
Dr. Schnavia Smith Hatcher, the embattled dean of the University of Alabama School of Social Work, is stepping down.

Last year, the University of Alabama School of Social Work celebrated its 60th Anniversary. In March 2025, a year after the state's divisive concepts bill went into effect, the school hosted national training through its doctor of social work program featuring numerous sessions that were identity-based and promoted diversity, equity and inclusion, or antiracism.