Department Chair/Program Director/Associate Professor
West Chester University
Dr. Ginneh Akbar is the Chair and Program Director of the MSW program at West Chester University. Her extensive practice experience has reflected her commitment and passion for child welfare and families who have been impacted by trauma. Her work has primarily focused on children and families, providing clinical services in various settings including community mental health and child welfare agencies. She has worked in direct practice, ranging in positions from child welfare investigations to providing evidence-based, trauma-focused interventions like Child Parent Psychotherapy and TF-CBT. Additionally, she has served in administrative positions providing training and reflective supervision to social workers and therapists. Dr. Akbar’s research interests include organizational trauma in helping professions, sustainability and environmental racism, social media, and social work ethics in child welfare, which was the focus of her dissertation. She received her BS in Social Work from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, her MSW from Temple University and her Doctorate in Clinical Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania.
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