A lawsuit by a tenure-track assistant professor of Spanish at Eastern Connecticut State University claims an immediate supervisor sabotaged her career, which led to the provost not renewing her contract.
In the lawsuit filed Thursday in Hartford Superior Court, Luna Najera alleged assistant professor Kin Chan used a handful of students to criticize Najera and give her poor reviews. It claims this effort contributed to interim Provost William Salka submitting a letter in December, indicating his final decision not to renew Najera’s contract. The move came despite what the lawsuit says had been prior praise from students and others about Najera’s work performance.
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