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Gio Iacono, PhD

Assistant Professor
University of Connecticut School of Social Work
Hartford, CT, United States

Gio Iacono is an Assistant Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Social Work. He completed his MSW and PhD from the University of Toronto Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work. His areas of research and scholarship are organized into two main components: (1) Exploring the holistic mind-body connection within the context of social work practice and education, with an emphasis on anti-racist and anti-oppressive approaches, and (2) Advocating for, and nurturing the holistic well-being of diverse LGBTQIA+ communities. Gio primarily focuses on intervention and community-based participatory action research. He has worked as a psychotherapist, clinical social worker, educator, community organizer, and researcher in a variety of health and community-based settings for over 15 years. His community development work has been focused on promoting the mental and sexual health of diverse and excluded communities. Gio has also been a mindfulness meditation practitioner for many years, and integrates mindfulness in his work as an educator, researcher and clinician.

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