Anderson, a professor of philosophy, religious studies and theology, provided a screenshot of his 2022-23 annual review to The College Fix that shows he was asked what contributions he made to DEI in the past year.

He answered that he added information about Native American cosmologies to his curriculum.

He said he was asked about his DEI contributions in his annual performance review despite the fact that DEI proposals within the faculty bylaws to ask such questions have not been formally approved.

“ASU’s policies protect free speech, including dissent. It is because of this that I am speaking up about instances where I believe ASU can be more consistent with its own policies,” Anderson told The College Fix. “Instances of requiring employees to accept DEI philosophy as true, or asking such questions on annual reviews, are not consistent with ASU’s own policies.”

[It takes some guts to expose this pernicious demand for ideological compliance in Academia, even in state-funded schools where free speech rights are most powerful. Despite the school’s denials, they are still pressuring professors and instructors to incorporate DEI practices into their curricula — and apparently checking up to enforce it, too. — Ed]