Acker, Gila
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Degree Institution Field Dates DSW Adelphi University Social Work 1997 certificate The Long Island Institute for Mental Health Diploma in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy 1992 MSW Fordham University Social Work 1984 BS Haifa University, Israel Social Work 1978 Full-Time Academic Experience
Institution Rank Field Dates York College Professor Social Work 2010 to present York College Associate Professor Social Work 2004 to 2010 York College Assistant Professor Social Work 1999 to 2004. Part-Time Academic Experience
Non Academic Experience
Place of Employment Title Date • Katonah, New York - private practice Psychotherapist 1997 - 1999 • The Long Island Consultation Center, New York Psychotherapist 1989 - 1993 • United Hospital, Port Chester, New York Social worker 1988 – 1992 • HIP-HMO, New York Social worker 1984 - 1987 • Israeli Health Ministry, Drug Rehabilitation Center, Tel Aviv, Israel Social worker 1978 - 1982 Employment Record At This Institution
Rank Dates Professor 2010 to Present Associate professor 2004 to 2010 Assistant Professor 1999 to 2004 Publications In Field Of Expertise
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Acker, G. M. "The impact of clients’ mental illness on social workers’ job satisfaction and burnout." Health & Social Work. 24(2) 1999: 112-119.
Acker, G. M. "Role conflict and Ambiguity: Do they predict burnout among mental health service providers?." Journal of Social Work in Mental Health. 1(3) 2003: 63-80.
Acker, G. M. "Role expectations of social work students." The Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work. 10(1) 2004: 95-104.
Acker, G.M. "The effect of organizational conditions (role conflict, role ambiguity, opportunities for professional development and social support) on job satisfaction and intention to leave among social workers in mental health care." Community Mental Health Journal. 40(1) 2004: 65-74.
Acker, G. M. "An examination of the relationships between workers and agencies characteristics and three outcome variables: Burnout, role stress and intent to quit." American Journal of psychiatric rehabilitation. 11(4) 2008: 295 - 309.
Acker, G. M.& Lawrence, D.S. "Social work and managed care: Measuring competence, burnout, and role stress of workers providing mental health services in a managed care era." Journal of Social Work. 9(3) 2009: 269-283.
Acker, G. M. "The challenges in providing services to clients with mental illness: Managed care,burnout and somatic symptoms among social workers." Community Mental Health Journal. 46(6) 2010: 591-600.
Acker, G. M. "How social workers cope with managed care." Administration in Social Work. 34(5) 2010: 405-422.
Acker, G. M. "The influence of managed care on job-related attitudes of social workers." Social Work in Mental Health. 8(2) 2010: 174-189.
Acker, G. M. "Burnout among mental health care providers." Journal of Social Work. 12(5) 2012: 475-490.
Acker, G. M. "The impact of accent on college students’ perceptions and evaluations of professors." Journal of Communications Media Studies. 4(1) 2012: 63-73.
Acker, G. M. "Transphobia Among Students Majoring in the Helping Professions." Journal of Homosexuality. 64(14) 2017: 2011-2029.
Acker, G. M. "Self–care practices among social workers: do they predict job satisfaction and turnover intention?." Social Work in Mental Health. 16(6) 2018: 710-724.
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Presented Papers, Lectures, And Exhibitions And Performances
"The impact of accent on college students' perceptions and evaluations of professors" 2011, February: The 40th Annual meeting of SCCR 7th Annual Meeting of SASci 2nd Annual Meeting of ACCIG, Charleston, SC.
"The challenges in providing services to clients with mental illness in a managed care environment" 2010, July: The 6th International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health, Dublin, Ireland..
"Functioning modalities of social workers in medical care system" 2009, July: National Conference on Community Psychiatry, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova.
"Cultural differences and attitudes of social workers toward managed care" 2009, February: The 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for Cross-Cultural Reseach, Las Vegas, NV..
"Socio-demographic characteristics of mental health workers & burnout" 2008, February: The 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research, New Orleans, LA.
"The impact of managed care on social workers" 2007, May: Conference for the Profession, sponsored by Yeshiva University, Wurzwiler school of Social Work, NY, New York.
"Role expectations of social workers as predictors of the quality of mental health services" 2006, December: The Fifth International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health, Hong Kong, China..
"Occupational stress among mental health care providers: The impact of working with persons with severe mental illness" 2005, January: Society of Social Work and Research, Miami, Florida.
"Social work students' expectations about working with clients with severe mental illness" 2004, May: The Fourth International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health, Quebec, Canada.
"The process of Burnout among mental health care providers in mental health agencies" 2004, February: The Seventh Annual CUNY Conference in Science and Engineering.
"Preparing social work students for case management activities" 2003, May: Guest speaker at the Seventh Annual New York State Case Management Coalition Conference, Albany, NY.
"The effect of organizational conditions (role conflict, role ambiguity, opportunities for professional development and social support) on job satisfaction and intention to leave among social workers in mental health care" 2003, January: Society of Social Work and Research, Washington, DC..
"Role expectations of social work students" 2002, November: Annual Conference of the New York State Social Work Education Association.
"Burnout among social workers in mental health settings" 2002, March: Guest speaker at Adelphi University, School of Social Work, Garden City, New York.
"Role conflict and ambiguity: Do they predict burnout?" 2002, January: Society of Social Work Research, San Diego, Ca..
"Research on burnout" 2000, November: MARC seminar, York College of CUNY, NY.
"The impact of clients’ mental illness on social workers’ job satisfaction and burnout" 1999, January: Society of Social Work and Research, Austin, Texas.
"Students’ attitudes towards practicing with transgender people" 2014, April: Conference of the International Organization of Social sciences and Behavioral Research, Atlantic City, NJ..
"Attitudes toward transgender people of students in helping professions disciplines" 2015, Feb-March: Eastern Sociological Society, 85th Annuel meeting, NYC, NY.
"Strategies for successfully assuming the role of academic department chairperson" 2016, March: invited panel member in a workshop sponsored by the ESS committee on the Status of Women at the Eastern Sociological Society, 86th Annuel meeting, Boston, MA.
Patents
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Work In Progress
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Professional Honors, Prizes, Fellowships
An award in recognition of an outstanding contribution to recruitment of potential social work majors, from the Department of Enrollment Management and Student Development at York College: 2002.
CUNY Faculty Publications Program, program for the design and execution of a scholarly publication: 2002.
York College Technology Fee. Online/Hybrid Course Development Program: Summer, 2009.
Grants-In-Aid
York College President’s Incentive Award for Faculty Sponsored Research, Post-Doctoral research training program for Social Sciences faculty. 2001-2002: $3000.
York College President’s Incentive Award for Faculty Sponsored Research, Role conflict and ambiguity: Do they predict burnout among mental health care providers?. 2000-2001: $1,400.
PSC-CUNY 32 - City University of New York, Role conflict and ambiguity: Do they predict burnout among mental health care providers?. 2001-2002: $3,578.
PSC-CUNY 33 - City University of New York, Role expectations among social work students. 2002-2003: $4,215.
York College, Faculty Development, Role expectations among social work students. 2002-2003: $3000.
NIH/MBRS, The process of burnout among mental health service providers. 2002-2004: $85,450.
PSC-CUNY 37 - City University of New York, Role stress, coping, and emotional exhaustion. 2006 -2007: $4,212.
PSC-CUNY 40 - City University of New York, Attitudes of social work students toward working with older adults. 2009 -2010: $2,989.
York College - Title III, Students’ perceptions and evaluations of York College professors: Does ethnic background, nationality, and accent matter?. 2009 -2010: $3000.
Institutional Service
- Service to the Department
Director, Social Work Program: 2000-2004.
Advisory Board Member, Survey Research Laboratory: 2002–2004.
Chairperson, Department of Social Sciences: 2007-2014.
Member, Academic Integrity Committee: 2008-Present.
Faculty mentor of a junior faculty member of the Social Sciences Department: 2008-Present.
Member, Learning Assessment Committee: 2009-Present.
Member, Field Education Committee: 2009-Present.
Chairperson, Department of Social Work: 2014-Present.
- Service to the School
- Service to the College
Research mentor. The Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC): 1999-2004.
Member, York College Library Committee: 1999-2002.
Research mentor. McNair Scholars Program, funded by NIH.: 2004-2006.
Advisor, York College Social Work Students Club: 1999-2002.
Member, York College Environment Committee: 2001-2003.
Senator and Caucus member of York College: 2003-2005.
Co-Chair, York College Middle States Steering Committee -Self-Study Report for the College re-accreditation by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education: 2006-2008.
Chairperson, Department of Social Sciences: 2007-Present.
Member, York College Strategic Planning Committee: 2008-2009.
Advisor, Hillel, York College students club: 2009-Present.
Faculty mentor of a junior faculty member of the Health professions Department: 2009-Present.
Co-Chair, Periodic Review Report (PRR): 2011-2013.
York Pathways Committee, member: 2011-2013.
Member, Diversity committee: 2013-2014.
Senator and Caucus member, York College.: 2014-2016.
Chair, Climate sub-committee (Diversity committee): 2015-2017.
- Service to the Graduate Center
- Service to the University
PSC-CUNY Reviewer: Health Service Panel: 2004-Present.
- Service to the Department
Offices Held In Professional Societies
Other Professional Activities And Public Service
Committee Member, Mental Health Committee OMH/NASW Westchester County, NY: 2002-2003.
Program Committee Member, 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for Cross-Cultural research, Las Vegas, NV: 2008-2009.
Journal of Social Work (peer - review journal). Reviewer: 2008-Present.
Teaching Activities At This Institution
- Courses Taught (List)
Course Description Social Work 300 Generalist Social Work Practice I and Skills Laboratory Social Work 350 Social Research I Social Work 370 Generalist Social Work practice II Social Work 410 Field placement and Seminar I Social Work 470 Social research Methods II Social Work 492 Field placement and Seminar II Sociology/Anthropology 220 Social Research I Sociology/Anthropology 321 Social research Methods II - New courses/programs developed (list):
SCWK 350/SOC 321/ANTH 321 H-WEB, Developed an online format for Social Research I.
- Courses Taught (List)