Rate My Professor Antony Gray

Antony Gray, BA (Hons), serves as an Associate Lecturer in the UWA Business School and as the Communication, Learning and Transition Coordinator for the Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Education (ABLE) at The University of Western Australia. As a teaching-intensive academic, he specializes in developing communication, critical thinking, and English language skills. His pedagogical approach particularly supports traditionally 'at risk' student cohorts, including international students for whom English is an Additional Language (EAL), mature-age learners, students with disabilities, and other equity groups across postgraduate and undergraduate programs. Gray joined UWA in 2012 as an Academic Learning Skills Adviser with STUDYSmarter, UWA's centralized academic support team, where he coordinated initiatives to improve academic writing and research skills for Honours and Masters students. Between mid-2017 and the start of 2019, he held the position of Academic Conduct Adviser in the Business School, responsible for investigating and adjudicating breaches of academic conduct.

In recognition of his outstanding contributions to student learning, Gray has received multiple prestigious awards, including the 2021 Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT) Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, awarded for employing inclusive teaching principles to transform learning for traditionally 'at risk' students, facilitating their transition and success. Additional honors include the UniBank Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Lecturers category (2019), a Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning from the UWA Teaching and Learning Awards (2019), the Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award for Lecturers (2018), and a UWA nomination for the AAUT Citation (2019). Gray's scholarly contributions include several conference presentations: "Helping Honours and Masters Students ‘Write early and write often’" (2015), "'Sock Puppet Pedagogy: A creative approach to teaching academic threshold concepts'" co-authored with Fiona Burrows (2015), "Sock-Puppet Pedagogy: A creative approach to engaging and supporting students in a blended learning environment" with Burrows (2015), and "‘It’s Not-You, It’s Not-Me’: Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann’s The Lost Thing and the Liminality of Donald Winnicott’s ‘Transitional Object’" (2011). His expertise aligns with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 4 (Quality Education) and 10 (Reduced Inequalities).