo Writers Workshop, the workshop founded by Sandra Cisneros.
She served as Writer In Residence with Minnesota Prison Writing Workshops.[9] She lives in Minneapolis.[8]
Firing and subsequent lawsuit against Macalester College
In 2015, Naca was fired from her position as an Assistant Professor of Poetry at Macalester College due to alleged sexual misconduct reported by a former student.[10] [11] [12] Naca sued Macalester in 2016, arguing that her firing was for discriminatory reasons, due to a disability and her status as a woman, a lesbian, a Filipina and Puerto Rican, and a Santeria priestess.[13] [14] In 2018, the judge in the case cleared Macalester of wrongdoing in the dismissal.[15] On January 16, 2020, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court's dismissal of the lawsuit, holding that "[e]ven assuming Naca made a prima facie case, this court concludes, on de novo review, that Macalester articulates a legitimate, non-discriminatory reason for termination—her sexual relationship with Doe—that Naca does not counter with sufficient evidence of pretext".[16]
Awards
Works
- "Baptism", The Blind Chatelaine's Keys
- One Foot. Prairie Schooner. Spring 2009. 2009-08-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20100612010757/http://prairieschooner.unl.edu/archives/spring09/knaca.html. 2010-06-12. dead.
- Book: Bird Eating Bird . HarperCollins . 2009 . 978-0-06-178234-3 . registration ., a Lambda Literary Award Finalist in 2010[3]
Notes and References
- Web site: Gist Street Reading Series - October 2, 2009: Irina Reyn (Fiction) / Kristin Naca (Poetry) . 2009-08-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090918193752/http://giststreet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=171&Itemid=50 . 2009-09-18 . dead .
- Web site: Department of English at the University of Pittsburgh . 2009-08-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090429112417/http://www.english.pitt.edu/graduate/mfa/graduateBooks.html . 2009-04-29 . dead .
- Web site: Kristin Naca. Poetry Foundation. 18 December 2016.
- Web site: Eating Lorca by Kristin Naca. Poetry. Magazine. November 5, 2019. Poetry Foundation.
- Web site: Iyawo. Life Altars.
- Web site: Harpur Palate . 2009-08-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100616131557/http://harpurpalate.binghamton.edu/hpvol71.html . 2010-06-16 . dead .
- Web site: Project MUSE - Login . 2020-02-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182231/http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=%2Fjournals%2Fprairie_schooner%2Fv083%2F83.1.naca.html . 2016-03-03 . dead .
- Web site: Supplementi per te. Octopus Magazine.
- Web site: Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop. MPWW.
- Web site: Attorney for fired Macalester professor may have to testify about her own harassment claims. 2017-10-12. Twin Cities. en-US. 2019-03-06.
- Web site: 'Purple prose' in poet's prolix lawsuit irks judge – Minnesota Lawyer. Mosedale. Mike. 7 October 2016 . en-US. 2019-03-06.
- Web site: Under siege on social media? Choose words carefully when responding. Specialist. The HR. 2018-01-04. Business Management Daily. en-US. 2019-03-06.
- Web site: Judge OKs Macalester's firing of professor who had sex with student; attorney scolded. 2018-09-25. Twin Cities. en-US. 2019-03-06.
- Web site: Kristin Naca vs Macalester College. 2018-09-20. United States District Court of Minnesota.
- Web site: Naca suit dismissed, appeal forthcoming. Asher. Rebecca Edwards and Abe. 2018-09-27. The Mac Weekly. 2019-03-06.
- Web site: NACA v. MACALESTER COLLEGE, Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit 2020 - Google Scholar. scholar.google.com. 2020-01-30.
- Web site: Protected Blog › Log in. bjanepr.wordpress.com.
- Web site: Contributors to the Power of Language . 2009-08-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090609025818/http://ravenchronicles.org/raven/rvback/issues/0397/cont0397.htm . 2009-06-09 . dead .